Patent ID: 8440245

Claim:
A method of making a nutritional composition comprising the steps of: (a) combining curcuminoids with a polar oil having an HLB of from about 0.7 to about 14, wherein said curcuminoids comprise curcumin, demethoxycurcumin, and bisdemethoxycurcumin; (b) heating the combination of curcuminoids and polar oil to a temperature sufficient to solubilize a fraction of the curcuminoids in the polar oil; and (c) removing an unsolubilized curcuminoid fraction from the heated combination to form a polar oil comprising a weight ratio of solubilized bisdemethoxycurcumin to solubilized curcumin of from about 1:1 to about 1:7 and a weight ratio of solubilized bisdemethoxycurcumin to solubilized demethoxycurcumin of from about 1:1 to about 1:2.5; and then (d) formulating the combination of the polar oil and the solubilized curcuminoid fraction with fat, protein, and carbohydrate to form a nutritional composition.