Method of making nutritional emulsions containing process-encapsulated oils

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8778439
APP PUB NO 20130115355A1
SERIAL NO

13698536

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Disclosed is a method of making nutritional emulsions, comprising: (A) heating and blending together an emulsifying agent having a melt point above about 25 C and oil having hydrophobic off-notes (e.g. non-encapsulated polyunsaturated fatty acid) in a weight ratio of at least about 1:15; (B) adding the heated blend to a fat, protein, and carbohydrate mixture comprising a maltodextrin (DE of about 10 or less), in a weight ratio of the maltodextrin to the oil having hydrophobic off-notes of at least about 1:2; and (C) homogenizing, and then cooling the combination below the melt point of the emulsifying agent to form a nutritional emulsion comprising from about 0.01% to about 5% by weight of process-encapsulated polyunsaturated fatty acid. The resulting nutritional emulsions effectively mask off-notes commonly associated with certain oils, e.g., polyunsaturated fatty acids, soy oil, beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate oils.

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ABBOTT LABORATORIES100 ABBOTT PARK ROAD ABBOTT PARK IL 60064

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Helmke, Charles R Gahanna, US 4 11
Lai, Chron-Si Blacklick, US 40 370
Shearer, Kati E Terre Haute, US 6 35
Walton, Joseph E Westerville, US 25 415

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