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Synergistic flavor enhancement nutritional compositions and methods
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1988-12-15
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Granted: 1991-07-23
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Expires: 2008-12-15
Abstract
Abstract Food flavor enhancer composition which may be comprised of a variety or any one of edible salts including sodium chloride, potassium chloride, monosodium glutamate, flavor potentiators and at least one variety of soluble dietary fibers which is preferably decomplexed is specified. Improved potassium chloride, either alone or in combination with other edible salts together with soluble dietary fibers blended in accordance with the foregoing Examples, produces a composition which is much more similar to sodium chloride than heretofore known and/or possible. In a preferred form, hypocholesteremic soluble dietary fibers and salt compositions are also specified.
Inventors
- 👤 James P. Cox
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 05:52
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23L; A23L33/00; A23L33/20; A23L33/21; A23L27/00; A23L27/20; A23L27/23; A23L27/40; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S426/00; Y10S426/804; Y10S426/806
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
49 words
A flavor enhancing composition for human food comprised of an edible salt selected from the group consisting of sodium chloride, potassium chloride, and monosodium glutamate, and granulated or powdered dietary fiber, said composition being in granular or powder form suitable for application to a human food prior to consumption.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
49 words
A flavor enhancing composition for human food comprised of an edible salt selected from the group consisting of sodium chloride, potassium chloride, and monosodium glutamate, and granulated or powdered dietary fiber, said composition being in granular or powder form suitable for application to a human food prior to consumption.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
A composition as defined in claim 1 wherein the dietary fiber is selected from soluble dietary fibers.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
40 words
A composition as defined in claim 1 further comprising at least one flavor enhancer or flavor integer selected from the group consisting of ibotenic acid, tricholomic acid, guanosine 5'-monophosphate, xanthosine 5'-monophosphate, 5'-inosinate, 5'-luanylate, maltol, dioctylsodium sulfosuccinate, N,N'-di-o-tolylethylenediamine and cyclamic acid.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
A composition as defined in claim 2 wherein the dietary fiber selected is hypocholesteremic effective.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
49 words
A composition as defined in claim 2 or 4 wherein the dietary fiber is selected from the group consisting of arabic gum, algin, bengal, locust bean, tara, karaya, guar, oat, ghatti, quince, sapote, watsonia, tamarind, psyllium, tragacanth, xanthan, furcelleran, dextran, chondroitin sulfate, chitosan, xylan, propol, carrageenan, agar, and pectin.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
16 words
A composition as defined in claim 3 wherein the edible salt is comprised of potassium chloride.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
14 words
A composition as defined in claim 2 wherein the soluble dietary fibers are decomplexed.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
A composition as defined in claim 2 wherein the salt is substantially a mixture of sodium chloride and potassium chloride.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
33 words
A method to reduce cholesterol in the human body of a subject by adding the hypocholesterolemic adjuvant/salt composition defined in claim 4 to cholesterol containing foodstuffs prior to consumption thereof by said subject.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
55 words
A method of reducing assimilable cholesterol in the human body which comprises adding the composition defined in claim 4 containing a sufficient proportion of hypocholesteremic dietary fiber to salt such that when food is salted to average taste and ingested by a human a significant portion of cholesterol contained in the food is not assimilated.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
52 words
A method of lowering cholesterol in the human body which comprises adding the composition defined in claim 4 containing a sufficient proportion of hypocholesteremic adjuvant to salt such that when food is salted or flavored to average taste and ingested by a human a significant portion of serum blood cholesterol is reduced.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
22 words
A method of flavoring food comprising treating food with a powder or granular composition comprised of edible salt and a dietary fiber.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
22 words
A method of flavoring food comprising treating food with a powder or granular composition comprised of edible salt and a dietary fiber.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method of flavoring food by treating it with the composition defined in claim 2 wherein the salt is selected from sodium chloride, potassium chloride and monosodium glutamate.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
89 words
A method of making the composition defined in claims 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 comprising: a) dissolving an edible salt in water to make a salt solution; b) adding dietary fiber to the salt solution to make a slurry or dough; c) mixing the slurry or dough until the slurry or dough is homogenous; d) drying the slurry or dough at a temperature non-destructive to the dietary fiber; and, e) grinding the dried slurry or dough into granules or a powder which can be sprinkled.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
27 words
A composition as defined in claim 1 wherein the soluble dietary fiber is comprised of a mixture of gum arabic and alginate or gum arabic and xanthan.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method for enhancing the juiciness of food comprising treating food with a composition defined in claim 1.
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