EDIBLE WAFER-TYPE PRODUCT FOR DELIVERY OF NUTRACEUTICALS AND PHARMACEUTICALS
A food product for carrying and delivery nutraceutical or pharmaceutical or both is provided. The food product may be an edible wafer-based outer layer and an inner layer of an edible filling comprising the nutraceutical or pharmaceutical or both.
1 . A food product for carrying and delivering a nutraceutical or pharmaceutical or both comprising an edible wafer outer layer and an inner edible non-aqueous filling layer comprising a nutraceutical or pharmaceutical or both.
2 . The food product according to claim 1 , wherein the outer layer is a hollow molded-shaped tube.
3 . The food product according to claim 1 , wherein the outer layer is in the form of a sandwich comprising two or more layers of edible wafer.
4 . The food product according to claim 1 , wherein the edible wafer outer layer includes the nutraceutical or pharmaceutical or both.
5 . A method of forming a food product for carrying and delivering a nutraceutical or pharmaceutical or both comprising forming an edible wafer outer layer in a predetermined shape, filling the edible wafer layer with an edible filling comprising a nutraceutical or pharmaceutical or both, and optionally cutting the filled wafer edible outer layer into an end shape of the food product.
6 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein the end shape is a hollow molded-shaped tube.
7 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein the edible wafer outer layer includes the nutraceutical or pharmaceutical or both.