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US 11,191,809 · App. 16/462,391 · Granted Dec 7, 2021

Composition in powder form comprising iron-milk protein complexes and probiotic bacteria

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Patent No.
US 11,191,809
App. No.
16/462,391
Granted
Dec 7, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a composition in powder form comprising probiotic bacteria and at least one iron-milk protein complex. Such iron-milk protein complex advantageously does not cause significant reduction in the viability of the bacteria and thus such iron source is advantageously used to fortify a composition in powder form comprising probiotic bacteria.

Claims (13)

1. A composition in powder form, the composition comprising at least one probiotic bacteria and further comprising an iron-milk protein complex in which the milk protein is selected from the group consisting of casein, a casein derivative, a fraction of casein, and a mixture thereof.

2. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the iron-milk protein complex comprises exogenous iron.

3. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the iron-milk protein complex comprises exogenous phosphorus.

4. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the iron in the iron-milk protein complex is Fe 3+.

5. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition in powder form is a nutritional composition.

6. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the iron-milk protein complex is present in an amount comprising 1 to 300 mg of the iron per 100 g of the composition.

7. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the milk protein in the iron-milk protein complex consists of casein.

8. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the milk protein in the iron-milk protein complex is casein, and the iron-milk protein complex consists of the casein and the iron.

9. The composition according to claim 2 , wherein a weight ratio of the milk protein to the exogenous iron is between 50:1 and 19.5:1.

10. The composition according to claim 3 , wherein the exogenous phosphorus comprises orthophosphorus, and a weight ratio of the milk protein to the orthophosphorus is 20:1 to 8:1.

11. The composition according to claim 3 , wherein the iron-milk protein complex consists of the iron, the milk protein and the exogenous phosphorus.

12. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the iron-milk protein complex comprises the only iron in the composition.

13. The composition according to claim 1 , further comprising polyphenols.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2021
From: BOURQUI, BERTRAND; HUSNY, JOESKA
To: NESTEC S.A.
Reel/Frame 057544/0659 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PATENT NUMBER 16062921 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 049391 FRAME 0756. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE PATENT NUMBER SHOULD HAVE BEEN 16062912. Recorded Jul 3, 2020
From: NESTEC S.A.
To: SOCIÉTÉ DES PRODUITS NESTLÉ S.A.
Reel/Frame 054082/0001 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PATENT NUMBER 16062921 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 049391 FRAME 0756. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE PATENT NUMBER SHOULD HAVE BEEN 16062912. Recorded Jul 3, 2020
From: NESTEC S.A.
To: SOCIÉTÉ DES PRODUITS NESTLÉ S.A.
Reel/Frame 054082/0165 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION TO SHOW THE FULL AND CORRECT NEW NAME IN SECTION 51. PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 049391 FRAME: 0756. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE MERGER. Recorded Jun 13, 2019
From: NESTEC S.A.
To: SOCIÉTÉ DES PRODUITS NESTLÉ S.A.
Reel/Frame 049853/0398 →
MERGER Recorded Jun 6, 2019
From: NESTEC S.A.
To: SOCIÉTÉ DES PRODUITS NESTLÉ S.A.
Reel/Frame 049391/0756 →