Apple cider vinegar nutritional supplement
Shown herein is a nutritional supplement containing apple cider vinegar (ACV), including compositions, formulations, and combinations of ingredients in the ACV nutritional supplement, as well as processes for manufacturing these supplements. The nutritional supplement can include ACV, a gelling agent such as pectin or gelatin, an oligosaccharide, a disaccharide, and water.
1. A food product comprising apple cider vinegar at about 6% to 35% by weight, a gelling agent, an oligosaccharide, a disaccharide at about 10% to 80% by weight, water, sodium citrate, citric acid, a natural flavor, carrot, apple, beet root, pomegranate, vitamin B9, and vitamin B12.
2. The food product of claim 1 , wherein the food product is a gummy.
3. The food product of claim 1 , wherein the gelling agent is pectin.
4. The food product of claim 1 , wherein the oligosaccharide is selected from the group consisting of glucose syrup, corn syrup, rice syrup, invert syrup, isomaltooligosaccharide (IMO) sugar, tapioca, fructooligosaccharide (FOS) syrup, starch, fiber syrup, inulin, fruit puree, fruit concentrate, high maltose syrup, agave syrup, and combinations thereof.
5. The food product of claim 1 , wherein the disaccharide is cane sugar.
6. The food product of claim 1 , wherein the food product further comprises vitamin B6.
7. The food product of claim 6 , wherein the vitamin B6 is by weight between about trace amount to 0.10%.
8. The food product of claim 1 , wherein the vitamin B9 is by weight between about trace amount to 0.10%.
9. The food product of claim 1 , wherein the vitamin B12 is by weight between about trace amount to 0.10%.
10. The food product of claim 1 , wherein the apple cider vinegar is by weight between about 7% and 30%.
11. The food product of claim 1 , wherein the apple cider vinegar is by weight between about 8% to 25%.
12. The food product of claim 1 , wherein the apple cider vinegar is by weight between about 12% and 13%.
13. The food product of claim 1 , wherein the gelling agent is by weight between about 1% and 20%.
14. The food product of claim 1 , wherein the gelling agent is by weight between about 1.75% and 7%.
15. The food product of claim 1 , wherein the oligosaccharide is by weight between trace amounts and about 65%.
16. The food product of claim 1 , wherein the oligosaccharide is by weight between about 25% and 55%.
17. The food product of claim 1 , wherein the disaccharide is by weight between about 10% and 50%.
18. The food product of claim 1 , wherein the disaccharide is by weight between about 25% and 70%.
19. The food product of claim 1 , wherein the disaccharide is by weight between about 30% and 60%.
20. The food product of claim 1 , wherein the food product further comprises apple cider mother of vinegar.