IP Library Granted Patent US 12,185,746
Granted Patent B2
US 12,185,746 · App. 18/243,704 · Granted Jan 7, 2025

Apple cider vinegar nutritional supplement

Inventors: Michael Bitensky (Westmount, CA); Nicol Korner-Bitensky (Dollard des Ormeaux, CA); Olivia Joan Dahm (Irvine, CA); Roger Arthur Tyre (Redondo Beach, CA); Sharon Hoffman (Gardena, CA); Deepak Agarwal (Westmount, CA)
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Patent No.
US 12,185,746
App. No.
18/243,704
Granted
Jan 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

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.

Claims (26)

1. A food product, comprising:

apple cider vinegar and about 0.1% to 50% by weight;

a disaccharide at about 10% to 70% by weight;

an oligosaccharide;

a buffer agent between trace amounts to about 10% by weight;

a gelling agent; and

water.

2. The food product of claim 1 , further comprising one or more of an oligosaccharide and a sweetener.

3. The food product of claim 2 , therein the sweetener is selected from cane sugar, sugar alcohol, an artificial sweetener, stevia , monk fruit sugar, and combinations thereof.

4. The food product of claim 2 , wherein the sweetener is 10% to 80%.

5. The food product of claim 2 , wherein the oligosaccharide is a syrup.

6. The food product of claim 5 , wherein the syrup 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.

7. The food product of claim 2 , wherein the oligosaccharide is by weight between trace amounts and about 65%.

8. The food product of claim 2 , wherein the oligosaccharide is by weight between about 25% and 55%.

9. The food product of claim 1 , further comprising one or more of vitamin B12, sodium citrate, zinc, citric acid, malic acid, a natural flavor, carrot, apple, beet root, pomegranate, and vitamin C.

10. The food product of claim 9 , further comprising vitamin B6 by weight, between about trace amount to 0.10%.

11. The food product of claim 9 , wherein the vitamin B12 is by weight between about trace amount to 0.10%.

12. The food product of claim 1 , further comprising one or more of ginger, an herbal additive, and a vegetable oil.

13. The food product of claim 1 , further comprising a colorant.

14. The food product of claim 13 , wherein the colorant is from a natural source.

15. The food product of claim 1 , wherein the food product is a gummy.

16. The food product of claim 1 , wherein the apple cider vinegar is by weight between about 1% and 45%.

17. The food product of claim 1 , wherein the apple cider vinegar is by weight between about 5% to 40%.

18. The food product of claim 1 , wherein the apple cider vinegar is by weight between about 12% and 13%.

19. The food product of claim 1 , wherein the gelling agent is a pectin is by weight between about 1% and 20%.

20. The food product of claim 19 , wherein pectin is by weight between about 1.75% and 7%.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 1, 2024
From: GOLI NUTRITION INC.
To: SIENA LENDING GROUP LLC
Reel/Frame 067286/0707 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 23, 2023
From: BITENSKY, MICHAEL; KORNER-BITENSKY, NICOL; DAHM, OLIVIA JOAN; TYRE, ROGER ARTHUR; HOFFMAN, SHARON; AGARWAL, DEEPAK
To: GOLI NUTRITION INC.
Reel/Frame 065307/0333 →
Continuity (7)
Continuation 17222300 · Apr 5, 2021
Continuation 17012607 · Sep 4, 2020
Continuation 16682710 · Nov 13, 2019
Provisional Application 62842945 · May 3, 2019
Provisional Application 62832870 · Apr 11, 2019
Provisional Application 62832869 · Apr 11, 2019
Related Publication 20230413884A1 · Dec 28, 2023
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