US 11,730,704 B2
Lutein composition suitable for infant food formulations
Markus Beck, Basel (CH); Andrea Hitzfeld, Basel (CH); Bernd Schlegel, Basel (CH); and Christian Schaefer, Basel (CH)
Assigned to DSM IP ASSETS B.V., Heerlen (NL)
Appl. No. 14/780,244
Filed by DSM IP ASSETS B.V., Heerlen (NL)
PCT Filed Mar. 27, 2014, PCT No. PCT/EP2014/056126
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 25, 2015,
PCT Pub. No. WO2014/154788, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 2, 2014.
Claims priority of application No. 13161534 (EP), filed on Mar. 28, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2016/0038436 A1, Feb. 11, 2016
Int. Cl. A61K 31/047 (2006.01); A23L 33/00 (2016.01); A23P 10/40 (2016.01); A23L 33/10 (2016.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 9/16 (2006.01)
CPC A61K 31/047 (2013.01) [A23L 33/10 (2016.08); A23L 33/40 (2016.08); A23P 10/40 (2016.08); A61K 9/0095 (2013.01); A61K 9/16 (2013.01); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
 
1. An infant food formulation or premix thereof comprising a powderous composition of spray-dried particles, wherein each of the particles comprise, based on the total weight of the powderous composition:
(A) 78.2 wt. % of a hydrocolloid mixture comprising 40.2 wt. % of an OSA starch together with 38.0 wt. % of either glucose syrup or maltodextrin;
(B) 1.2 wt. %, of lutein in an inner phase of the particle, and
(C) 19.6 wt. % of sugar as an auxiliary agent, wherein
the inner phase of each of the spray-dried particles has an average size D[3,2] of 3.02 μm to 30 μm,
the particles have an average size D [3,2] of 10 μm-150 μm, and
the inner phase of a particle is always smaller than the particle having that inner phase.