	US 12,349,712 B2
	Satiety inducing food products and preparation thereof
Alon Golan, Tel Aviv-Jaffa (IL); Adi Etzioni, Kibbutz Tzora (IL); and Oded Edelheit, Tel Aviv-Jaffa (IL)
Assigned to SMARTBUBBLE LTD., Tel Aviv-Jaffa (IL)
Appl. No. 17/431,399
Filed by SMARTBUBBLE LTD., Tel Aviv-Jaffa (IL)
PCT Filed Feb. 26, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IL2020/050214 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 16, 2021, PCT Pub. No. WO2020/174469, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/811,690, filed on Feb. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0117281 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. A23L 29/256 (2016.01); A23C 9/137 (2006.01); A23L 2/52 (2006.01); A23L 7/143 (2016.01); A23L 9/10 (2016.01); A23L 19/00 (2016.01); A23L 33/00 (2016.01); A23L 33/10 (2016.01); A23P 10/30 (2016.01)

CPC A23L 29/256 (2016.08) [A23C 9/137 (2013.01); A23L 2/52 (2013.01); A23L 7/143 (2016.08); A23L 9/10 (2016.08); A23L 19/09 (2016.08); A23L 33/10 (2016.08); A23L 33/30 (2016.08); A23P 10/30 (2016.08); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01)]

17 Claims

1. A satiety inducing food product comprising:

gel particles comprising Agar and Alginate; and

an aqueous solution or mixture;

wherein:

the gel particles are at a concentration of 10%-70% by weight in the food product;

the gel particles are homogenous in composition and dispersion and comprise about 0.5% Agar and about 0.5% Alginate by weight;

the gel particles have a peak force of at least 0.6N in a rupture test; and

the gel particles are formulated to remain intact in the stomach and in the intestine, so as to occupy volume within the stomach and the intestine to thereby induce satiety.