	US 12,433,314 B2
	Powdered thickener maintaining its extensional properties when reconstituted and for promoting safe swallowing by individuals with dysphagia
Adam Burbidge, Arzier (CH); Michael Jedwab, Lausanne (CH); and Jan Engmann, Lausanne (CH)
Assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A., Vevey (CH)
Appl. No. 17/413,078
Filed by SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A., Vevey (CH)
PCT Filed Dec. 3, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/083461 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 11, 2021, PCT Pub. No. WO2020/120223, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/779,023, filed on Dec. 13, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0039447 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A23L 29/269 (2016.01); A23L 33/125 (2016.01)

CPC A23L 29/271 (2016.08) [A23L 33/125 (2016.08); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01)]

6 Claims

1. A method of treating a swallowing disorder or mitigating a risk of aspiration during swallowing in an individual having the swallowing disorder, the method comprising orally administering to the individual a nutritional product in which at least a portion thereof is made by diluting a thickening powder comprising a beta-glucan and at least one carrier ingredient in a weight ratio of about 10:1 to about 300:1 with a diluent to form an aqueous solution, wherein the weight ratio of diluent:thickening powder is from 50:1 to 100:1, wherein the diluting the thickening powder comprises diluting a unit dosage form of the thickening powder that is an amount effective for administration of the nutritional product to an individual who suffers from dysphagia to achieve at least one of (i) supplemental nutrition, (ii) hydration and (ii) replacement of one or more full meals, the nutritional product comprising an amount of the aqueous solution that is neutral toward or enhances extensional properties of the nutritional product and provides to the nutritional product a shear viscosity greater than 200 mPas and up to about 2,000 mPas at a shear rate of 50 s⁻¹at 20° C.,

wherein the at least one carrier ingredient comprises isomaltulose.