US 12,137,717 B2
Nutritional compositions showing phase separation under gastric conditions and methods for preparing the same
Christina Josephina Antonia Maria Timmer-Keetels, Wageningen (NL); Andries Dirk Siemensma, Wageningen (NL); Glenn Arnoldus Antonius Van Lieshout, Wageningen (NL); Thom Huppertz, Wageningen (NL); Johannes Andries Nieuwenhuijse, Wageningen (NL); and Renate Antonia Ganzevles, Wageningen (NL)
Assigned to FrieslandCampina Nederland B.V., Amersfoort (NL)
Appl. No. 17/431,968
Filed by FrieslandCampina Nederland B.V., Amersfoort (NL)
PCT Filed Mar. 26, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/058469
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 18, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/200989, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 8, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19166285 (EP), filed on Mar. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0132901 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. A23L 33/115 (2016.01); A23L 33/19 (2016.01)
CPC A23L 33/115 (2016.08) [A23L 33/19 (2016.08)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A nutritional composition comprising:
casein,
whey protein, and
protein-coated fat droplets,
wherein the whey protein includes α-lactalbumin (aLac) and β-lactoglobulin (bLac),
wherein the protein-coated fat droplets each include a protein coating comprising a portion of the casein, a portion of the aLac, and a portion of the bLac,
wherein a weight ratio of casein to a total aLac and bLac content in the coating of the protein-coated fat droplets is at least 4 times higher than a weight ratio of casein to a total aLac and bLac content in the total composition,
wherein the composition includes 5 to 20 wt % total protein content by weight of a total solids of the composition,
wherein the aLac and bLac present in the composition is in an amount of at least 25 wt % by weight of the total protein content, and
wherein the composition includes 10 to 50 wt % total fat content by weight of the total solids of the composition.