US 12,167,990 B2
Vitamin composition
Cyril Moccand, Lausanne (CH); Laurent Sagalowicz, Blonay (CH); Nicola Galaffu, Ornex (FR); Martin Michel, Lausanne (CH); and Edwin Alberto Habeych Narvaez, Lausanne (CH)
Assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A., Vevey (CH)
Appl. No. 16/076,066
Filed by SOCIÉTË DES PRODUITS NESTLË S.A., Vevey (CH)
PCT Filed Jan. 25, 2017, PCT No. PCT/EP2017/051470
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 7, 2018,
PCT Pub. No. WO2017/137255, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 17, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 16155184 (EP), filed on Feb. 11, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0177774 A1, Jun. 17, 2021
Int. Cl. A61K 31/07 (2006.01); A61K 47/44 (2017.01); A61K 47/46 (2006.01)
CPC A61K 31/07 (2013.01) [A61K 47/44 (2013.01); A61K 47/46 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
 
1. A food product consisting of a vitamin composition, the vitamin composition consisting of:
a mixture containing a lipid-soluble vitamin dissolved in a vegetable oil;
bran selected from the group consisting of defatted bran having less than about 5 wt. % fat, reduced phytic acid bran having less than about 5 wt. % phytic acid, and combinations thereof;
optionally an antioxidant; and
optionally an emulsifier; and
optionally one or more minerals; and
optionally water, and
wherein the mixture is absorbed into and/or adsorbed onto the bran; the lipid-soluble vitamin is selected from the group consisting of vitamin A, provitamin A, vitamin A ester, and combinations thereof; and the vegetable oil is selected from the group consisting of palm oil and sunflower oil.