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GB2080664A
GB2080664A GB8024795A GB8024795A GB2080664A GB 2080664 A GB2080664 A GB 2080664A GB 8024795 A GB8024795 A GB 8024795A GB 8024795 A GB8024795 A GB 8024795A GB 2080664 A GB2080664 A GB 2080664A
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23GCOCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; CHEWING GUM; ICE-CREAM; PREPARATION THEREOF
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    • A23G1/325Cocoa products, e.g. chocolate; Substitutes therefor characterised by the composition containing organic or inorganic compounds containing inorganic compounds
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23GCOCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; CHEWING GUM; ICE-CREAM; PREPARATION THEREOF
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23LFOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PREPARATION OR TREATMENT THEREOF
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    • A23L33/10Modifying nutritive qualities of foods; Dietetic products; Preparation or treatment thereof using additives
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Abstract

A potassium supplement composition is disclosed comprising from 10 to 50% by weight of the composition of one or more mineral salts selected from the chloride, citrate, bicarbonate and di-phosphates of potassium with or without one or more sodium salts, with the proportion in equivalents of sodium, if any is present, not exceeding that of potassium, wherein from 25 to 50% by weight of the balance of the composition comprises a water-soluble, carbohydrate foodstuff ingredient, whilst from 50 to 75% by weight of said balance comprises an organic, potassium-containing foodstuff ingredient at least half of which is milk solids.

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SPECIFICATION Potassium supplement composition This invention relates to an improved potassium supplement composition and its preparation. There are a number of medical conditions that are treated by oral administration of potassium, e.g.
hypokalemia resulting from side-effects of diuretics, from excessive diarrhea and from excessive vomiting.
Potassium chloride pills are a well-known supplement, but are prone to ulcerate the intestinal tract, particularly if they are enteric-coated. Conventionally, this problem is tackled by administering the potassium chloride in dilute, aqueous solution.
However, this solution is singularly unpaletable and many patients are quite unable to take the usual dose of about 15-20 mEq.
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an improved potassium-supplement composition comprising from 10 to 50% by weight of the composition of one or more mineral salts selected from the chloride, citrate, bicarbonate and diphosphates of potassium and sodium, with the proportion in equivalents of sodium, if any is present, not exceeding that of potassium, where from 25 to 50% by weight of the balance of the composition comprises a water-soluble ca rbo-hydrate foodstuff ingredient, whilst from 50 to 75% by weight of said balance comprises an organic, potassiumcontaining foodstuff ingredient at least half of which is milk solids, whilst the remainder, if any, of said potassium-containing foodstuff ingredient is a flavor enhancing, plant derived foodstuff.
This composition can be made to be dry, palatable and safe, and readily dispersible in water. It has an excellent taste and appeals to the patient as a food supplement rather than a medicine. Furthermore, by completing the anionic portion of the mineral salts ingredient with substantially equal portions of bicarbonate, citrate, and diphosphate, a better balance of anions more closely related to natural potassium sources can be obtained.
Preferably, the proportion of mineral salts is from 15 to 30% by weight of the composition and one quarter to one half of the salt ingredient is comprised by the chloride.
Some examples of suitable flavor-enhancing, plant derived foodstuffs are cocoa, powdered tomato and ground nuts, and a preferred proportion is from 20 to 40% by weight of said remainder of the organic, potassium containing foodstuff ingredient.
The carbohydrate ingredient can be sugar, a non hygrnscopic starch hydrolysate, of a mixture thereof.
The composition can be prepared by the steps of mixing and dissolving the various ingredients in water and spray-drying the resulting dispersion or solution.
When the condition to be treated is one of potassium depletion, sodium will not usually be included in the composition. However, where there is a condition of severe dehydration, and accompanying loss of salts as may occur with excessive diarrhea or vomiting, then sodium replacement may also be desired, and a sodium-containing composition will be used. Since the taste of sodium chloride is much betterthan that of potassium chloride, a very palatable product results.
The present invention displays a synergistic effect in that the milk ingredients and potassiumcontaining flavor-enhancers not only render the potassium salts palatable, enabling them to be taken in dilute form, and thus, safely, but because they themselves are rich in potassium the amount of potassium salt needed can be reduced. It has been found that cocoa not only provides considerable potassium, but it is one of the best masking agents for the large amounts of the pure chemical potassium sources in the first group which are used in such a preparation. Because "dutched" cocoa is higher in potassium salts, this is the preferred form of cocoa which is used in such a product.
Since milk powder, besides supplying potassium, also supplies sodium ions, which under some circumstances might be undesirable, it may sometimes be desirable to use milk products such as milk solids, caseinates, and whey products which have been previously dialyzed (to reduce the sodium).
The composition may include sugar for sweetening, or the sugar may be reduced or excluded and supplemented with an artificial or other sweetener, such as saccharin, cyclamate, aspartame, xylitoi and levulose.
The composition may be combined with flavor and-character-modifying ingredients such as starch hydrolysates, exemplified by starch hydrolysates having a low affinity for moisture such as those having DE values of about 10-15.
When the composition is spray-dried and agglomerated, the total mixture is usually dissolved in water before spray-drying. Alternatively, the milk portion with or without the cocoa may be spray-dried and agglomerated and the final potassium supplement made by simple mixing. Spray drying has the advantage of producing a more uniform product.
It has been discovered that a uniform product can also be produced by combining the ingredients and mixing them vigorously with the addition of lecithin.
The lecithin may be added hot, if desired, and it may be diluted with a fat such as cocoa butter prior to adding itto the mixture in the mixer. The mixing is continued until the entire mixture is uniform. It is preferred to use as little lecithin as necessary, eg. a range from a to 1.5% of the total mixture, occasionally more. The objective of the lecithin is to produce a product which readily disperses in water, and at the same time produces a more uniform product because it tends to tie all the ingredients together.
The following Example is given to illustrate the invention and the manner in which it may be carried into effect: Example 1 This Example illustrates the preparation of an essentially potassium containing supplement composition: Salts Potassium Chloride 2.27 pounds Potassium Citrate 3.60 pounds Potassium Bicarbonate 3.33 pounds Dipotassium Phosphate 3.30 pounds Foodstuff Dutched Cocoa 26.7 pounds Agglomerated Non-fat Milk Powder 32.0 pounds Excipients and Flavors Sugar 9.0 pounds Maltodextrin DElO 18.0 pounds Potassium Saccharin 0.36 pounds Vanille flavors 1.44 pounds The above ingredients were mixed together to produce a composition weighing 100 pounds.
Lecithin has not been shown in the above formula because its use depends upon the process. If the product is made by vigorous mixing, approximately A pound of lecithin might be used. The flavor of the above product may also be improved somewhat by the use of approximately one pound of silica gel (Cabosil) in the formula to improve pourability and prevention of lumps.
The above formula can be modified to produce a composition containing sodium as well as potassium. The excipients and flavors remain the same, and the foodstuff ingredient as shown in the second group remain the same. As stated previously, instead of potassium chloride, sodium chloride can be used. Also, instead of potassium bicarbonate, sodium bicarbonate would be preferred.
While the ratios of sodium to potassium have not been established precisely, the product shown above would be quite satisfactory. It should be stressed that the formulations described in this application are for oral use only. Acute conditions often require more chloride ions, and itis not an object of this invention to prepare a product for acute conditions. In the chronic conditions resulting from diarrhea and vomiting over some period of time, there is also the need for carbohydrate. The excipients shown in the above formula in this latterfunction now become active ingredients and serve a double purpose of making a product palatable but also supplying very much needed carbohydrate. If desired, these may be increased, and for treating infants, slight modification of the formulations would be indicated, possibly elimination of the cocoa if the feeding is by bottle.
The value of these potassium supplement compositions as described above may be increased for specific clinical applications by including other ions such as magnesium, magenese, and zinc, without adversely affecting the taste. Since these and other inorganic ions are present in cocoa and milk powders, they also benefit from this invention.

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1. A dry, potassium-supplement composition comprising from 10 to 50% by weight of the composition of one or more mineral salts selected from the chloride, citrate, bicarbonate and di-phosphates of potassium with or without one or more sodium salts, with the proportion in equivalents of sodium, if any is present, not exceeding that of potassium, wherein from 25 to 50% by weight of the balance of the composition comprises a water-soluble, carbodydrate foodstuff ingredient, whilst from 50 to 75% by weight of said balance comprises an organic, potassium-containing foodstuff ingredient at least half of which is milk solids.
2. Acomposition according to Claim 1 wherein the remainder of said potassium containing foodstuff ingredient is a flavor enhancing, plant derived foodstuff.
3. A composition according to Claim 1 or2 wherein the mineral salts comprise from 15 to 30% by weight of the composition.
4. A composition according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the chloride salt comprises from one quarter to one-half of the total salt ingredients, in equivalents.
5. A composition according to Claim 2 wherein the flavor-enhancing, plant-derived foodstuff is cocoa, powdered tomato, or ground nuts in a proportion of from 20 to 40% by weight of said remainder of the organic, potassium-containing foodstuff ingredient.
6. A composition according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the carbohydrate ingredient is sugar, a non-hygroscopic starch hydrolysate, or a mixture thereof.
7. A method of preparing a composition as claimed in any one of the preceding claims comprising the steps of mixing and dissolving the recited ingredients in water, and spray-drying the resulting dispersion or solution.
8. A method according to Claim 7 wherein lecithin is added in the mixing process.
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Cited By (9)

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GB2120519A (en) * 1982-05-18 1983-12-07 Gaiman David Bernard Process for preparation of calcium-magnesium food supplement
US4556568A (en) * 1983-06-30 1985-12-03 Mallinckrodt, Inc. Salt substitute containing potassium chloride coated with a mixture including maltodextrin and potassium bitartrate and method of preparation
US4556577A (en) * 1983-06-30 1985-12-03 Mallinckrodt, Inc. Admixture of potassium chloride and maltodextrin as salt substitute and method of preparation
US4556567A (en) * 1983-06-30 1985-12-03 Mallinckrodt, Inc. Salt substitute containing potassium chloride coated with maltodextrin and method of preparation
US4556566A (en) * 1983-06-30 1985-12-03 Mallinckrodt, Inc. Salt substitute containing potassium chloride coated with a mixture of maltodextrin and sodium chloride and method of preparation
US4556578A (en) * 1983-06-30 1985-12-03 Mallinckrodt, Inc. NaCl-Free salt substitute containing potassium chloride, maltodextrin and potassium bitartrate and method of preparation
US4560574A (en) * 1983-06-30 1985-12-24 Mallinckrodt, Inc. Salt substitute containing potassium chloride, maltodextrin and sodium chloride and method of preparation
EP0210950A1 (en) * 1985-07-09 1987-02-04 Midial S.A. Cocoa composition for the preparation of drinks by dissolving it in water
EP0531142A1 (en) * 1991-09-04 1993-03-10 Immunopath Profile, Inc. Hypoallergenic milk products from natural and/or synthetic components and process of manufacture

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2120519A (en) * 1982-05-18 1983-12-07 Gaiman David Bernard Process for preparation of calcium-magnesium food supplement
US4556568A (en) * 1983-06-30 1985-12-03 Mallinckrodt, Inc. Salt substitute containing potassium chloride coated with a mixture including maltodextrin and potassium bitartrate and method of preparation
US4556577A (en) * 1983-06-30 1985-12-03 Mallinckrodt, Inc. Admixture of potassium chloride and maltodextrin as salt substitute and method of preparation
US4556567A (en) * 1983-06-30 1985-12-03 Mallinckrodt, Inc. Salt substitute containing potassium chloride coated with maltodextrin and method of preparation
US4556566A (en) * 1983-06-30 1985-12-03 Mallinckrodt, Inc. Salt substitute containing potassium chloride coated with a mixture of maltodextrin and sodium chloride and method of preparation
US4556578A (en) * 1983-06-30 1985-12-03 Mallinckrodt, Inc. NaCl-Free salt substitute containing potassium chloride, maltodextrin and potassium bitartrate and method of preparation
US4560574A (en) * 1983-06-30 1985-12-24 Mallinckrodt, Inc. Salt substitute containing potassium chloride, maltodextrin and sodium chloride and method of preparation
EP0210950A1 (en) * 1985-07-09 1987-02-04 Midial S.A. Cocoa composition for the preparation of drinks by dissolving it in water
CH666385A5 (en) * 1985-07-09 1988-07-29 Midial COMPOSITION BASED ON COCOA FOR THE PREPARATION OF BEVERAGES BY DISSOLUTION IN WATER.
EP0531142A1 (en) * 1991-09-04 1993-03-10 Immunopath Profile, Inc. Hypoallergenic milk products from natural and/or synthetic components and process of manufacture

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