The present invention is directed to metal supplementation of beverages. More particularly, it is directed to a metal containing complex coacervate core micelle comprising a negatively charged chelating agent, a low molecular weight natural food-grade polymeric cation, and water. It is also directed to a process to produce said metal containing complex coacervate core micelle, and to the use of said metal containing complex coacervate core micelle to supplement beverages with a source of highly bioavailable metal. It is also related to a beverage comprising said metal containing complex coacervate core micelle.

This disclosure features human milk permeates and compositions containing the same obtained from fractionated whole human milk. The oligosaccharide rich permeate and permeate compositions of the present invention are useful as nutritional supplements for pre-term and full term infants, for establishing or maintaining gut flora and for treating the symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease.

A food or beverage product with improved texture and mouthfeel. The food or beverage product includes aggregated proteins comprising micellar casein and whey protein aggregates. The product has a pH of 6.1-7.1, a concentration of 6-40 wt. % milk solids, a casein to whey protein ratio of 90/10-60/40, and a concentration of 3-8 mM free divalent cations. The agglomerates have a size of 5-50 microns mean diameter D(4,3) as measured by laser diffraction.

The invention concerns a sweetened dairy product comprising a dairy material, at least one steviol glycoside, and a lactase enzyme.

Beverage compositions and methods of preparing the same are provided herein. The beverage compositions can include calcium supplied from a calcium carbonate source including aragonite and a liquid component, such as water, a juice, a milk, and a combination thereof. Calcium components including aragonite particles and at least one additive agent as well as sweetener components including aragonite particles and at least one sweetener are also provided herein.

Beverage compositions and methods of preparing the same are provided herein. The beverage compositions can include calcium supplied from a calcium carbonate source including aragonite and a liquid component, such as water, a juice, a milk, and a combination thereof. Calcium components including aragonite particles and at least one additive agent as well as sweetener components including aragonite particles and at least one sweetener are also provided herein.

The invention relates to a process for treating a protein-containing composition. The process includes the provision of a protein-containing composition wherein the proteins comprise milk proteins and said milk proteins comprise at least 90 wt. % -lactoglobulins. The composition is contacted with a transglutaminase to obtain a cross-linked protein-containing composition. This process enhances not only the heat stability, in particular in presence of calcium but also the texture properties of such protein-containing compositions. The invention also relates to cross-linked protein-containing compositions obtainable or obtained by said process, to a process for preparing dairy products or alternatives thereof with such compositions and to the resulting dairy products or alternatives thereof.

Provided herein is a composition that includes choline or choline salt and omega-3 fatty acid for nutritionally enhancing a food product, as well as the resultant food products. The food product when nutritionally enhanced with the composition has an acceptable taste or acceptable odor or the food product has a peroxide value of less than 50 mEq. Methods of preparing the composition and food products are also are provided. As seen in the accompanying figure the discoveries outlined herein have resulted in an unprecedented level of organoleptic stability over time, with no significant change to key sensory parameters typically seen in products that contain high levels of choline and omega-3 fatty acids.

Beverage compositions and methods of preparing the same are provided herein. The beverage compositions can include calcium supplied from a calcium carbonate source including aragonite and a liquid component, such as water, a juice, a milk, and a combination thereof. Calcium components including aragonite particles and at least one additive agent as well as sweetener components including aragonite particles and at least one sweetener are also provided herein.

The invention concerns a sweetened dairy product comprising a dairy material, at least one steviol glycoside, and a lactase enzyme.