1325.06.3.C.8 ARDEN HILLS DMV FREE

1325.06.3.C.8 ARDEN HILLS DMV FREE

It is also undesirable because a high free amino acid content is preferred in enteral tube feeding products for certain critically ill patients. This is undesirable because glutamine-and not glutamate-is generally believed to a fuel used preferentially by the gut. Second, the products must be in powder form because the amino acid glutamine is not stable in water it converts quickly to glutamate. Mixing is labor intensive, increases chances for errors, increases the risk of contamination, and is messy. First, the products are powders which must be mixed. Disadvantages are associated with such powdered enteral elemental tube feeding products. Examples of enteral tube feeding products include VITALв„ў and ALITRAQв„ў sold by Ross, VIVONEXв„ў sold by Sandoz, and IMMUNAIDв„ў marketed by McGaw. In the United States, the market for such products exceeds $100 million annually. High amino acid-glutamine powdered enteral elemental tube feeding products are well known, and are reconstituted with water just prior to use. In another respect, the invention relates to a method which, in comparison to prior art procedures, significantly reduces the cost of producing liquid enteral tube feeding composition with free amino acids because the method produces a ready-to-use liquid enteral tube feeding composition instead of the powdered feeding compositions which are now on the market and which must be reconstituted prior to use. More particularly, the invention relates to a liquid enteral tube feeding composition which contains free amino acids and glutamine in a di-peptide form and which has extended shelf life during which glutamine will not convert in situ into glutamate. This invention relates to enteral tube feeding compositions. The method of claim 16, wherein said liquid food composition is delivered to said individual through an enteral feeding tube. A method of treating an individual comprising:Дelivering a liquid food composition to the stomach of the individual, said composition comprisingДЎ7. A method of making a liquid food composition comprising:Д) triglycerides having an alkyl group comprising from 6 to 26 carbon atoms,ДЎ6. The composition of claim 1, further comprising carrageenan.ДЎ5. The composition of claim 1, further comprising lecithin.ДЎ4. The composition of claim 1, wherein said polyglycerol ester is selected from the group consisting of diglycerol esters, triglycerol esters, tetraglycerol esters and combinations thereof.ДЎ3. The composition of claim 1, wherein said composition comprises 0.005% to 0.25% by weight polyglycerol ester.ДЎ2. The composition of claim 1, wherein said composition comprises 0.01% to 15% by weight triglycerides.ДЎ1. The composition of claim 1, said composition being essentially free of glutamate after standing for one month at room temperature.ДЎ0. The composition of claim 1, wherein said composition comprises 5% to about 48% by weight carbohydrate.Д©. The composition of claim 1, wherein said carbohydrate is selected from the group consisting of corn syrup solids, trisaccharides, tetrasaccharides, pentasaccharides, hexasaccharides, dextrose, fructose, sucrose, maltose and combinations thereof.ДЁ. The composition of claim 1, further comprising starch selected from the group consisting of potato starch, rice starch, tapioca starch, and combinations thereof.Д§. The composition of claim 1, further comprising starch.Д¦. The composition of claim 1, wherein said composition comprises 0.5 to 8.0% by weight peptide bonded glutamine.ДҐ. The composition of claim 1, wherein said composition comprises at least about 1.5% by weight peptide bonded glutamine.Д¤. The composition of claim 1, wherein said composition comprises 0.5% by weight peptide bonded glutamine.ДЈ. Said composition being essentially free of creaming after standing for one month at room temperature.Дў. Practice it, and having identified the presently preferredД) triglycerides having an alkyl group comprising from 6 to 26 carbon atoms To enable those skilled in the art to understand and Having described my invention in such terms as

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