FREE FLOWING NUTRITIONAL POWDER AND METHOD FOR ITS MANUFACTURE

摘要

A free flowing nutritional powder includes a primary component originating or derived from fruits, vegetables, grasses, herbs, algae, and combinations thereof, along with an intimate mixture of 2 additional components including: 0.1-5.0% of lecithin and 0.1-5.0% of introduced hydrocolloid material. The dried material has powder has a mass weighted particle size within the range of 10-600 microns, said free flowing powder has a water activity of less than 0.50wa, and said powder contains at least 85 wt. % of a fruit, vegetable, grass, herbal or algal component as the primary component.

主权项

1. A process of manufacturing a free flowing nutritional powder, comprising:
combining a selected primary component or primary component mixtures along with a lecithin component and a hydrocolloid component to prepare an aqueous blend having a solids content of 4-20% by weight; intimately mixing the resultant blend to produce a homogenous liquid mixture; drying (dehydrating) the homogenous mixture; and grinding or milling such dehydrated mixture to obtain the free flowing nutritional powder, wherein, said free flowing powder has a mass weighted particle size within a range of 10-600 microns; said free flowing powder has a water activity of less than 0.50wa, said intimate mixture contains at least 85 wt. % of the primary component, 0.1-5.0 wt. % of the lecithin component, and 0.1-5.0 wt. % of the hydrocolloid component.