Fluid bed meal containing a marker and methods of making

摘要

A standardized, edible food containing a label for use in the measurement of gastric emptying by the quantification of marker excreted in the breath of the patient and methods of making the same using fluid bed granulation processing.

主权项

1. A method of producing a fluid bed standardized meal comprising:
providing an edible food to a fluid bed granulator chamber; providing a label to the chamber; fluidizing the food and/or the label, wherein fluidizing comprises passing a stream of air or gas through the food and/or label in the chamber; wherein, if either the food or the label is not fluidized, it is provided to the chamber as a solution or suspension; and after fluidizing the food and/or the label, agglomerating the food and label, wherein the food and label are not lyophilized after they are provided to the chamber, and wherein the fluid bed standardized meal is suitable for use in measuring gastric emptying in an individual.