Enteric-coated functional food ingredient and method for producing enteric-coated functional food ingredient

摘要

Describe functional food ingredients for delivery to the gastrointestinal tract. Also provided are food products comprising functional food ingredients, nutritional supplements and pharmaceutical products, and methods for producing functional food ingredients. Functional food ingredients can have a positive effect on glucose metabolism and weight management. In general, the ingredients include metabolites that are physically trapped in the fermentation precursor, which is then encapsulated with an enteric coating for release in the large intestine of a human subject. . In one approach, the components include a polysaccharide matrix, a short chain fatty acid physically entrapped in the polysaccharide matrix, and an enteric coating that encapsulates the combination of the short chain fatty acid and the polysaccharide matrix.