IMPROVED SUGAR-DEPLETED FRUIT OR VEGETABLE JUICE AND JUICE-RETAINING FRUIT OR VEGETABLE DERIVED MATTER, METHODS OF PRODUCING THE SAME AND THE USE THEREOF TO MAINTAIN HEALTH AND TO TREAT AND PREVENT MEDICAL AILMENTS

摘要

The present invention provides a sugar-depleted fruit or vegetable juice product, wherein said juice product is a fruit or vegetable juice or juice-retaining fruit or vegetable derived matter, wherein said juice product contains at least about 5 g/l gluconic acid and said juice product contains any two or three, of (i) at least about 0.5 g/l Ca²⁺, (iii) at least about 1 g/l K⁺, and (iii) at least about 0.1 g/l Mg2+. Also provided are methods of producing the same and the use thereof to assist in maintaining the health and well-being of a subject and in the treatment and prevention of medical ailments, specifically those associated with the over- consumption of glucose and/or sucrose or inappropriate metabolism of glucose, e.g. metabolic syndrome, diabetes mellitus type II, obesity, dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, hypertension and liver steatosis.