Description:1. A method (10) to produce a food supplement for regulating blood sugar level comprising:
characterized in that:
mixing guar gum powder and ethanol to obtain a first mixture; (20)
mixing hydrochloric acid and the first mixture to obtain a second mixture; (30)
stirring the second mixture for a predefined duration at a first predefined temperature to obtain a stirred mixture; (40)
cooling the stirred mixture to room temperature to obtain a cooled mixture; (50)
neutralizing potential of hydrogen of the cooled mixture by adding a basic mixture to obtain a neutralized mixture; (60)
filtering the neutralized mixture to obtain a solid residue; (70)
washing the solid residue with the ethanol to obtain a cleaned residue; (80)
drying the cleaned residue at a second predefined temperature to obtain a dried residue; (90)
mixing the dried residue with a predefined volume of water at a third predefined temperature to obtain a third mixture; (100)
stirring the third mixture by adding at least 15 percentage of charcoal to obtain a stirred mixture; (110)
filtering the stirred mixture upon cooling the stirred mixture to obtain a filtrate; (120)
distilling the filtrate upon washing the filtrate with water to obtain a distilled extract concentrate; (130) and
spray drying the distilled extract concentrate to obtain the food supplement, thereby producing the food supplement for regulating the blood sugar level. (140)
2. The method (10) as claimed in claim 1, wherein mixing guar gum powder and ethanol to obtain a first mixture comprises mixing guar gum power and the ethanol comprising a concentration of 85 percentage.
3. The method (10) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the predefined duration comprises at least 6 hours.
4. The method (10) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first predefined temperature lies in a range between 65 degree celsius and 75 degree celsius.
5. The method (10) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the basic mixture comprises sodium hydroxide and the ethanol, wherein the sodium hydroxide comprises a concentration of 16 percentage.
6. The method (10) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second predefined temperature and the third predefined temperature lies in a range between 60 degree celsius and 70 degree celsius.
7. The method (10) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the predefined volume of water comprises at least 10 times volume of the dried residue.
8. The method (10) as claimed in claim 1, wherein filtering the stirred mixture upon cooling the stirred mixture to obtain a filtrate comprises filtering the stirred mixture utilizing a hyflo bed.
9. The method (10) as claimed in claim 1, wherein distilling the filtrate comprises distilling the filtrate by vacuum distillation.
10. The method (10) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the distilled extract concentrate comprises at least 18 dissolved solids.

Dated this 10th day of November 2023

Signature

Jinsu Abraham
Patent Agent (IN/PA-3267)
Agent for the Applicant
, Claims:FIELD OF INVENTION
[0001] Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a field of food supplement and more particularly to a method to produce a food supplement for regulating blood sugar level.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Blood sugar level needs to be regulated to prevent health problems, particularly for individuals with diabetes. The health problems include hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia. The hyperglycemia causes heart disease, kidney damage, nerve damage and vision problems. The hypoglycemia causes shakiness, dizziness, confusion, and, in severe cases, loss of consciousness. Dietary fibers have multi-systemic health benefits, including, improvement in glycemic control, reduction in glucose spikes, decrease in hyperinsulinemia, improvement in plasma lipid concentrations and weight management in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients.
[0003] The fibrous foods include brown rice, oats, nuts, seeds, whole wheat, legumes and the like. However, poor solubility of the fibers in water slows absorption of nutrients and bioactive compounds present in fiber rich foods to the gastrointestinal tract, thereby rendering the fibrous foods inefficient in regulating the blood sugar levels. Also, shelf life of the fibrous foods is limited since the fibrous foods are susceptible to variations in temperature and potential of hydrogen (pH) values. Further, sensory attributes of the fibrous foods such as flavor, appearance, viscosity and odor may adversely affect consumer appeal.
[0004] Hence, there is a need for an improved method to produce a food supplement for regulating blood sugar level to address the aforementioned issue(s).
OBJECTIVE OF THE INVENTION
[0005] An objective of the invention is to provide a method to produce a food supplement which is fiber rich and completely soluble in water for regulating blood sugar level.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION
[0006] In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method to produce a food supplement for regulating blood sugar level is provided. The method includes mixing guar gum powder and ethanol to obtain a first mixture. The method also includes mixing hydrochloric acid and the first mixture to obtain a second mixture. The method also includes stirring the second mixture for a predefined duration at a first predefined temperature to obtain a stirred mixture. The method also includes cooling the stirred mixture to room temperature to obtain a cooled mixture. The method also includes neutralizing potential of hydrogen of the cooled mixture by adding a basic mixture to obtain a neutralized mixture. The method further includes filtering the neutralized mixture to obtain a solid residue. The method also includes washing the solid residue with the ethanol to obtain a cleaned residue. The method also includes drying the cleaned residue at a second predefined temperature to obtain a dried residue. The method further includes mixing the dried residue with a predefined volume of water at a third predefined temperature to obtain a third mixture. The method also includes stirring the third mixture by adding at least 15 percentage of charcoal to obtain a stirred mixture. The method further includes filtering the stirred mixture upon cooling the stirred mixture to obtain a filtrate. The method also includes distilling the filtrate upon washing the filtrate with water to obtain a distilled extract concentrate. The method also includes spray drying the distilled extract concentrate to obtain the food supplement, thereby producing the food supplement for regulating the blood sugar level.
[0007] To further clarify the advantages and features of the present disclosure, a more explicit description of the disclosure will follow by reference to specific embodiments thereof, which are illustrated in the appended figures. It is to be appreciated that these figures depict typical embodiments of the disclosure and are therefore not to be considered limiting in scope. The disclosure will be described and explained with additional details with the appended figures.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0008] The disclosure will be described and explained with additional specificity and detail with the accompanying figures in which:
[0009] FIG. 1a is a flow chart representing the steps involved in a method to produce a food supplement for regulating blood sugar level in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure; and
[0010] FIG. 1b is a flow chart representing the continued steps involved in a method of FIG. 1a, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0011] Further, those skilled in the art will appreciate that elements in the figures are illustrated for simplicity and may not have necessarily been drawn to scale. Furthermore, in terms of the construction of the device, one or more components of the device may have been represented in the figures by conventional symbols, and the figures may show only those specific details that are pertinent to understanding the embodiments of the present disclosure so as not to obscure the figures with details that will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art having the benefit of the description herein.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0012] To promote an understanding of the principles of the disclosure, reference will now be made to the embodiment illustrated in the figures and specific language will be used to describe them. It will nevertheless be understood that no limitation of the scope of the disclosure is thereby intended. Such alterations and further modifications in the illustrated system, and such further applications of the principles of the disclosure as would normally occur to those skilled in the art are to be construed as being within the scope of the present disclosure.
[0013] The terms ``comprises", "comprising", or any other variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process or method that comprises a list of steps does not include only those steps but may include other steps not expressly listed or inherent to such a process or method. Similarly, one or more devices or sub-systems or elements or structures or components preceded by "comprises... a'' does not, without more constraints, preclude the existence of other devices, sub-systems, elements, structures, components, additional devices, additional sub-systems, additional elements, additional structures, or additional components. Appearances of the phrase "in an embodiment", "in another embodiment" and similar language throughout this specification may, but not necessarily do, all refer to the same embodiment.
[0014] Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by those skilled in the art to which this disclosure belongs. The system, methods, and examples provided herein are only illustrative and not intended to be limiting.
[0015] In the following specification and the claims, reference will be made to a number of terms, which shall be defined to have the following meanings. The singular forms “a”, “an”, and “the” include plural references unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.
[0016] Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method to produce a food supplement for regulating blood sugar level. The method includes mixing guar gum powder and ethanol to obtain a first mixture. The method also includes mixing hydrochloric acid and the first mixture to obtain a second mixture. The method also includes stirring the second mixture for a predefined duration at a first predefined temperature to obtain a stirred mixture. The method also includes cooling the stirred mixture to room temperature to obtain a cooled mixture. The method also includes neutralizing potential of hydrogen of the cooled mixture by adding a basic mixture to obtain a neutralized mixture. The method further includes filtering the neutralized mixture to obtain a solid residue. The method also includes washing the solid residue with the ethanol to obtain a cleaned residue. The method also includes drying the cleaned residue at a second predefined temperature to obtain a dried residue. The method further includes mixing the dried residue with a predefined volume of water at a third predefined temperature to obtain a third mixture. The method also includes stirring the third mixture by adding at least 15 percentage of charcoal to obtain a stirred mixture. The method further includes filtering the stirred mixture upon cooling the stirred mixture to obtain a filtrate. The method also includes distilling the filtrate upon washing the filtrate with water to obtain a distilled extract concentrate. The method also includes spray drying the distilled extract concentrate to obtain the food supplement, thereby producing the food supplement for regulating the blood sugar level.
[0017] FIG. 1a and FIG 1b is a flow chart representing the steps involved in a method (10) to produce a food supplement for regulating blood sugar level in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method (10) includes mixing guar gum powder and ethanol to obtain a first mixture in step 20. In one embodiment, mixing guar gum powder and ethanol to obtain a first mixture may include mixing guar gum powder and the ethanol including a concentration of 85 percentage. In one embodiment, the guar gum may be obtained from Cyamopsis tetragonoloba.
[0018] The method (10) also includes mixing hydrochloric acid and the first mixture to obtain a second mixture in step 30. The method (10) also includes stirring the second mixture for a predefined duration at a first predefined temperature to obtain a stirred mixture in step 40. In one embodiment, the predefined duration may include at least 6 hours. In some embodiments, the first predefined temperature lies in a range between 65 degree celsius and 75 degree celsius.
[0019] The method (10) also includes cooling the stirred mixture to room temperature to obtain a cooled mixture in step 50. The method (10) also includes neutralizing potential of hydrogen of the cooled mixture by adding a basic mixture to obtain a neutralized mixture in step 60. In one embodiment, the basic mixture may include sodium hydroxide and the ethanol. In such an embodiment, the sodium hydroxide comprises a concentration of 16 percentage.
[0020] The method (10) further includes filtering the neutralized mixture to obtain a solid residue in step 70. The method also includes washing the solid residue with the ethanol to obtain a cleaned residue in step 80. The method (10) also includes drying the cleaned residue at a second predefined temperature to obtain a dried residue in step 90. The method (10) further includes mixing the dried residue with a predefined volume of water at a third predefined temperature to obtain a third mixture in step 100. In one embodiment, the second predefined temperature and the third predefined temperature may lie in a range between 60 degree celsius and 70 degree celsius. In some embodiments, the predefined volume of water may include at least 10 times volume of the dried residue.
[0021] The method (10) also includes stirring the third mixture by adding at least 15 percentage of charcoal to obtain a stirred mixture in step 110. The method (10) further includes filtering the stirred mixture upon cooling the stirred mixture to obtain a filtrate 120. In one embodiment, filtering the stirred mixture upon cooling the stirred mixture to obtain a filtrate may include filtering the stirred mixture utilizing a hyflo bed.
[0022] The method (10) also includes distilling the filtrate upon washing the filtrate with water to obtain a distilled extract concentrate in step 130. In one embodiment, distilling the filtrate may include distilling the filtrate by vacuum distillation. In a specific embodiment, the distilled extract concentrate may include 18 dissolved solids. The method (10) also includes spray drying the distilled extract concentrate to obtain the food supplement, thereby producing the food supplement for regulating the blood sugar level in step 140. In one embodiment, the food supplement may include soluble fiber content between 75 percentage and 80 percentage.
[0023] Various embodiments of the method to produce a food supplement for regulating blood sugar level described above enable various advantages. The food supplement produced using the guar gum powder is completely soluble in water, causing rapid absorption of the nutrients and the bioactive compounds present in the food supplement by the gastrointestinal tract, thereby efficiently regulating the blood sugar level. Also, the food supplement is unaffected by variations in the temperature and potential of hydrogen (pH) values, thereby achieving prolonged shelf life. Further, unobtrusive sensory characteristics of the food supplement may not produce any sensory biases and distractions to a consumer, thereby meeting diverse consumer preferences. The food supplement is highly fibrous making the food supplement effective in managing health problems such as bowel movements, heart diseases, and colon cancer.
[0024] It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory of the disclosure and are not intended to be restrictive thereof. While specific language has been used to describe the disclosure, any limitations arising on account of the same are not intended.
[0025] The figures and the forgoing description give examples of embodiments. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that one or more of the described elements may well be combined into a single functional element. Alternatively, certain elements may be split into multiple functional elements. Elements from one embodiment may be added to another embodiment. For example, the order of processes described herein may be changed and is not limited to the manner described herein. Moreover, the actions of any flow diagram need not be implemented in the order shown; nor do all the acts need to be necessarily performed. Also, those acts that are not dependent on other acts may be performed in parallel with the other acts. The scope of embodiments is by no means limited by these specific examples.