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A food supplement, either in the form of a snack bar or a beverage, which contains one or more cartilage enhancing supplements is provided. The cartilage supplements include chondroitin, glucosamine, and hyaluronic acid. The food supplement may additionally be fortified with cetyl myristoleate. The

A food supplement, either in the form of a snack bar or a beverage, which contains one or more cartilage enhancing supplements is provided. The cartilage supplements include chondroitin, glucosamine, and hyaluronic acid. The food supplement may additionally be fortified with cetyl myristoleate. The beverage is a mixture of a juice drink base which may include a water-based fruit flavored juice prepared using a pasteurization process at a relatively high temperature and a cartilage supplement solution which includes a cartilage supplement prepared at a relatively low temperature. The beverage may be carbonated, non-carbonated or concentrated. The preferred cartilage supplement is glucosamine, preferably associated with a counter ion, more preferably as glucosamine HCl.

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1. A beverage comprising:a mixture of a juice drink base and a cartilage supplement-containing solution wherein: (A) said juice drink base is a water-based solution prepared using a pasteurization process at a relatively high temperature, and (B) said cartilage-supplement containing solution is a wa

1. A beverage comprising:a mixture of a juice drink base and a cartilage supplement-containing solution wherein: (A) said juice drink base is a water-based solution prepared using a pasteurization process at a relatively high temperature, and (B) said cartilage-supplement containing solution is a water-based solution comprising one or more cartilage supplements and prepared at a relatively low temperature whereby inactivation of the cartilage supplement is substantially minimized.