2.10. Product Administration
The investigational product and the comparator were packed as individual doses of 45 g, and each individual was to take the product 4 times daily for one week. Participants were asked to dissolve the powder in 300 mL of water at room temperature and were also asked to take at least 3 of their 4 daily doses with a meal at timepoints 08:00 ± 2 h, 12:00 ± 2 h, 16:00 ± 2 h, and 20:00 ± 2 h (minimum time interval between individual product intakes was ≥3 h). Upon ingestion of the last dose on day 7, a minimum washout of 7 days was required before the next intervention period began, in random sequence, as determined by the randomization system (3 × 3 crossover).