Matsutani Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160120889 | LIFESPAN EXTENDING AGENT - A lifespan extending agent that is safe for animals, and can easily be ingested in a form that resembles foods. A lifespan extending method is also disclosed. In the lifespan extending agent, a rare sugar usable as a sweetener is contained as an active ingredient. | 05-05-2016 |
20160029675 | METHOD FOR ENHANCING SALTINESS OF FOOD OR DRINK , FOOD OR DRINK OBTAINED USING THE METHOD, AND SALTINESS ENHANCER - Disclosed herein are a method for improving the saltiness of a food or drink, and the saltiness of a food or drink containing a salt and a grain. The saltiness enhancing method enhances the saltiness of salt-containing food or drink by adding a rare sugar to a raw material of the food or drink. The saltiness enhancing method is a method for reducing the salt content in a food or drink containing a salt, or a method for masking a grain odor due to a grain in a raw material of the food or drink that contains the grain as a part thereof and contains a salt. The rare sugar contains at least D-psicose. | 02-04-2016 |
20150344925 | KETOSE 3-EPIMERASE PRODUCED BY ARTHROBACTER GLOBIFORMIS - There are provided a highly safe epimerase usable in food industry, and a method for producing a ketose. The epimerase is a ketose 3-epimerase obtainable from a microorganism of the genus | 12-03-2015 |
20150284759 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING D-ALLOSE - Provided herein is an enzyme protein produced by a highly safe microorganism and having the activity to isomerize D-psicose to D-allose. The protein is any of the following proteins (a) to (c) with the activity to isomerize D-psicose to D-allose. (a) A protein comprising the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 originating in strain 710 of a microorganism of genus | 10-08-2015 |
20150230509 | COMPOSITION FOR IMPROVING TASTE OF HIGH-INTENSITY SWEETENER AND APPLICATION THEREOF - A low-calorie food or drink, particularly an edible product (a food or drink) with an improved distinctive strange taste (particularly bitterness remaining in the mouth) has low calories and is obtained by replacing part or most of the sugar or isomerized sugar to be added by a high-intensity sweetener. Provided are a composition for improving a taste of a high-intensity sweetener, a method of improving a taste of an edible product containing a high-intensity sweetener, and an edible product in which a taste of a high-intensity sweetener is improved, each of which is characterized by containing or using an isomerized sugar and a rare sugar such that the rare sugar is contained or used in an amount of from 1 to 150 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the isomerized sugar. | 08-20-2015 |
20140370171 | SUGAR COMPOSITION MAINLY COMPOSED OF SUCROSE AND D-PSICOSE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Object: To provide a homogeneous sugar composition containing sucrose, which is widely used as a sweetener in the food industry, and D-psicose, which has physiological effects such as lowering body fat. Also to provide a food or drink, a drug or quasi-drug, or a cosmetic in which a sucrose mixture that contains D-psicose is used. | 12-18-2014 |
20140336267 | UTILIZATION OF THE FUNCTION OF RARE SUGAR AS PROMOTER FOR THE MIGRATION OF GLUCOKINASE FROM NUCLEUS TO CYTOPLASM - A composition for treating disordered conditions in association with glucokinase activity contains a glucokinase-activating substance as the active ingredient. A promoting agent of glucokinase transfer from nucleus to cytoplasm contains D-psicose and/or D-tagatose as the active ingredient or a composition for preventing the onset of disordered conditions in association with glucokinase activity or for therapeutically treating the disordered conditions is in a form selected from a group consisting of food additives, food materials, drinks and foods, health drinks and foods, pharmaceutical product and feeds in blend with D-psicose and/or D-tagatose as the active ingredient for use in preventing the onset of disordered conditions in association with glucokinase activity or for therapeutically treating the disordered conditions, which are selected from impaired glucose tolerance, type 2 diabetes mellitus, insulin resistance, abnormal lipidemia, the metabolic syndrome and obesity. | 11-13-2014 |
20140316119 | COMPOSITION FOR IMPROVING BIOMETABOLISM PARAMETER - A composition for improving biometabolism parameters is provided. The composition contains D-psicose as an active ingredient, and is continuously ingested in a dose of 5 g or more per intake in terms of D-psicose to lower biometabolism parameters represented by a uric acid level and/or a liver function indicator component level. γ-GTP showed a significant decrease after 4 weeks from 15-g ingestion. γ-GTP and ALP showed a significant decrease after 4 weeks and 2 weeks, respectively, from the ingestion of D-psicose continuously administered three times each day in a dose of 5 g or more per intake. | 10-23-2014 |
20140302568 | POLYOL OXIDASE - A novel polyol oxidase is derived from a microorganism belonging to the genus | 10-09-2014 |
20140186925 | ENZYME PRODUCED BY ARTHROBACTER GLOBIFORMIS - Task: There are provided a highly safe epimerase usable in food industry, and a method for producing a ketose. Resolution: The epimerase is a ketose 3-epimerase obtainable from a microorganism of the genus | 07-03-2014 |
20130344008 | NONCARIOUS MATERIAL AND ANTICARIOUS AGENT CONTAINING RARE SUGAR - To provide a composition for preventing periodontal diseases (prophylactic agent of periodontal diseases), the composition having an excellent cariostatic property, being safe and stable for prolonged use and having less effects on flavor. A non-cariogenic material prepared by blending a rare sugar in the D form as selected from the group consisting of D-psicose, D-sorbose and D-tagatose, a rare sugar in the L form as selected from L-fructose, L-psicose and L-tagatose, or allitol as a rare sugar derivative, singly or in combination. A cariostatic agent comprising D-psicose, D-sorbose, D-tagatose, L-fructose, L-psicose and/or L-tagatose. A cariostatic agent in combination with catechins. | 12-26-2013 |
20130230560 | IgA PRODUCTION PROMOTER - To provide an IgA production promoter capable of being easily ingested safely and continually, for example orally and capable of preventing infection by inhibiting the binding of pathogenic microorganisms to alimentary canal mucosa and preventing an allergic reaction by blocking the passage of allergen materials such as pollen and house dust through the wall of the alimentary tract. The present invention consists of an IgA production promoter comprising hydroxypropyl starch as an effective ingredient. The IgA production promoter of the present invention can be safely and continually ingested because the effective ingredient thereof is hydroxypropyl starch used in food and the like, and can prevent infection by inhibiting the binding of pathogenic microorganisms to alimentary canal mucosa and prevent an allergic reaction by blocking the passage of allergen materials such as pollen and house dust through the wall of the alimentary tract. | 09-05-2013 |
20130189420 | Agent for Cooked Rice - It is to provide a method for producing cooked rice with improved loosening properties, anti-aging property, and/or water retentivity, comprising adding and mixing a quality improving agent which is a degradation product of substituted modified starch with a viscosity of 15 mPa·s or higher at 30% by mass in an aqueous solution and 3000 mPa·s or lower at 10% by mass in an aqueous solution, wherein the degradation product of substituted modified starch is obtained by using, as a base material, one or more substituted modified starches selected from the group consisting of hydroxypropyl starch, hydroxypropylated distarch phosphate, and starch sodium octenylsuccinate, and is prepared by subjecting substituted modified starch to hydrolysis treatment with an enzyme in the process of rice cooking for preparing cooked rice. | 07-25-2013 |
20130157975 | AGENT FOR SUPPRESSING ELEVATION OF BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION - An object of the present invention is to provide an agent for suppressing elevation of blood alcohol concentration and a method for suppressing elevation of blood alcohol concentration, the agent and the method enabling prevention of an intoxication state upon drinking and further prevention of hepatic dysfunctions due to drinking such as fatty liver. Provided are an agent for suppressing elevation of blood alcohol concentration, comprising a dextrin as an active ingredient, and a method for suppressing elevation of blood alcohol concentration, comprising, when alcohol is ingested, ingesting 0.5 parts by mass or more of a digestible dextrin and/or an indigestible dextrin relative to 1 part by mass of the ingested alcohol. | 06-20-2013 |
20130101697 | CARBOHYDRATE COMPOSITION AND FOOD AND BEVERAGE PRODUCING GRADUAL RISE IN BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS - Novel findings have been made that a carbohydrate composition in which a highly branched dextrin and isomaltulose are mixed at a specific ratio, wherein the highly branched dextrin has a structure in which glucose or isomaltooligosaccharide is bound to a non-reducing terminus of a dextrin via an α-1,6 glycosidic bond, and has a DE value of 10 to 52, enhances an suppressing effect on digestion of the highly branched dextrin by isomaltulose, that is, synergistically suppresses the digestion, thereby leading to the completion of the present invention. | 04-25-2013 |
20130040034 | LOW-FAT CAKE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a low-fat cake having improved quality, wherein the flavor, full-bodied taste (richness), softness, swellability, and baked color which are derived from of fats and oils are not at all impaired even if the amount of the fats and oils is reduced, and a method of making the same. | 02-14-2013 |
20130012459 | COMPOSITION FOR INHIBITING THE ONSET OF ARTERIOSCLEROSIS AND INHIBITION METHOD - A composition for inhibiting the onset of arteriosclerosis is characterized by comprising D-psicose as an active ingredient for an antiatherogenic action. The antiatherogenic action as described above includes an action of inhibiting or reducing the expression of a chemokine or a cytokine related to arteriosclerosis in vivo and an action of promoting the expression of a receptor involved in the improvement of arteriosclerosis without affecting the expression of an arteriosclerosis inducer. This composition is used in the form of a product selected from the group consisting of sweeteners, seasonings, food additives, food materials, foods and drinks, health foods and drinks, drugs, quasi drugs and feeds blended with D-psicose and/or its derivative and/or a mixture thereof as the active ingredient. The method of inhibiting the onset of arteriosclerosis is a method of using the above composition. | 01-10-2013 |
20120329735 | LIFESPAN EXTENDING AGENT - A lifespan extending agent that is safe for animals, and can easily be ingested in a form that resembles foods. A lifespan extending method is also disclosed. In the lifespan extending agent, a rare sugar usable as a sweetener is contained as an active ingredient. | 12-27-2012 |
20120107449 | MINERAL-ABSORPTION PROMOTER, FOOD AND FEED - The present invention relates to a process for improving mineral absorption in a subject comprising administering to the subject a mineral-absorption promoter comprising indigestible dextrin or a derivative thereof as an effective component together with a mineral-containing diet or supplement. | 05-03-2012 |
20120094940 | PROCESS OF PRODUCING SUGAR COMPOSITION COMPRISING DEFINITE AMOUNT OF TARGET HEXOSE AND HAVING SUGAR CONSTITUTION DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF STARTING SUGAR MATERIAL AND USE OF PRODUCED SUGAR COMPOSITION | 04-19-2012 |
20120088849 | OIL-ADSORBING COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION, AND METHOD FOR USING THE OIL-ADSORBING COMPOSITION - Conventional dried materials have a low oil adsorption property and oil retention ability. Therefore, a dried material that has an excellent oil adsorbing property and oil retention ability has been desired. Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an oil-adsorbing composition that has an excellent oil adsorption property and oil retention ability; a method for producing the oil-adsorbing composition; and a method for using the oil-adsorbing composition. | 04-12-2012 |
20120076908 | COMPOSITION FOR IMPROVING TASTE OF HIGH-INTENSITY SWEETENER AND APPLICATION THEREOF - An object of the present invention is to improve a distinctive strange taste (particularly bitterness remaining in the mouth) of a conventional low-calorie food or drink, particularly an edible product (a food or drink) having low calories obtained by replacing part or most of the sugar or isomerized sugar to be added by a high-intensity sweetener. Provided are a composition for improving a taste of a high-intensity sweetener, a method of improving a taste of an edible product containing a high-intensity sweetener, and an edible product in which a taste of a high-intensity sweetener is improved, each of which is characterized by containing or using an isomerized sugar and a rare sugar such that the rare sugar is contained or used in an amount of from 1 to 150 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the isomerized sugar. | 03-29-2012 |
20120076893 | BAKERY PRODUCT HAVING EXCELLENT TEXTURE AND TASTE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide a bakery product which has a soft and moist texture, sweetly dissolves in the mouth, has a favorable flavor, and is well risen and a method of producing the same. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of producing the same. By using raw material flour obtained by blending a rare sugar-containing isomerized sugar syrup or a rare sugar in wheat flour as a main raw material in the production of a bakery product, a bakery product to which softness, moistness, and a property of sweetly dissolving in the mouth is imparted is produced. | 03-29-2012 |
20120070534 | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE AND BEER-FLAVORED BEVERAGE EACH HAVING IMPROVED QUALITY OF TASTE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide an alcoholic beverage or a beer-flavored beverage, each of which is well balanced in terms of flavor such as mellowness and savor, body (robustness and richness), and sharpness, and the deterioration smell of which generated during storage is improved. The method of producing an alcoholic beverage or a beer-flavored beverage, comprising adding an auxiliary material containing rare sugar or rare sugar syrup made from HFCS in the production of an alcoholic beverage or a beer-flavored beverage. The auxiliary material containing a rare sugar is that contains at least D-psicose, D-allose, or both D-psicose and D-allose. | 03-22-2012 |
20120064172 | BONE FILLING MATERIAL COMPRISING SINTERED TITANIUM DIOXIDE AND DEXTRIN AND METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTING BONE DEFECTS USING THE SAME - A bone filling material comprising sintered titanium dioxide and dextrin and a method for reconstructing bone defects which comprises filling the bone defects in an animal with the bone filling material. The bone filling material of the invention has excellent cell compatibility, biocompatibility and shape-imparting property. | 03-15-2012 |
20120045564 | AGENT FOR COOKED RICE - It is to provide a quality improving agent for cooked rice which effectively imparts improving effect on loosening properties, anti-aging property, and/or water retentivity to cooked rice with as little influence as possible on the original texture and taste of the cooked rice, a method for producing cooked rice using the quality improving agent, and cooked rice improved in loosening properties, anti-aging property, and/or water retentivity using the method for producing cooked rice. In the process of rice cooking for preparing cooked rice, substituted modified starch whose viscosity has been adjusted to a viscosity range involving a viscosity of 15 mPa·s or higher at 30% by mass in an aqueous solution and a viscosity of 3000 mPa·s or lower at 10% by mass in an aqueous solution by the hydrolysis or molecular weight reduction of the substituted modified starch is added as the quality improving agent for cooked rice. As a result, improving effect on loosening properties, anti-aging property, and/or water retentivity is imparted to cooked rice, while cooked rice having the original texture and taste of cooked rice is produced. Examples of the degradation product of substituted modified starch include degradation products obtained using, as a base material, substituted modified starch(s) of hydroxypropyl starch, hydroxypropylated distarch phosphate, and starch sodium octenylsuccinate. | 02-23-2012 |
20120034368 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING SALTY TASTE OF FOOD OR BEVERAGE AND SALTY TASTE IMPROVING AGENT - By adding a water-soluble dietary fiber such as indigestible dextrins, branched maltodextrins, inulins, and polydextroses, into food or beverage, a salty taste of the food or beverage can be enhanced and a harsh taste of potassium salt can be masked or improved. | 02-09-2012 |
20110142983 | AGENT FOR INHIBITING POSTPRANDIAL INCREASE IN BLOOD NEUTRAL FAT LEVEL AND FOODS CONTAINING THE SAME - The present invention herein provides an agent or a food for inhibiting a postprandial increase in blood neutral fat level. The agent or food comprises, as an effective component, a water-soluble and hardly digestible starch decomposed product having a content of hardly digestible components of at least 35% by mass. The water-soluble and hardly digestible starch decomposed product can be ingested separately or simultaneous with a high fat-content meal. | 06-16-2011 |
20110112043 | METHOD OF UTILIZING PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF RARE SACCHARIDE AND COMPOSITION CONTAINING RARE SACCHARIDE - A method of utilizing the physiological activity of a rare saccharide, wherein physiological-activity sensitive cells are treated with the rare saccharide to modify the function of the cells. A composition containing, as an active ingredient, a rare saccharide which is introduced into physiological-activity sensitive cells and has an effect of modifying the function of the cells. The cells are human cells. The composition is a functional food, a drug, or a cosmetic. The rare saccharide is a rare saccharide belonging to aldose and/or ketose. The aldose is D-allose, and the cells are selected from the group consisting of cancer-cell proliferation inhibitory activity sensitive cells and active-oxygen production inhibitory activity sensitive cells. The ketose is D-psicose, and the cells are selected from the group consisting of chemokine secretion inhibitory activity sensitive cells, microglia migration inhibitory activity sensitive cells, and hypoglycemic activity sensitive cells. | 05-12-2011 |
20110091626 | WHEAT FLOUR SUBSTITUTE FOR BAKERY FOODS AND BAKERY FOODS PREPARED USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a method of improving quality of bread containing a swelling-controlled starch, comprising replacing 20-70% of wheat flour with a wheat flour substitute, wherein said wheat flour substitute comprises a swelling-controlled starch and a swelling-control free starch. | 04-21-2011 |
20110020496 | BRANCHED DEXTRIN, PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF, AND FOOD OR BEVERAGE - A branched dextrin insusceptible to digestion and having a low osmotic pressure, as well as a method for producing such a branched dextrin is provided. The branched dextrin characterized by having a structure wherein glucose or isomalto oligosaccharide is linked to a non-reducing terminal of a dextrin through an α-1,6 glucosidic bond and having a DE of 10 to 52. A method characterized in that, in a method for producing a branched dextrin by allowing maltose-generating amylase and transglucosidase to act on an aqueous dextrin solution, the maltose-generating amylase and transglucosidase are adjusted so as to attain an enzyme unit ratio of 2:1 to 44:1 and allowed to act. | 01-27-2011 |
20100239737 | DIETARY FIBER-CONTAINING COMPOSITION FOR BREAD-MAKING, BREAD AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION THEREOF - There is provided a water-soluble dietary fiber-containing composition for bread-making, comprising a homogeneous mixture of a water-soluble dietary fiber material, and an fats and oils, wherein the water-soluble dietary fiber material comprises not less than 85% by mass of a dietary fiber, wherein the water-soluble dietary fiber-containing composition for bread-making comprises 20 to 100 parts by mass of the fats and oils relative to 100 parts by mass of the water-soluble dietary fiber material is provided. Also, there is provided a bread fortified with a water-soluble dietary fiber, produced by using this composition; and a method for producing the bread fortified with a water-soluble dietary fiber comprising adding this composition in a kneading step in a bread-making process. | 09-23-2010 |
20100222284 | COMPOSITION FOR INHIBITING THE ONSET OF ARTERIOSCLEROSIS AND INHIBITION METHOD - [Object] To provide a composition for inhibiting the onset of arteriosclerosis by using a rare sugar D-psicose and a method of inhibiting the onset of arteriosclerosis. | 09-02-2010 |
20100204346 | NOVEL SWEETENER HAVING SUCROSE-LIKE TASTE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND USE OF THE SAME - Problem: To develop a method for producing a novel sweetener containing glucose, fructose, and psicose, which is produced from glucose liquid sugar using an isomerase and an epimerase; use of the novel sweetener as a food or drink material; and a novel sweetener capable of preventing obesity caused by the intake thereof. | 08-12-2010 |
20100196553 | COATING COMPOSITION FOR BAKERY FOOD PRODUCTS AND BAKERY FOOD PRODUCTS USING THE SAME - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a coating composition for bakery food products, which coating composition is capable of offering a variety of flavors, has superior moisture-retaining property, the coating composition being pleasantly mild, smooth and flexible and in the form of gel; as well as a bakery food product coated with the coating composition. The above problem is solved by the coating composition for bakery food products of the present invention, said coating composition comprising agar, a saccharide, a modified starch and water, which coating composition is in the form of gel. | 08-05-2010 |
20100167350 | MICROORGANISM WITH ABILITY TO PRODUCE DEOXY POLYOL DEHYDROGENASE AND USE THEREOF - Problem: To provide a microorganism with an ability to produce deoxy polyol dehydrogenase. | 07-01-2010 |
20100166678 | NONCARIOUS MATERIAL AND ANTICARIOUS AGENT CONTAINING RARE SUGAR - Object: To provide a composition for preventing periodontal diseases (prophylactic agent of periodontal diseases), the composition having an excellent cariostatic property, being safe and stable for prolonged use and having less effects on flavor. | 07-01-2010 |
20100130435 | UTILIZATION OF THE FUNCTION OF RARE SUGAR AS PROMOTER FOR THE MIGRATION OF GLUCOKINASE FROM NUCLEUS TO CYTOPLASM - Screening for a glucokinase-activating substance among rare sugars and providing a composition for treating disordered conditions in association with glucokinase activity, the composition containing the glucokinase-activating substance as the active ingredient. A promoting agent of glucokinase transfer from nucleus to cytoplasm, the promoting agent containing D-psicose and/or D-tagatose as the active ingredient, or a composition for preventing the onset of disordered conditions in association with glucokinase activity or for therapeutically treating the disordered conditions, which is in a form selected from a group consisting of food additives, food materials, drinks and foods, health drinks and foods, pharmaceutical product and feeds in blend with D-psicose and/or D-tagatose as the active ingredient for use in preventing the onset of disordered conditions in association with glucokinase activity or for therapeutically treating the disordered conditions. The disordered conditions in association with glucokinase activity are selected from impaired glucose tolerance, type 2 diabetes mellitus, insulin resistance, abnormal lipidemia, the metabolic syndrome and obesity. The composition is in a pharmaceutical form, and contains D-psicose and/or D-tagatose together with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers. | 05-27-2010 |
20100105885 | DEOXYKETOHEXOSE ISOMERASE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING DEOXYHEXOSE AND DERIVATIVE THEREOF USING SAME - Providing 1- or 6-deoxy products corresponding to all of aldohexoses, ketohexoses and sugar alcohols, as based on Deoxy-Izumoring, as well as a method for systematically producing those products. A method for producing deoxyketohexose and a derivative thereof using a deoxyketohexose isomerase derived from | 04-29-2010 |
20090325231 | THERMOSTABLE L-RIBOSE ISOMERASE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME AND USE OF SAME - Object: To provide a thermostable L-ribose isomerase. | 12-31-2009 |
20090304891 | SWEETENER CONTAINING D-PSICOSE AND FOODS AND DRINKS OBTAINED BY USING THE SAME - Providing a D-psicose-containing sweetener with the modification of the taste of D-psicose, comprising D-psicose, a sugar alcohol and/or a high intensity sweetener, preferably containing D-psicose as the main component, particularly a low-calorie sweetener and/or a sweetener giving refreshing feel in the oral cavity, as well as foods and drinks obtained by using the D-psicose-containing sweetener with the modification of the taste of D-psicose, and other products given with sweetness. The sugar alcohol is one or more sugar alcohols selected from the group consisting of sorbitol, mannitol, lactitol, maltitol, xylitol and erythritol, while the high intensity sweetener is one or more high intensity sweeteners as selected from aspartame, acesulfame K, sodium cyclamate, sodium saccharin, Sucralose (under trade name), stevia sweetener, dulcin, taumatin, neotame and monellin. | 12-10-2009 |
20090281305 | PURIFICATION METHOD AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR CELLOBIOSE - The present invention provides a method for purifying cellobiose which comprises the steps of (A) preparing a cellobiose-containing sugar solution; (B) increasing the rate of cellobiose present in the sugar solution relative to the total saccharides present therein up to at least 50% by mass; and (C) crystallizing cellobiose; and a method for preparing cellobiose having a high content of the α-anomer thereof which comprises the step of drying a cellobiose-containing sugar solution having a rate of cellobiose of at least 90% by mass relative to the total saccharides present therein while maintaining the sugar solution at a temperature ranging from 80 to 95° C. These methods of the present invention permit the economical preparation of cellobiose having considerably improved purity and recovery rate, without using any complicated process. Moreover, the present invention also permits the preparation of cellobiose highly soluble in water. | 11-12-2009 |
20090232961 | MINERAL-ABSORPTION PROMOTER, FOOD AND FEED - The present invention relates to a mineral-absorption promoter comprising hardly digestible dextrin or a derivative thereof, as well as food and feed containing the same. The mineral-absorption promoter of the invention can easily be applied to food, has resistance to digestive enzymes secreted by mammals and a function of promoting the absorption of minerals through intestinal or digestive tracts. | 09-17-2009 |
20090117225 | SPARKLING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The invention provides a sparkling alcoholic beverage produced using, as a part of ingredients thereof, at least one selected from the group consisting of etherified starch, etherified cross-linked starch and enzymatic hydrolysates thereof; and a method for producing the sparkling alcoholic beverage, wherein at least one selected from the group consisting of etherified starch, etherified cross-linked starch and enzymatic hydrolysates thereof is added in any step of the production process. | 05-07-2009 |
20090104334 | DIETARY FIBER-ENRICHING AGENT AND DIETARY FIBER-ENRICHED FOOD - The invention provides a water-soluble dietary fiber enriching agent comprising a modified starch which contains dietary fibers in an amount not more than 5% by mass measured by Prosky's method and a low-molecular weight water-soluble dietary fiber in an amount not less than 25% by mass. The water-soluble dietary fiber enriching agent contains a low-molecular weight water-soluble dietary fiber, and does not deteriorate the mouthfeel of the food obtained using the same. | 04-23-2009 |
20090068710 | COMPLEX CRYSTALLINE SUGAR COMPRISING D-PSICOSE AND D-ALLOSE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF THE SAME - Disclosed is a process for producing a crystalline sugar comprising D-psicose and D-allose. Also disclosed is a process for producing the sugar. | 03-12-2009 |