JP2000116352A - Calcium-reinforced mannan composition - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reinforce a mannan composition containing a lot of dietary fibers with calcium. SOLUTION: This calcium-reinforced mannan composition is obtained by adding a gelling agent or a high-thickening agent and an organic acid calcium salt and/or a natural calcium-containing material to a mannan raw material to reinforce the raw material with calcium and making the raw material a gel or a highly viscous material.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a calcium-reinforced mannan composition.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, konjac is produced by adding lye, calcium hydroxide, or the like to a ground material of konjac yam or a slurry of konjac yam powder as a raw material for mannan to gel.

[0003]

However, there is a problem that calcium hydroxide is hardly taken into the body as a calcium source.

[0004]

According to the present invention, as a means for solving the above-mentioned problems, a gelling agent or a thickening agent and a calcium salt of an organic acid and / or a natural calcium-containing material are added to a mannan raw material. It is intended to provide a calcium-reinforced mannan composition which has been gelled or increased in viscosity. The calcium salt of the organic acid is desirably calcium lactate, and the natural calcium-containing substance is desirably coral powder. The present invention will be described in detail below.

[0005] Mannan raw materials used in the calcium-reinforced mannan composition of the present invention are konjakimo crushed raw or boiled and crushed, or konjakimo cut, dried and ground. There is a coarse powder obtained by milling, a fine powder obtained by further selecting the coarse powder to extract mannan particles, or a mixture thereof.

Examples of the gelling agent or thickening agent used in the present invention include lye, alkali substances such as calcium hydroxide and sodium carbonate, starch or crosslinked starch, starch receptive substances such as starch phosphate, cellulose. Or carboxymethylcellulose, methylcellulose, modified cellulose such as microcrystalline cellulose, seaweed extract agar, carrageenan, phaserelan, alginate, propylene glycol alginate, guar gum, locust bean gum, tamarind seed polysaccharides of plant seed mucilage , Cod gum, gum arabic which is a vegetable resin mucilage, gum tragacanth, karaya gum, pectin which is a mucilage of plant fruit, arabinogalactan, xanthan gum which is a microbial mucilage, sclerogum bullran, dextran, animal Gelatin is Pak quality, albumin, casein, soy protein is vegetable protein, there are polysaccharides such as wheat protein. The alkaline substance and the polysaccharide may each be used in two or more types,
One or more of the alkaline substances may be used in combination with one or more of the polysaccharides.

In the present invention, examples of the calcium salt of an organic acid used as a calcium reinforcing agent include calcium acetate, calcium lactate, calcium citrate, calcium tartrate, calcium malate and the like. In the present invention, examples of the natural calcium-containing material used as a calcium reinforcing material include coral powder, bone meal, shell powder and the like. The calcium salt of the organic acid and the natural calcium-containing material may each be used in combination of two or more,
One or more of calcium salts of organic acids may be used in combination with one or more of natural calcium.

A calcium salt of an organic acid which is desirable from the viewpoint of the efficiency of ingestion into the body is calcium lactate, and a desirable natural calcium-containing substance is coral powder. Coral flour is easier to dissolve in water than calcium lactate, and is also easy to be taken into the body, furthermore, there is no use standard, it can be added in a large amount, and it has a slight gelling effect. Most desirable.

Other than the above components, the mannan composition of the present invention includes vegetables such as moloheiya, spinach, broccoli, pumpkin, carrot, tomato, salad vegetables, lettuce, potato, sweet potato and the like, mandarin orange, lemon, orange,
Fruit paste, juice, powder, such as peach, pear, grape, watermelon, strawberry, melon, banana, mango, papaya, or chip, buckwheat, corn, foam, cane, fin, etc. Agar and the like may be mixed.

[0010] Furthermore, the mannan composition of the present invention comprises sucrose,
Oligosaccharide, salt, xylitol, flavor, coloring,
Seasonings such as spices and additives may be added.

[0011] To produce the mannan composition of the present invention,
The calcium salt of the organic acid and / or the natural calcium-containing material is added to the paste or slurry obtained by adding water to the mannan raw material, and if necessary, the other components are further added, and the gelling agent is added. Let it gel.

The type or amount of the gelling agent is appropriately selected and adjusted depending on the properties desired for the final product. For example, when the final product is an elastic gel like ordinary konjac, the above alkali substance is usually added in an amount of about 0.02 to 0.05 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the mannan raw material, and the final product is a jelly gel. In such a case, the polysaccharide is usually added in an amount of about 1 to 100 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the mannan raw material. When the amount of the polysaccharide added is small, the mannan composition of the present invention becomes a sol and has fluidity.

The amount of the organic acid calcium salt and / or the natural calcium content is usually 100
The amount is 0.2 parts by weight or more, preferably 10 parts by weight or less based on parts by weight. In this amount, calcium is sufficiently reinforced in the mannan composition and does not inhibit the gelling of the raw slurry or paste or the taste of the final product.

[0014] Gelation or thickening can be performed even when an alkali substance is used as a gelling agent or a thickening agent.
Alternatively, even when a polysaccharide is used, the heating is performed under heating at about 70 to 90 ° C. At this time, the raw material slurry or paste may be injected into a predetermined mold or container to perform gelation.

[0015]

According to the present invention, since calcium is reinforced in the mannan composition, a favorable effect on the human body by calcium can be expected in addition to dietary fiber contained in a large amount in the mannan composition.

[0016]

EXAMPLES Example 1 5 kg of konjak fine powder (100 mesh whole) and 50 g of coral powder were dissolved in 75 kg of water.
After stirring well, the mixture is left for 1.5 hours to form a paste. The paste is mixed with 150 g of lime milk having a concentration of 0.5% by weight to adjust the pH of the paste to about 11.5, then poured into a predetermined mold and heated at 90 ° C. for 20 minutes to gel. . The resulting konjac is taken out of the mold and put into cold water to cool. In this way, a calcium-reinforced konjac is produced.

Example 2 5 kg of konjac fine powder (100 mesh whole), 1 kg of mango paste, 25 g of calcium lactate, 100 g of locust bean gum, 5 gelatin
0 g was poured into 10 kg of water, mixed with rapid stirring, poured into a predetermined container, heated at 80 ° C. for 20 minutes to increase the viscosity, and then cooled at room temperature to produce konjac jelly.

Example 3 5 kg of konjac fine powder (100 mesh whole), 0.5 kg of buckwheat flour, 0.5 kg of spinach paste, 20 g of calcium lactate, and 30 g of coral powder were dissolved in 80 kg of water, and stirred well. Leave for a time to form a pasty paste. 100 g of lime milk having a concentration of 0.5% by weight and 50 g of carrageenan are added to the paste and mixed to adjust the pH of the paste to about 11.5, and then poured into a predetermined mold and heated at 90 ° C. for 30 minutes. Allow to gel. The resulting konjac is taken out of the mold and put into cold water to cool. In this way, konjac reinforced with calcium, rutin, vitamin C, iron and the like is produced.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A calcium-reinforced mannan obtained by adding a gelling agent or a thickening agent and a calcium salt of an organic acid and / or a natural calcium-containing substance to a raw material of mannan to form a gel or increase the viscosity. Composition 2. The calcium-reinforced mannan composition according to claim 1, wherein the calcium salt of the organic acid is calcium lactate. 3. The calcium-reinforced mannan composition according to claim 1, wherein the natural calcium-containing material is coral powder.