JP2002171934A - Method for producing health supplementary food using thin coat (surface coat) of onion as raw material - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing a health supplementary food using as the raw material thin coat of onions, having high content of quercetin of a sulfur compound said to have an effect on hypertension prevention through an action of decomposing thrombus and neutral lipid and conventionally thrown out in many cases, intended for contributing to prevention of geriatric diseases such as hypertension and bearing an aid in creating a healthy society. SOLUTION: This method for producing a health supplementary food comprises using as the raw material thin coat of onions, conventionally thrown out in many cases because of its inferior taste and subjecting the thin coat to a dry process with hot air at a temperature most suitable for the drying process to improve the inferior taste of the thin coat; whereby the health supplementary food containing a larger amount of quercetin bears an aid in creating a healthy society through popularized.

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a method for producing a health supplement using thin onions as a raw material.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, health supplements using onion as a raw material, because of their poor taste, peel off the thin skin as the epidermis, use only the body part, and discard the thin skin part.
Alternatively, whether the skin is used with both the skin and the body, when both are used, the content ratio of quercetin, which is the source of the medicinal effect, is significantly reduced as compared with the case where only the skin is used.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Onion skin contains a larger amount of the sulfur compound quercetin, which is said to have the effect of degrading thrombus and neutral fat in blood vessels, than the body part in the same weight. Have been. Conventional dietary supplements using onions are either based on the body itself or on both the body and the skin, depending on the poor taste of the skin. In both cases, the content of quercetin is remarkably reduced as compared with the case where only skin is used as a raw material.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention uses only onion meat and discards the thin skin, or uses both the thin meat and the thin skin as raw materials to maintain inferior taste and to reduce the quercetin content. In order to improve the taste of dried skin by stirring and crushing the onion skin in the presence of water, removing a certain amount of water, and impressing it with hot air to improve the conventional method Successful.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION In carrying out the present invention, water and a thin layer of onion are put into a mixer, stirred and pulverized, a certain amount of water is removed with a juice extractor, and then dried with a hot air drier. Thereafter, the dried product is made into particles by a mixer or a pulverizer and finished into a health supplement. In that case, the temperature of the hot air is important, and hot air can be used up to about 50 to 300 ° C, but it has been found that the use of hot air at about 100 to 160 ° C can improve the inferior taste of the skin. When the temperature of the hot air is too low, the inferior taste of the skin remains, and when it is too high, a burnt taste is produced. Further, the drying method other than the hot air does not provide uniform quality of the finished product. The juice after squeezing can be used as a health supplement for beverages.

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION Compared to the conventional onion meat or a dietary supplement made from both the meat and the skin, the one using only the skin has a higher content of quercetin per the same weight, Highly advantageous for prevention of hypertension.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (71) Applicant 501020213 Chiko Shioda 7-4 Hamacho, Ashiya-shi, Hyogo Prefecture No. 102 Nakashima Bercyon 102 (72) Inventor Takahisa Shioda 18-3 Shiomi-cho, Ashiya-shi, Hyogo Gourmet Yahoo Japan Inside (72) Inventor Hajimi Shiota 18-3 Shiomi-cho, Ashiya-shi, Hyogo Gourmet Yahoo Japan Corporation F-term (reference) 4B016 LC04 LC07 LE02 LG05 LP01 LP08 4B018 LE03 MD53 ME04 MF06 MF07

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A method for producing a health supplement using thin skin (epidermis) of onion as a raw material.