JP5027052B2 - Apple-like powder composition and use thereof - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an apple-like powder composition and its use. Specifically, the present invention relates to an apple-like powder composition in which the main nutritional components are blended in a well-balanced manner after reducing the sugar content in apples and its useful application.

  Since ancient times, it has been said that "one apple keeps away from the doctor", and if you keep eating one apple every day, you will not get sick. In fact, it is known that apples contain nutritional components such as dietary fiber, polyphenols, malic acid, and potassium that are effective for lifestyle-related diseases in a well-balanced manner.

  Epidemiological studies have shown that apple consumption reduces the risk of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, and asthma. In vitro and animal experiments have shown that apples have high antioxidant and anticancer activities, as well as reduced lipid oxidation, reduced cholesterol and blood sugar levels, improved constipation, and recovery from fatigue. It is known to have the following functions.

  However, it is not easy to keep eating an apple every day. Apples are bulky and difficult to carry, and if you eat one at a time, it can be quite voluminous, which can interfere with eating other foods. Moreover, since apples contain sugar, if you continue to eat one apple every day, you may end up eating too many calories.

  Traditionally, apples have been processed into fruit juice, jam, apple chips and the like. These are foods that are devised to make it easy to eat apples.For example, in the case of fruit juice, the nutrients that apples have, such as the removal of fiber and polyphenols contained in the skin, are removed. It is not a food that takes into account a balanced intake.

  Moreover, although the residue obtained by squeezing apples is mainly processed as waste or used for livestock feed, recently, attempts have been made to use the pulp as an extender for processed foods. . In addition, focusing on the functionality of dietary fiber contained in the residue, it has been commercialized as Apple fiber. However, these apple juice residues have moisture and sugar removed, but at the same time, trace amounts of nutrients contained in apples have also been removed. Can't hope.

  Thus, although many processed apple products are sold on the market, none of the products are made from the viewpoint of efficiently ingesting the whole nutritional component of apples. Apple freeze-dried products are also processed with their skins, but they contain a lot of carbohydrates and are not suitable for continuous intake because they avoid excessive intake of energy.

In the above situation, the present inventors aimed to develop a food that comprehensively contains apple nutritional components, and first examined patent documents and technical documents. As a result, the following publications and reports were detected.
JP 2002-325547 A JP 2006-230280 A JP 2006-232794 A JP 2005-295831 A "Characteristics and Use of Apple Fiber", published in Nikkan Food Chemical January 1999 issue "Fiveth Amendment Food Composition Table 2007" published by Women's Nutrition University Press

  Patent Document 1 discloses a recycled food material that consists of a mixture of apple juice residue and umeshu filtration residue and can be distributed in the fields of various processed foods such as confectionery, bread, miso and dressing, and cooking ingredients. . Further, Patent Document 2 discloses an apple supplement in which a raw apple is squeezed, a fine piece-like fiber body is made using the squeezed residue, and this is compressed into tablets or capsules. Patent Document 3 discloses a bath preparation or soap to which natural apple powder is added. The “natural apple powder” is obtained by drying the squeezed residue after apple juice production into a powder. is there. Furthermore, Patent Document 4 includes polyphenols containing 200 mg / 100 g or more and a moisture content of 20% or less, and a polyphenol-containing dried fruit and its production method (fresh fruit edible portion is impregnated with a liquid component containing polyphenol, and then frozen. A method of drying).

  Non-Patent Document 1 describes the effects and uses of apple fiber. Furthermore, according to Non-Patent Document 2, one apple contains about 85% water, 0.2% protein, 0.1% fat, 14.6% carbohydrate, and 0.2% ash. It describes that the calorie content is about 5.4 kcal / 100 g and contains 1.5 g / 100 g of dietary fiber, 110 mg / 100 g of potassium, and 4 mg / 100 g of vitamin C (ascorbic acid).

  The techniques disclosed in Patent Documents 1 to 4 and Non-Patent Document 1 are useful as such in terms of effective utilization of apple juice residue and apple polyphenol, but both are included in one apple. It is not the idea of taking nutritional ingredients in a balanced manner. Therefore, the present inventors eliminated the disadvantage that apples have a high sugar content, and decided to develop foods having the same effect as eating whole apples, and as a result of repeating trial production and research, the present invention It came to complete.

  That is, regarding the function of the apple component, for example, many studies have recently been made, such as the function of regulating the intestines of dietary fiber, the cholesterol-reducing function and antioxidant function of polyphenols, the fatigue recovery function of malic acid, the sodium-reducing function of potassium and the salt-removing function. Has been made. For this reason, there are some products and preparations that are provided by selecting one or several of the nutritional components of apples according to the appealing effect, and adjusting the proportion of apples. On the other hand, the apple-like powder composition according to the present invention is not the function of one or several isolated components, but has the same effect as ingesting the whole apple rich in nutritional components without side effects. It is a food devised so that it can be processed, and it has never been seen as a processed food in the past.

  In view of the above situation, the present invention is a functional food that is configured so that it can be taken in a balanced manner by reducing the sugar content of nutrients contained in one apple, and can be taken easily and continuously, and its usefulness. It is an object to provide a use.

  The invention described in claim 1 of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is composed mainly of dietary fiber derived from apple, polyphenol derived from apple, malic acid and potassium, and contains 3 calories. It is an apple-like powder composition adjusted to 3 kcal / g or less. In addition, the apple-like powder composition as used in the field of this invention is "the powdery processed food containing the component similar to the main nutrient component contained in a raw apple."

  In the invention described in claim 1, commercially available products may be used for dietary fiber derived from apple, polyphenol derived from apple (apple polyphenol), malic acid and potassium. Moreover, since various cases can be considered according to the kind and size of the target apple, these blending ratios are not particularly limited. In addition, since an apple has much sugar content, it is difficult to freeze-dry the whole apple and to make a powder. The apple-like powder composition according to the present invention has a reduced sugar content in apples and a reduced calorie to 3.3 kcal / g or less.

  Moreover, the invention described in the said Claim 2 is 30-60% of dietary fiber derived from apple, 1.5-4% of polyphenol derived from apple, 2-6% of malic acid, and 0.5-3 of potassium by weight ratio. The apple-like powder composition according to claim 1, which is adjusted to%. In addition to these components, the apple-like powder composition according to the present invention contains a small amount of water (10% or less), protein, lipid and the like.

  The composition of the apple-like powder composition according to claim 2 calculates the ratio of components that are considered preferable from the viewpoint of physiological activity of the human body based on the results of analyzing the components of apples in various production areas, and based on the numerical values Thus, the apple-like powder composition is set so that the nutritional component (excluding sugar) for one apple can be ingested when 5 to 10 g is eaten at a time. In addition, the composition of the most preferable component of the apple-like powder composition which concerns on this invention is 40-50% of dietary fiber, 2-3% of polyphenols, 3.5-4.5% of malic acid, potassium 1.5-2. 5%.

  The invention described in claim 3 is the apple-like powder composition according to claim 2, which is further adjusted to contain 0.01 to 0.04% by weight of vitamin C. When adjusted in this manner, raw apples contain a trace amount of vitamin C, so that the nutritional components similar to those of raw apples can be taken in a more balanced manner.

  The invention described in claim 4 is the apple-like powder composition according to claim 2 or 3, which is packaged by 5 to 10 g. When the apple-like powder composition according to claim 2 or 3 is subdivided in this way, it is convenient for carrying, and when it is ingested, one pack is dissolved or dispersed in an appropriate amount of water and eaten easily. be able to. That is, in order to ingest the nutritional component for one apple at a time using the apple-like powder composition according to claim 2 or 3, it is preferable that the intake amount for one administration is 5 to 10 g.

  The invention described in claim 5 is a dietary supplement comprising the apple-like powder composition according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

  Moreover, the invention described in claim 6 is a dietary supplement containing the apple-like powder composition according to any one of claims 1 to 3 as a constituent material.

  The invention described in claim 7 is a beverage in which the apple-like powder composition according to any one of claims 1 to 3 is dissolved or dispersed.

  The invention described in claim 8 is a confectionery or bread to which the apple-like powder composition according to any one of claims 1 to 3 is added.

  The apple-like powder composition according to the present invention is a well-balanced blended nutrient component of one apple with reduced sugar content. Therefore, if an appropriate amount of the apple-like powder composition according to the present invention is eaten, the nutritional component of one apple can be efficiently ingested without fear of excessive calories. Moreover, since the apple-like powder composition according to the present invention is in a powder form, it is suitable for carrying and storage, and can be taken easily and continuously. That is, since the apple-like powder composition according to the present invention can easily ingest nutritional components equivalent to one apple, it can greatly contribute to the enhancement of human health as a dietary supplement.

  Furthermore, the apple-like powder composition according to the present invention can be easily used as a constituent material of various processed foods and processed beverages. In addition, since the apple-like powder composition according to the present invention has a low calorie content, there is little risk of excessive calories even when a sugar content is added thereto. That is, the apple-like powder composition according to the present invention is extremely easy to use as a raw material for processed foods and processed beverages. Specifically, it can be ingested by adding to confectionery such as cookies and jelly, breads, fresh water, fruit drinks and soft drinks. Moreover, it can be used as one of the constituent materials of a dietary supplement.

  First, the manufacturing method of the apple-like powder composition which concerns on this invention is demonstrated. Although the method of making the apple-like powder composition according to the present invention is not limited at all, in general, based on dietary fiber obtained by drying and pulverizing a residue obtained by squeezing fruit juice from an apple, May be obtained by adding an appropriate amount of powdered components of polyphenol, malic acid, and potassium, which are contained in apples but removed together with fruit juice. It is more preferable to add a trace amount of vitamin C. Among these powder raw materials constituting the apple-like powder composition according to the present invention, dietary fibers and polyphenols must be derived from apples, and malic acid and potassium (potassium salt) are also derived from apples. However, these are not necessarily limited.

  Many types of apples are cultivated depending on the use and climate of raw food, juice extraction, apple liquor, etc., and the content of nutrients varies depending on the variety. In addition, the size and content of ingredients differ between domestic and foreign products. For example, apples cultivated for cider in the Normandy region of France (Juliana variety, LocertVert variety, etc.) are about 90 g in size, but about 2.4% dietary fiber and about 0.1% polyphenol. About 2%, 0.3 to 1.0% malic acid and 0.1 to 0.2% potassium. In contrast, raw apples from Aomori (such as Fuji and Red Delicious) are about 250 g in size, about 1.6% dietary fiber, and 0.05 to 0 polyphenols. 0.2%, about 0.45% malic acid and 0.1-0.2% potassium. Therefore, the apple-like powder composition according to the present invention may be appropriately mixed and adjusted according to the type and properties of the target apple.

  As another method of making an apple-like powder composition according to the present invention, first, apples are squeezed into fruit juice and residue, the residue is desugared as much as possible to dry and powder, and the fruit juice is concentrated. After purifying, both may be blended and vacuum dried.

  The apple-like powder composition according to the present invention has a calorie content adjusted to 3.3 kcal / g or less. Moreover, it is preferable that the water content is 10% or less, particularly 8% or less. In order to adjust the calorie content of the apple-like powder composition to 3.3 kcal / g or less, the amount of dietary fiber, polyphenol, malic acid as its main components is calculated, or based on the amount of each set component These components are multiplied by the respective energy conversion coefficients and added together to calculate the total calorie content, and further adjustments may be made if necessary.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to examples. In addition, the component value described in an Example is measured with the following method.
Water = 104 ° C. dry weight method, polyphenol = Folin-Ciocalteu method,
Dietary fiber = AOAC 991.43 (enzyme gravimetric method), potassium = atomic absorption photometry,
Malic acid = high performance liquid chromatographic method In addition, in the entire description of the present invention, the indication of “%” indicates a weight ratio unless otherwise specified.

<Production Example 1 of Apple-like Powder Composition>
After washing 20.20 kg of 120 apples (from Aomori, Fuji) and crushing appropriately, it was pressed to obtain 19.40 kg of fruit juice and 2.80 kg of residue. The residue was partially desugared by washing with water several times, and then dried with hot air at 60 ° C. to obtain 0.62 kg of a dried residue. This was further pulverized and sieved to obtain 310 g of dietary fiber (residue powder) having an average particle size of 50 μm or less.

  To 260 g of this dietary fiber derived from apple, 14 g of apple polyphenol powder (purity 90%) prepared separately, 32 g of malic acid powder and 90 g of potassium gluconate powder, and 104 g of fructose powder were added and mixed. By this production method, about 500 g of an apple-like powder composition having a slight acidity and good taste could be made. In addition, apple polyphenol powder, malic acid powder, and potassium salt powder may each use a commercial item.

  The composition of the apple-like powder composition obtained in Example 1 is 39.7% dietary fiber, 2.5% apple polyphenol, 5.8% malic acid, 2.9% potassium, and calories are 2.5 kcal / g. 9 g of this apple-like powder composition contains nutritional components (excluding sugar) corresponding to one domestically produced apple. Therefore, 9 g of the obtained apple-like powder composition was filled in a stick-shaped paper bag, and 10 bags were put into a box, thereby making a total of 4 boxes of nutritional supplements (apple-like powder composition product). This dietary supplement continued to be taken as it is for one day for 40 days.

<Production Example 2 of Apple-like Powder Composition>
(1) 10.0 kg of fruit juice made by the manufacturing method of Example 1 was heated and concentrated to obtain 2.6 kg of concentrated apple juice.
(2) After adding 1 kg of the above-mentioned concentrated apple juice to 300 g of the dietary fiber obtained by the production method of Example 1, it was dried and powdered with a vacuum dryer and further sieved.
(3) By this production method, an apple-like powder composition containing 36.6% dietary fiber, 1.6% polyphenol, 2.2% malic acid and 1.2% potassium and having a calorie of 3.1 kcal / g is obtained. I was able to.

<Manufacturing example of a beverage supplemented with an apple-like powder composition>
9 g of the apple-like powder composition produced by the same production method as in Example 1 was placed in 200 mL of fresh water, stirred, dissolved and dispersed to prepare a beverage. An apple-flavored nutritional drink was obtained.

<Example of production of jelly with an apple-like powder composition>
(1) Formulation a. Apple-like powder composition made by the same manufacturing method as Example 1 7.0%
B. Carrageenan 0.4%
C. Locust bean gum 0.1%
D. Dextrin 3.5%
E. Sucralose 0.2%
F. Fragrance 0.1%
G. Citric acid 0.3%
H. Residue amount to make 100% Shimizu (2) Manufacturing method b. Add water to predetermined amounts of carrageenan, locust bean gum, dextrin and sucralose, stir and heat to 85 ° C to completely dissolve.
B. To this solution, an apple-like powder composition prepared in the same manner as in Example 1, a fragrance, and citric acid are added and mixed, and heated at 70 ° C. or higher to be completely dissolved.
C. When this solution is filled in a container to 100 g and cooled, a jelly containing an apple-like powder composition is completed.
D. Each jelly obtained contains the nutrients (excluding sugar) of exactly one apple, so if you eat one jelly every day, you won't get too many calories, but one apple every day. You can get the same nutrients that you keep eating.

<Example of cookie production with an apple-like powder composition>
(1) Formulation a. 1000g unsalted butter
B. 500g sugar
C. 5 chicken eggs Soft flour 1000g
E. 400 g of an apple-like powder composition made by the same method as in Example 1
F. 5g baking powder
(2) Manufacturing method a. Mix unsalted butter and sugar and knead until smooth.
B. Add chicken eggs little by little and mix until uniform.
C. The kneaded product is mixed with the mixture of the flour, the apple-like powder composition prepared in the same manner as in Example 1 and the baking powder, and sieved.
D. This kneaded product is squeezed out on an iron plate so as to have a weight of about 10 g.
E. If this is baked at 180 ° C. for 15 minutes, a low-calorie cookie with a moderate acidity will appear.
F. One piece of this cookie is about 9 g, and by eating three of these, about 3 g of apple-like powder composition can be ingested.

  As explained in detail above, the apple-like powder composition according to the present invention contains nutritional components contained in one apple in a balanced manner with a reduced sugar content, so it is easier than eating raw apples. The main nutrients of apples can be ingested. Also, it is easier to store and carry than raw apples. The apple-like powder composition according to the present invention is a functional food that can contribute to the enhancement of human physiologically active functions when it is taken continuously or daily, and is also a dietary supplement. The apple-like powder composition according to the present invention has no fear of side effects even if it is taken every day, may be taken as it is, and can be used after being added to beverages and foods with peace of mind.

Claims (7)

By weight ratio, adjusted to 30-60% apple-derived dietary fiber, 1.5-4% apple-derived polyphenol, 2-6% malic acid and 0.5-3 % potassium , and contains 3.3 kcal / calorie. An apple-like powder composition adjusted to g or less. Apple-like powder composition according to claim 1 which are adjusted to further include vitamin C 0.01 to 0.04 wt%. The apple-like powder composition according to claim 1 or 2 , which is packaged by 5 to 10 g. A dietary supplement comprising the apple-like powder composition according to any one of claims 1 to 3 . A dietary supplement comprising the apple-like powder composition according to claim 1 or 2 as a constituent material. A beverage in which the apple-like powder composition according to claim 1 or 2 is dissolved or dispersed. A confectionery or bread to which the apple-like powder composition according to claim 1 or 2 is added.