JP5901075B2 - Organogel for feeding aids for foods for people with difficulty in swallowing and chewing and foods for people with difficulty in swallowing and chewing - Google Patents

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TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an organogel for feeding assistance of foods for persons with difficulty in swallowing and chewing, and foods for persons with difficulty in swallowing and chewing using the same.
This application claims priority based on Japanese Patent Application No. 2011-038344 filed in Japan on February 24, 2011, and Japanese Patent Application No. 2011-188878 filed in Japan on August 31, 2011, The contents are incorporated here.

  People who have difficulty swallowing and chewing, for example elderly people who need care, often have a reduced ability to chew food or swallow. Therefore, various devices are required to make the food easy to eat. Nursing care facilities have long been cooked finely and crushed for a long time. In addition to regular meals, meals such as chopped meals, extremely chopped meals, mixer meals, paste meals, and liquid foods are provided. Has been.

  “Mixed Diet” is a product that is easy to swallow without chewing by chopping the food into a shape that has already been chewed, taking into account those who have problems with the chewing function. It is. The kizami food is widely provided to elderly people with reduced swallowing and chewing functions in nursing homes and the like. However, in recent years, it has been pointed out that the diet of kisami increases the risk of developing aspiration pneumonia. There are also reports that the number of chewing cycles increased rather than the normal diet. As described above, it has recently been found that a kisami meal is not always easier to swallow than a normal meal.

  In the first place, the act of chewing food not only crushes the food, but also makes it easy to swallow by forming a bolus by the pulverized food mixing well with saliva. However, it has been clarified that, by finely chopping the food material, it becomes difficult to form a bolus, resulting in aspiration. In particular, elderly people often suffer from early-stage impairment due to dementia or poor vision, or lack of saliva due to poor perception or secretion of salivary glands and poor ability to form a bolus by chewing. It seems that lump formation becomes difficult.

  As a method for improving the ease of swallowing food, for example, there is a method for improving cohesiveness in the oral cavity by increasing the viscosity of food and drink. For elderly people whose masticatory function is severely reduced, mixer meals, paste meals, liquid foods, etc., which do not require chewing, are usually provided. However, these are very low in solids and therefore have a high risk of aspiration. Therefore, in order to prevent aspiration, for example, a method of increasing the viscosity of liquid food by adding a thickening agent such as gelatin, agar, or gellan gum has been developed (for example, see Patent Document 1).

  However, adding only a water-soluble thickener as described in Patent Document 1 and the like is suitable for thickening liquid food, It is not suitable for producing a food that facilitates formation of a bolus.

  Therefore, Kuroda et al. Developed a soft food for elderly people as a new form of meal that replaces the kizami food (see, for example, Non-Patent Document 1). “Soft food” is a food that is in the form of a normal meal, but is easy for a person with eating / swallowing problems to chew, easily forms a bolus, and is easy to swallow. Specifically, the hardness and the degree of aggregation are adjusted to be in a certain range.

  However, soft food for elderly people is limited in the ingredients (materials) themselves in order to adjust the hardness and cohesion of the food, and it is necessary to devise cooking from the material stage, There is also a fundamental change. In other words, the soft food for the elderly has a problem that it takes much more time for cooking than the kizami food. In addition, special equipment may be required. For this reason, it is not easy from the viewpoint of budget and capital investment to introduce soft foods for the elderly in place of care meals in nursing care facilities.

  In addition, as a problem of foods provided to those who have difficulty swallowing and chewing, there is a decrease in calorie intake (see, for example, Non-Patent Document 2). For example, in order to pulverize ingredients to make a paste meal, a large amount of water such as dashi juice is mixed, and thus the capacity often increases due to water. For this reason, even if the same weight as a normal meal is ingested, it will be reduced in weight substantially and the calorie intake will decrease. Even in the case of a kisami meal, the capacity increases by chopping, and it is often difficult to put the same weight on a plate as ingesting a normal meal, and again there is a problem that the calorie intake is reduced. .

  On the other hand, gels having both viscosity and elasticity are used as food base materials. A gel is a gel in which a small amount of a solid component absorbs a large amount of a liquid component that is a continuous phase and expands to a certain volume, and behaves as an elastic solid rather than a liquid. The solid component is called a gelling agent, and a liquid is included by a three-dimensional network structure formed by the gelling agent. A continuous phase liquid component is water or an aqueous solution is called a hydrogel. On the other hand, those in which the continuous phase is a liquid oil or an organic solvent are referred to as organogels.

  The storage modulus of a gel is the ability to retain the stress stored inside the gel and indicates the elasticity of the gel during dynamic behavior. On the other hand, the loss elastic modulus of the gel is the ability to release the energy applied to the gel as heat, and indicates the viscosity of the gel during dynamic behavior as the disappearance energy.

Japanese Patent No. 3524359

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  As described above, it is relatively understood that the meal of kizami is not suitable as a food form for those who have difficulty swallowing and chewing. However, the present condition is that it is necessary to provide the meal with the meal because the alternative to the meal is not easy because the meal has already become a standard at the cooking site.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention is an organogel that can easily produce a food that can be easily ingested by those who have difficulty swallowing and chewing, that is, edible food (Ingestible food) shredded products and crushed materials are not scattered, and there is a sense of unity. An object is to provide an organogel capable of producing food. In addition, swallowing that is a food that uses the organogel and that can prevent reduction of calorie intake even when it is a paste food that has been hydrated and does not disperse in the mouth when shredded or crushed.・ To provide food for people with difficulty in chewing.

  As a result of intensive studies to solve the above problems, the present inventors have found an organogel containing an oil and fat and an oil gelling agent and having a storage elastic modulus at 0 ° C. or higher and 40 ° C. or lower of 1,000 Pa to 100,000 Pa. The present invention has been completed by finding that mixing with a meal or paste meal can improve the meal or paste meal into a food that can be easily taken by persons with difficulty in swallowing and chewing.

That is, the present invention
(1) An organogel containing an oil and fat and an oil gelling agent, wherein the storage elastic modulus at 0 ° C. or more and 40 ° C. or less is 1,000 Pa or more and 100,000 Pa or less, for those having difficulty in swallowing and chewing Organogel for food supplementation,
(2) The organogel for feeding assistance of foods for persons with difficulty in swallowing / chewing according to (1), wherein the loss elastic modulus at 0 ° C. or more and 40 ° C. or less is 100 Pa or more and 10,000 Pa or less,
(3) The said fats and oils are 1 type, or 2 or more types of fats and oils which are liquid at 20 degreeC, The said oil-fat gelling agent has a behenic acid composition of 45% or more and 55% or less, and melting | fusing point is 50 degreeC or more. And an extremely hardened oil, rice bran wax, carnauba wax, candelilla wax, an emulsifier having a melting point of 50 ° C. or higher, a mixture of sterol and γ-oryzanol, and a mixture of lecithin and sorbitan tristearate. An organogel for feeding assistance of foods for persons with difficulty in swallowing and chewing according to (1) or (2), characterized in that it is one or more types of oil and fat gelling agents selected from the group;
(4) It contains the organogel for feeding assistance of the food for a person with difficulty in swallowing and chewing as described in any one of said (1)-(3), and the shredded product or crushed material of the food which can be eaten. Food for people with difficulty swallowing and chewing,
(5) The food for persons with difficulty in swallowing / chewing according to (4), further comprising water,
(6) One or two selected from the group consisting of the processed meat food, processed fish food, vegetables, fruits, noodles, rice, porridge, bread, and seaweed The food for a person with difficulty in swallowing / chewing according to (4) or (5) above,
(7) An organogel for feeding aids for foods for persons with difficulty in swallowing and chewing, comprising a fat and oil and a fat gelling agent and having a storage elastic modulus at 0 ° C. to 40 ° C. of 1,000 Pa to 100,000 Pa, A method for producing a food for persons with difficulty in swallowing and chewing, characterized by mixing shredded products or crushed food products;
(8) The method for producing a food for persons with difficulty in swallowing / chewing according to (7), further comprising crushing after the mixing,
(9) An organogel for feeding aids for foods for people with difficulty in swallowing and chewing, comprising a fat and oil and a fat gelling agent and having a storage elastic modulus at 0 ° C. to 40 ° C. of 1,000 Pa to 100,000 Pa, A method for improving the sense of unity of food for persons with difficulty in swallowing and chewing, characterized by mixing shredded products or crushed products of edible foods and further crushing them,
(10) An organogel for feeding aids for foods for people with difficulty in swallowing and chewing, which contains fats and oils and a fat gelling agent and has a storage elastic modulus at 0 ° C. or higher and 40 ° C. or lower of 1,000 Pa to 100,000 Pa, A method for facilitating ingestion of food for those who have difficulty in swallowing and chewing, characterized by mixing shredded products or crushed products of edible food, and further crushing the mixture;
(11) In any one of the above (1) to (3), the organogel for feeding assistance is used by being mixed with shredded or crushed foods that can be eaten. Organogels for feeding aids for foods for those with difficulty in swallowing and chewing,
Is to provide.

  By using the organogel for feeding assistance of the food for persons with difficulty in swallowing and chewing according to the present invention, a food with a sense of cohesion can be obtained without chopping and crushed food products. For this reason, by mixing the organogel for feeding aids of the food for persons with difficulty in swallowing and chewing according to the present invention and the conventional meal food, paste food, etc., it can be easily carried to the mouth without spilling, and It is possible to produce a food for a person with difficulty in swallowing / chewing that can be easily ingested by a person with difficulty in swallowing / chewing because the shredded product or crushed material is not dispersed in the oral cavity. Furthermore, by using the organogel for feeding assistance of the food for persons with difficulty in swallowing / chewing according to the present invention, reduction in calorie intake can be prevented even with a hydrolyzed paste meal.

First, the eating support organogel of the food for persons with difficulty in swallowing / chewing according to the present invention will be described.
The organogel for feeding assistance of foods for persons with difficulty in swallowing / chewing according to the present invention (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “organogel for feeding assistance of the present invention”) is used as shredded or crushed foods. By mixing and using, those who have difficulty in swallowing or those who have difficulty chewing can easily ingest the food (assisting ingestion). In the conventional meal, the shredded food is easily loosened and it is difficult to form a bolus in the oral cavity, which is considered to be a major cause of aspiration. By mixing the organogel for feeding support of the present invention with foods containing shredded products or crushed materials such as conventional chopped foods and paste foods, each solid content is agglomerated appropriately, and it is gathered without scattering. A food with a feeling of feeling, that is, a food that can be easily ingested by those who have difficulty swallowing or chewing can be obtained.

  In addition, since the dietary supplement organogel of the present invention is mainly composed of fats and oils, the amount of calories ingested when mixed with a conventional diet or paste food that tends to reduce solids intake compared to normal foods. Reduction can be prevented.

  In the present invention and the specification of the present application, “food that can be eaten” means food that can be eaten without further cooking, and cooked food such as heat treatment and seasoning. And any food that can be eaten raw, such as fruit. In addition, “a shredded or crushed product of food that can be eaten” means a product obtained by chopping or loosening, crushing or crushing a solid content in a food that can be eaten. Although the magnitude | size of the solid content after a shredding or a crushing process is not specifically limited, 0.1 mm or more and 5.0 mm or less are preferable. “Eatable food shredded or crushed material” includes food that has been chopped with a knife or cutter, food that has been loosened, food that can be consumed Crushed with a cutter mixer or the like, and crushed food that can be eaten.

  The method for crushing food is not particularly limited, and may be any processing method that is normally used when reducing the solid content. For example, food can be crushed by using a crusher such as a cutter mixer.

  Specifically, the feeding-support organogel of the present invention is an organogel containing an oil and fat and an oil gelling agent, and has a storage elastic modulus of 1,000 Pa to 100,000 Pa at 0 ° C to 40 ° C. It is characterized by that. The storage elastic modulus of the organogel for feeding assistance of the present invention at 0 ° C. or more and 40 ° C. or less is preferably 1,000 Pa or more and 50,000 Pa or less, more preferably 2,000 Pa or more and 50,000 Pa or less, More preferably, it is 2,000 Pa or more and 30,000 Pa or less. When the storage elastic modulus in the range of 0 ° C. or more and 40 ° C. or less is in the range of 1,000 Pa or more and 100,000 Pa or less, it can be mixed with food that can be eaten or shredded or crushed products of food that can be eaten. It is easy to obtain a cohesive food in which shredded products and crushed materials are not scattered. When the storage elastic modulus in the range of 0 ° C. or more and 40 ° C. or less is less than 1,000 Pa, the fluidity of the organogel for feeding support becomes excessive, the hardness is insufficient, and shredded food such as savory food is collected. There is a risk that it will not be possible. When the storage elastic modulus in the range of 0 ° C. or higher and 40 ° C. or lower is more than 100,000 Pa, the feeding aid organogel becomes too hard and may be difficult to mix with the solid content.

  The organogel for feeding assistance of the present invention preferably has a relatively small difference between the storage elastic modulus at 20 ° C. and the storage elastic modulus at 40 ° C. The difference between the storage elastic modulus at 20 ° C. (near room temperature) and the storage elastic modulus at 40 ° C. (temperature close to the oral cavity) is not so large that the food mixed with the feeding aid organogel is more dispersed in the oral cavity. It is hard to stick and sticky in the mouth. For example, in the organogel for feeding assistance of the present invention, the difference between the storage elastic modulus at 20 ° C. and the storage elastic modulus at 40 ° C. is preferably 0% or more and 50% or less of the storage elastic modulus at 20 ° C., 0% It is more preferably 30% or less and further preferably 0% or more and 20% or less.

  The loss elastic modulus at 0 ° C. or more and 40 ° C. or less of the feeding support organogel of the present invention is preferably 100 Pa or more and 10,000 Pa or less, more preferably 100 Pa or more and 5,000 Pa or less, and 200 Pa or more and 5,5 or less. More preferably, it is 000 Pa or less, and most preferably 200 Pa or more and 3,000 Pa or less. When the loss elastic modulus in the range of 0 ° C. or higher and 40 ° C. or lower is in the range of 100 Pa or more and 10,000 Pa or less, it is easy to mix with edible foods or shredded or crushed food products. Moreover, the foodstuff with a feeling of unity from which the shredded material and crushed material in the said foodstuff are not scattered can be obtained. When the loss elastic modulus in the range of 0 ° C. or higher and 40 ° C. or lower is less than 100 Pa, the fluidity of the feeding-assisting organogel becomes excessive, the hardness is insufficient, and shredded foods such as chopped foods can be collected. It may not be possible. When the loss elastic modulus in the range of 0 ° C. or higher and 40 ° C. or lower is more than 10,000 Pa, the feeding-assisting organogel becomes too hard and may be difficult to mix with the solid content.

  The organogel for feeding assistance of the present invention preferably has a relatively small difference between the loss elastic modulus at 20 ° C. and the loss elastic modulus at 40 ° C. The difference between the loss elastic modulus at 20 ° C. (near room temperature) and the loss elastic modulus at 40 ° C. (temperature close to the oral cavity) is not so large that the food mixed with the feeding aid organogel is more dispersed in the oral cavity. It is hard to stick and sticky in the mouth. For example, in the dietary support organogel of the present invention, the difference between the loss elastic modulus at 20 ° C. and the loss elastic modulus at 40 ° C. is preferably 0% to 50% of the loss elastic modulus at 20 ° C. It is more preferably 30% or less and further preferably 0% or more and 20% or less.

  In addition, the storage elastic modulus and loss elastic modulus of the organogel for feeding assistance of this invention can be measured by a conventional method using a viscoelasticity measuring apparatus.

The feeding-supporting organogel of the present invention is formed by mixing an oil and fat that is liquid at room temperature (hereinafter sometimes simply referred to as “liquid oil and fat”) and an oil and fat gelling agent having a melting point higher than that of the liquid oil and fat. The The liquid fat that is the raw material of the organogel for feeding assistance of the present invention is not particularly limited as long as it is an edible fat that is liquid at room temperature. In this invention, normal temperature means 15 degreeC or more and 25 degrees C or less.
Moreover, the fats and oils contained in the organogel for feeding assistance of this invention may be one type, and multiple types may be sufficient as it. As a raw material of the organogel for feeding assistance of this invention, it is preferable to use the fats and oils which are liquid at 20 degreeC. When using multiple types of fats and oils, it is preferable that at least 1 type of fats and oils are liquids and fats which are liquid at 20 degreeC, and it is more preferable that all the fats and oils are liquids and fats which are liquid at 20 degreeC.

  The oil and fat that is liquid at 20 ° C. to be contained in the organogel for feeding assistance of the present invention is preferably vegetable oil that is liquid at 20 ° C. Specific examples of vegetable oils that are liquid at 20 ° C. include rapeseed oil, olive oil, rice oil, sesame oil, cottonseed oil, peanut oil, corn oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil, safflower oil, medium chain carbon number 8 and / or 10 Medium chain fatty acid triglyceride having fatty acid as constituent fatty acid, triglyceride having medium chain fatty acid having 8 and / or 10 carbon atoms and long chain fatty acid having 12 to 24 carbon atoms as constituent fatty acid, palm fractionated oil, mixed oil of these, etc. Is mentioned. Specific examples of the palm fractionated oil include palm olein (palm super olein) which is a two-stage fractionated oil. In addition, there is no restriction | limiting in particular in the method of fractionating palm oil, You may use any method of solvent fractionation, dry-type fractionation, and emulsification fractionation.

  As oil and fat which is liquid at 20 ° C. to be contained in the organogel for feeding assistance of the present invention, one of these may be used, and oil and fat in which two or more kinds are arbitrarily mixed may be used. In particular, vegetable oil that is liquid and clear after storage at 0 ° C. for 5.5 hours, that is, salad oil, is preferred, and among these, rapeseed oil is more preferred from the viewpoint of stable supply and stable supply.

  The oil / fat gelling agent to be included in the organogel for feeding assistance of the present invention is not particularly limited as long as it forms a three-dimensional network structure and can include liquid oil / fat inside the structure. It can be used by appropriately selecting from known substances having chemical ability in consideration of the type of liquid oil. Examples of the oil gelling agent include an extremely hardened oil having a melting point higher than that of liquid oil, an emulsifier, a mixture of lecithin and sorbitan tristearate (for example, see Non-Patent Document 3), rice bran wax (for example, Non-Patent Document 4 or 5), carnauba wax (for example, see non-patent document 4), candelilla wax (for example, refer to non-patent document 5 or 8), a mixture of sterol and γ-oryzanol (for example, refer to non-patent document 6 or 7). Etc. The eating support organogel of the present invention may contain one type of oil gelling agent, or may contain two or more types of oil gelling agents in appropriate combination.

  It is preferable that the oil-fat gelling agent contained in the feeding assistance organogel of the present invention has a melting point that is 10 ° C. or higher higher than the melting point of the liquid fat. Of these, an oil gelling agent having a melting point of 50 ° C. or higher is more preferable.

  In the present invention, the extremely hardened oil having a melting point higher than that of the liquid fat used as the fat gelling agent is preferably one having a melting point of 50 ° C. or higher. Specifically, the extremely hardened oil preferably has a melting point of 50 ° C. or higher and 80 ° C. or lower, more preferably 55 ° C. or higher and 80 ° C. or lower, and further preferably 55 ° C. or higher and 75 ° C. or lower.

  In the present invention, the emulsifier used as an oil gelling agent preferably has a melting point of 50 ° C. or higher. Specifically, it is preferable that the emulsifier has a melting point of 50 ° C. or higher and 85 ° C. or lower. Examples of the emulsifier include DES-70V (manufactured by Riken Vitamin Co., Ltd., glycerin monofatty acid ester, melting point: 60 ° C), Poem B-100 (manufactured by Riken Vitamin Co., Ltd., glycerin monofatty acid ester, melting point: 69-75 ° C). , Poem B-200 (manufactured by Riken Vitamin Co., Ltd., glycerin mono fatty acid ester, melting point: 75 to 85 ° C.), Riquemar PB-100 (manufactured by Riken Vitamin Co., Ltd., propylene glycol fatty acid ester, melting point: 54 to 60 ° C.), etc. Can be mentioned.

  The organogel for feeding aid of the present invention is an oil gelling agent, an extremely hardened oil having a behenic acid composition of 45% to 55% and a melting point of 50 ° C. or higher, rice bran wax, candelilla wax, Contains one or more substances selected from the group consisting of carnauba wax, emulsifiers having a melting point of 50 ° C. or higher, a mixture of sterol and γ-oryzanol, and a mixture of lecithin and sorbitan tristearate It is preferable to do.

  By appropriately adjusting the content ratio of the liquid fat and oil gelling agent, the storage elastic modulus and loss elastic modulus of the feeding aid organogel of the present invention can be adjusted within the desired ranges. The content of the oil gelling agent in the dietary supplement organogel of the present invention is preferably 1% by mass or more and 15% by mass or less, and more preferably 5% by mass or more and 10% by mass or less with respect to the liquid oil. preferable.

  In addition to oils and fats and oil gelling agents, the feeding aid organogel of the present invention includes, as necessary, emulsifiers, skim milk powder, and soybeans that are generally used in foods as long as the functions of the present invention are not impaired. Proteins, sugars, starches, modified starches, dextrins, tocopherols, antioxidants such as vitamin C, coloring agents, fragrances, thickeners and the like can be blended. Examples of thickeners include guar gum, locust bean gum, carrageenan, gum arabic, alginic acids, pectin, xanthan gum, pullulan, tamarind seed gum, psyllium seed gum, crystalline cellulose, carboxymethylcellulose, methylcellulose, agar, glucomannan, gelatin Etc.

  The organogel for feeding assistance of this invention can be formed by mixing fats and oils and a fat gelling agent. Depending on the type of oil gelling agent to be used, in order to uniformly mix them, it is preferable to heat the mixture of fat and oil gelling agent, melt and mix the oil gelling agent, and then cool. In addition, you may mix the fats and oils gelatinizer heat-melted with the heated fats and oils. The temperature at which the mixture of the oil and fat gelling agent is heated and melted can be appropriately determined in consideration of the melting point of the oil and fat gelling agent, but it is preferably heated to 50 ° C or higher and 100 ° C or lower, preferably 60 ° C or higher and 90 ° C. It is more preferable to heat to below ℃.

  The heat-melted mixture of fat and oil and fat gelling agent may be allowed to cool gradually or rapidly. In the case where gelation is possible by rapid cooling and kneading, it is preferable to rapidly cool and knead the mixture of the oil and fat that has been melted by heating and the oil and gelling agent. If the gel does not gel when rapidly kneaded, it is preferably left to cool gradually.

  The quenching and kneading treatment can be usually performed in the same manner as when manufacturing margarine or seaning. For example, the cooling condition can be −0.5 ° C./min or more, preferably −5 ° C./min or more.

  Moreover, the quenching and kneading treatment can be performed by using a quenching and kneading machine that is usually used when manufacturing margarine and seaning, and may contain a gas such as air or nitrogen as necessary. it can. For example, by using a closed continuous tube cooler such as a botator, a combinator, a perfector, an onlator, etc. used as a margarine manufacturing machine, a plate heat exchanger, etc., a rapid cooling and kneading treatment can be performed. . In addition, a combination of an open-type diacooler and a compressor can be used for the rapid cooling and kneading process.

Next, the food for a person with difficulty in swallowing and chewing according to the present invention and the production method thereof will be described.
The food for persons with difficulty in swallowing and chewing according to the present invention contains the organogel for feeding assistance of the present invention and shredded or crushed food products.

  Examples of foods that can be consumed include livestock such as beef, pork, chicken, lamb, and horse meat, and fish such as horse mackerel, mackerel, saury, sheila, crow flounder, skipjack, yellowfin tuna, swordfish, salmon, cod, hake Vegetables such as cabbage, carrot, onion, potato, spinach, lettuce, tomato, fruits such as apple, tangerine, pear, pineapple, strawberry, strawberries, watermelon, melon, seaweed such as wakame, kelp, hijiki, rice, rice Examples include foods made from rice cakes, bread, udon, soba and pasta. Foods that can be eaten raw, such as fruits, tomatoes, and fish for sashimi, are also included in the foods that can be consumed. In addition, the foods that can be eaten include cooked processed foods such as processed meat products processed from meat such as hamburgs, and processed fish products processed from fish such as tuna flakes and tsunami. The food for persons having difficulty in swallowing and chewing according to the present invention is one kind selected from the group consisting of processed meat foods, processed fish foods, vegetables, fruits, noodles, rice, rice cakes, breads, and seaweeds, or It is preferable to contain two or more kinds of foods or crushed materials thereof and the organogel for feeding assistance of the present invention.

  The food for persons with difficulty in swallowing / chewing according to the present invention is a food with a sense of unity because small solids in the food are not dispersed. This is because foods whose solid content has been reduced by shredding or crushing and the feeding-supporting organogel of the present invention are mixed together so that the solids are appropriately aggregated and the food is easily collected. That is, it is because the sense of unity of food can be improved. For this reason, the food for persons with difficulty in swallowing / chewing according to the present invention can be easily carried into the mouth without spilling when eating the food, and the solid content is difficult to disperse even in the mouth, forming a bolus. It is easy to swallow even for those who have difficulty swallowing and chewing. Furthermore, even if the paste food is hydrated, it is possible to prevent a reduction in calorie intake.

  The food for persons with difficulty in swallowing / chewing according to the present invention can be produced by mixing a small solid content of the food with the organogel for feeding assistance of the present invention. For example, the food for people with difficulty in swallowing / chewing of the present invention is produced by mixing the organogel for feeding support of the present invention with food that has been finely chopped in advance or crushed using a crusher such as a cutter mixer. Can do. The food for a person with difficulty in swallowing and chewing according to the present invention is also produced by mixing the food having a large solid content before the crushing treatment with the organogel for feeding support of the present invention and then performing the crushing treatment with a cutter mixer or the like. be able to. Moreover, after mixing the food whose solid content has been reduced in advance with the organogel for feeding support of the present invention, it may be further crushed by a mixer or the like.

The foods for persons with difficulty in swallowing and chewing according to the present invention can be roughly classified into paste foods and batch foods when roughly classified by the shape of the food.
Here, the “paste food” refers to a highly fluid food obtained by crushing a shredded product or a crushed product of a hydrated food product with a cutter mixer or the like. On the other hand, “aggregated food” refers to foods that contain shredded or crushed foods that are ingestible, have no fluidity or low fluidity, and are difficult to disperse solids. Say.

For example, paste food is a mixture of foods that can be eaten, preferably foods with finely chopped solids (so-called savory meals), an organogel for feeding assistance of the present invention, and a mixture of water such as broth. Can be manufactured.
The composition of the paste food can be adjusted as appropriate depending on the degree of fluidity of the paste food, the type of food used as a raw material, the oil content and moisture contained therein, and the like. For example, 100 parts by mass of shredded or crushed food products, 1 to 100 parts by mass (preferably 1 to 50 parts by mass), and 200 water 200 Examples of the blending are not less than 1000 parts by mass and not more than 1000 parts by mass.

  As a paste food manufacturing method, for example, in the case of a hamburger paste food, after adding the eating aid organogel of the present invention and soup stock to a cooked hamburger cut into a block shape, for 10 seconds to 1 minute with a food processor, It can be produced by crushing and mixing.

  On the other hand, a batch food can be produced by mixing a food (so-called savory meal) with finely chopped solids and the organogel for feeding support of the present invention. If necessary, the food processor may crush and mix after mixing. The batch food can also be produced by mixing a food that can be consumed and the organogel for feeding support of the present invention, and crushing and mixing the mixture with a food processor. The fluidity of the resulting food can be adjusted by appropriately adding water.

  The composition of the batch food can be adjusted as appropriate depending on the type of food used as a raw material, the oil content and moisture contained therein, and the like. For example, edible food shredded product or crushed material 100 parts by weight, feeding aid organogel for food for persons with difficulty in swallowing and chewing 5 to 100 parts by weight (preferably 5 to 50 parts by weight) ) Can be exemplified. Further, if necessary, water such as soup stock can be added.

For example, in the case of a batch meal of chicken, for example, in the case of a batch meal of chicken, the organogel for feeding support of the present invention is added to the boiled chicken fillet and then crushed and mixed in a food processor for 10 seconds to 1 minute. Can be manufactured.
In addition, in the case of a cabbage batch meal, it can be produced by chopping boiled cabbage into a size of about 5 mm or less, and then adding and mixing the feeding support organogel of the present invention.

  In addition, the foods for persons with difficulty in swallowing and chewing according to the present invention can be added to antioxidants such as tocopherol and vitamin C, salts and sugars that are generally added to foods as long as they do not impair the functions of the present invention. Such as seasonings, thickeners and the like can be blended. As the thickener, those listed above can be used.

(Example 1, Comparative Examples 1-2)
EXAMPLES Next, although an Example is shown and this invention is demonstrated further in detail, this invention is not limited to a following example.

<Manufacture of organogel for feeding support>
Rapeseed oil (manufactured by Nisshin Oillio Group, Inc., trade name: Nissin Oil Seed Salad Oil (S)) and extremely hardened oil having a behenic acid composition of 45-55% and a melting point of 50 ° C. or higher Was put into a container so that rapeseed oil: extremely hardened oil = 9: 1, heated and dissolved at 80 ° C, and mixed. Thereafter, the container was placed in ice water and kneaded to obtain 50 g of an organogel (Example 1) that had been rapidly kneaded.

<Measurement of storage modulus and loss modulus>
The storage elastic modulus and loss elastic modulus of the organogel (Example 1) produced above were measured. For comparison, the storage elastic modulus and loss elastic modulus of Lard (Bell Foods Co., Ltd., trade name: Lard) (Comparative Example 1) and Margarine (Snow Brand Co., Ltd., trade name: Neosoft) (Comparative Example 2) are also used. It was measured.
The storage elastic modulus [G ′ (G prime)] and the loss elastic modulus [G ″ (G double prime)] were measured using a rheostress RS1 (manufactured by HAKKE) which is a stress control type rheometer. Specifically, a cone-shaped plate having a diameter of 3.5 cm was used as a sensor, and each sample was first placed on a measuring instrument plate maintained at 0 ° C. Next, after adjusting the gap width to 0.105 mm, the sample was held at 0 ° C. for 2 minutes. Thereafter, the storage elastic modulus (G ′) and loss elastic modulus (G ″) from 0 ° C. to 40 ° C. were measured while raising the temperature at 10 ° C./min.

The measurement results of the storage elastic modulus (G ′) are shown in Table 1, and the measurement results of the loss elastic modulus (G ″) are shown in Table 2.
As a result, the change rate of the storage elastic modulus from 20 ° C. to 40 ° C. (the absolute value of the difference between the storage elastic modulus at 20 ° C. and the storage elastic modulus at 40 ° C. relative to the storage elastic modulus at 20 ° C.) Example 1) was 6.2% and was very small. However, Lard (Comparative Example 1) was 99.6%, and Margarine (Comparative Example 2) was 99.99%, which was very large.
On the other hand, the rate of change of the loss elastic modulus from 20 ° C. to 40 ° C. (the absolute value of the ratio of the loss elastic modulus at 20 ° C. and the loss elastic modulus at 40 ° C. to the loss elastic modulus at 20 ° C.) is organogel (Example) 1) was 8.3%, which was very small. However, Lard (Comparative Example 1) was 99.8% and margarine (Comparative Example 2) was 99.9%, which was very large.

<Manufacture and evaluation of lump sum meal using organogel (Example 1)>
The organogel produced in the above (Example 1) and koji were pulverized and mixed to produce a koji food and evaluated.
Specifically, after adding 30g of organogel (Example 1) to 180g of candy (Kibun Co., Ltd., trade name: mellow stuffed sashimi candy white), crush and mix for 3 minutes with a food processor Thus, a mass meal of salmon was produced. Appearance and texture were evaluated for the resultant meal of the koji.
As a result, the lump food prepared using the organogel (Example 1) had good appearance and texture. Specifically, it was a unity that was not scattered. Also, when I ate it, the feeling of unity persisted in my mouth, there was no stickiness, the taste increased, and it was delicious.
Furthermore, the lump meal of the rice cake has a good appearance after being stored for 1 hour in a 60 ° C. constant temperature distribution car, and when eaten, the feeling of unity is maintained in the mouth and there is no stickiness. It was.

<Manufacture and evaluation of crushed food (additive-free)>
As a control, the organogel (Example 1) was not added, and 180 g of koji (manufactured by Kibun Co., Ltd., trade name: mellowly charged sashimi-made koji white) was crushed and mixed in a food processor for 3 minutes as it was. Crushed food was produced.
As a result, the obtained crushed food was loose and had no unity. In addition, when I ate the obtained crushed meal, it spread in my mouth.

<Manufacture and evaluation of lump meal using lard (Comparative Example 1)>
After adding 30 g of lard (Comparative Example 1) to 180 g of Koji (made by Kibun Co., Ltd., trade name: mellow stuffed sashimi koji white), crushing and mixing with a food processor for 3 minutes, a summary of koji A meal was prepared.
The lather of the candy obtained was inseparable and coherent. However, when I ate the lard of the candy obtained, I could not feel the unity in my mouth and felt oily.
In addition, when the appearance after storing the lard of strawberry in a constant temperature distribution vehicle at 60 ° C. for 1 hour was observed, oil oozed out. In addition, when eating, the feeling of unity was not maintained in the mouth, and the oily feeling was felt.

<Manufacture and evaluation of lump sum meal using margarine (Comparative Example 2)>
After adding 30 g of margarine (Comparative Example 2) to 180 g of candy (made by Kibun Co., Ltd., trade name: Maroyaka brewed sashimi candy white), crush and mix for 3 minutes with a food processor, A meal (garnished with margarine) was produced.
The resulting margarine garnish was inseparable and cohesive. However, when I ate the margarine soup that was obtained, the feeling of unity was not maintained in my mouth and I felt oily.
In addition, when the appearance after storing the margarine sauce of salmon for 1 hour in a constant temperature distribution vehicle at 60 ° C. was observed, oil oozed out. In addition, when eating, the feeling of unity was not maintained in the mouth, and the oily feeling was felt.

(Examples 2-3)
<Manufacture of organogel for feeding support>
Rapeseed oil (Nisshin Oillio Group, trade name: Nissin Rape Seed Salad Oil (S)) and rice bran wax (Toa Kasei, trade name: TOWAX-3F9, melting point 80.9 ° C.) Rapeseed oil: rice bran wax = 97: 3 was placed in a container, heated and dissolved at 100 ° C., and mixed. Then, 50g of organogel (Example 2) was obtained by standing to cool.

<Manufacture of organogel for feeding support>
Rapeseed oil (manufactured by Nisshin Oillio Group, trade name: Nissin canola seed salad oil (S)) and candelilla wax (manufactured by Toa Kasei Co., Ltd., trade name: TOWAX-4F2, melting point 72.0 ° C.) Was put in a container so that rapeseed oil: candelilla wax = 97: 3, dissolved by heating at 80 ° C., and mixed. Then, 50g of organogel (Example 3) was obtained by standing to cool.

<Measurement of storage modulus and loss modulus>
In the same manner as the organogel of Example 1, the storage elastic modulus and loss elastic modulus of the organogels of Examples 2-3 were measured. The measurement results of the storage elastic modulus (G ′) are shown in Table 3, and the measurement results of the loss elastic modulus (G ″) are shown in Table 4, respectively.
As a result, the change rate of the storage elastic modulus from 20 ° C. to 40 ° C. was 49.6% for the organogel (Example 2) and 46.9% for the organogel (Example 3). On the other hand, the rate of change in loss modulus from 20 ° C. to 40 ° C. was 9.7% for the organogel (Example 2) and 2.3% for the organogel (Example 3), which was very small.

<Manufacture and evaluation of lump sum meal using organogel (Example 2)>
The organogel produced in the above (Example 2) and koji were pulverized and mixed to produce a koji food and evaluated.
Specifically, after adding 30 g of organogel (Example 2) to 180 g of candy (Kibun Co., Ltd., trade name: mellow-prepared sashimi candy white), crush and mix in a food processor for 3 minutes. Thus, a mass meal of salmon was produced. Appearance and texture were evaluated for the resultant meal of the koji.
As a result, the lump food prepared using the organogel (Example 2) was good in both appearance and texture. Specifically, it was a unity that was not scattered. Also, when I ate it, the feeling of unity persisted in my mouth, there was no stickiness, the taste increased, and it was delicious.
Furthermore, the lump meal of the rice cake has a good appearance after being stored for 1 hour in a 60 ° C. constant temperature distribution car, and when eaten, the feeling of unity is maintained in the mouth and there is no stickiness. It was.

<Manufacture and evaluation of lump sum meal using organogel (Example 3)>
The organogel produced in the above (Example 3) and koji were pulverized and mixed to produce and evaluate a koji batch food.
Specifically, after adding 30 g of organogel (Example 3) to 180 g of candy (Kibun Co., Ltd., trade name: mellow-prepared sashimi candy white), crush and mix in a food processor for 3 minutes. Thus, a mass meal of salmon was produced. Appearance and texture were evaluated for the resultant meal of the koji.
As a result, the lump food prepared using the organogel (Example 3) had good appearance and texture. Specifically, it was a unity that was not scattered. Also, when I ate it, the feeling of unity persisted in my mouth, there was no stickiness, the taste increased, and it was delicious.
Furthermore, the lump meal of the rice cake has a good appearance after being stored for 1 hour in a 60 ° C. constant temperature distribution car, and when eaten, the feeling of unity is maintained in the mouth and there is no stickiness. It was.

(Examples 4 to 8)
<Manufacture of organogel for feeding support>
Rapeseed oil (Nisshin Oillio Group, product name: Nissin Rape Seed Salad (S)) and emulsifier with a melting point of 50 ° C or higher (Taiyo Chemical Co., Ltd., product name: TAISET26, 20% glyceryl behenate, octastearin 20% glyceryl acid and 60% hardened palm oil) were placed in a container so that the mass ratio would be rapeseed oil: emulsifier = 95: 5, heated and dissolved at 80 ° C., and mixed. Then, 50g of organogel (Example 4) was obtained by standing to cool.

<Manufacture of organogel for feeding support>
Rapeseed oil (Nisshin Oillio Group, product name: Nissin Rape Seed Salad (S)) and emulsifier with a melting point of 50 ° C or higher (Taiyo Chemical Co., Ltd., product name: TAISET26, 20% glyceryl behenate, octastearin 20% glyceryl acid and 60% hardened palm oil) were put in a container so that the mass ratio would be rapeseed oil: emulsifier = 93: 7, and dissolved by heating at 80 ° C. and mixed. Then, 50g of organogel (Example 5) was obtained by standing to cool.

<Manufacture of organogel for feeding support>
Rapeseed oil (Nisshin Oillio Group, product name: Nissin Rape Seed Salad (S)) and emulsifier with a melting point of 50 ° C or higher (Taiyo Chemical Co., Ltd., product name: TAISET26, 20% glyceryl behenate, octastearin 20% glyceryl acid and 60% hardened palm oil) were put in a container so that the mass ratio would be rapeseed oil: emulsifier = 90: 10, heated and dissolved at 80 ° C., and mixed. Then, 50g of organogel (Example 6) was obtained by standing to cool.

<Manufacture of organogel for feeding support>
Rapeseed oil (manufactured by Nisshin Oillio Group, trade name: Nissin canola seed salad oil (S)) and emulsifier having a melting point of 50 ° C. or higher (trade name: TAISET 50, 50% glyceryl behenate and octastearin) (Containing 50% glyceryl acid) was put in a container so that the mass ratio was rapeseed oil: emulsifier = 95: 5, heated and dissolved at 80 ° C., and mixed. Then, 50g of organogel (Example 7) was obtained by standing to cool.

<Manufacture of organogel for feeding support>
Rapeseed oil (manufactured by Nisshin Oillio Group, trade name: Nissin canola seed salad oil (S)) and emulsifier having a melting point of 50 ° C. or higher (trade name: TAISET 50, 50% glyceryl behenate and octastearin) (Containing 50% glyceryl acid) was put in a container so that the mass ratio was rapeseed oil: emulsifier = 93: 7, heated and dissolved at 80 ° C., and mixed. Then, 50g of organogel (Example 8) was obtained by standing to cool.

<Measurement of storage modulus and loss modulus>
The storage elastic modulus and loss elastic modulus of the organogels of Examples 4 to 8 were measured in the same manner as the organogel of Example 1. Table 5 shows the measurement results of the storage elastic modulus [G ′ (G prime prime)], and Table 6 shows the measurement results of the loss elastic modulus [G ″ (G double prime)].
As a result, the change rate of the storage elastic modulus from 20 ° C. to 40 ° C. (the absolute value of the ratio between the storage elastic modulus at 20 ° C. and the storage elastic modulus at 40 ° C. relative to the loss elastic modulus at 20 ° C.) Was 38.1%, Example 5 was 53.2%, Example 6 was 38.8%, Example 7 was 4.8%, and Example 8 was 18.8%. On the other hand, the change rate of the loss elastic modulus from 20 ° C. to 40 ° C. (the absolute value of the ratio of the difference between the storage elastic modulus at 20 ° C. and the storage elastic modulus at 40 ° C. relative to the loss elastic modulus at 20 ° C.) It was 27.5%, Example 5 was 34.8%, Example 6 was 10.9%, Example 7 was 27.2%, and Example 8 was 1.8%.

<Manufacture and evaluation of lump sum meal using organogel (Examples 4 to 8)>
The organogel (Examples 4 to 8) produced above and the koji were pulverized and mixed to produce a koji package and evaluated.
Specifically, after adding 30 g of the organogel of any one of Examples 4 to 8 to 180 g of strawberry (made by Kibun Co., Ltd., trade name: Maroyaka brewed sashimi candy white), 3 minutes in the food processor By crushing and mixing, a batch meal of straw containing the organogel of any of Examples 4 to 8 was produced. Appearance and texture were evaluated for the resultant meal of the koji.
As a result, the packaged meal of the koji produced using the organogel (Examples 4 to 8) had good appearance and texture. Specifically, it was a unity that was not scattered. Also, when I ate it, the feeling of unity persisted in my mouth, there was no stickiness, the taste increased, and it was delicious.

  By using the organogel for feeding support of foods for persons with difficulty in swallowing / chewing according to the present invention, foods that can be easily eaten by persons with difficulty in swallowing / chewing can be easily produced. For this reason, the organogel for feeding assistance of the food for a person with difficulty in swallowing / chewing of the present invention can be used mainly in the field of manufacturing food for the person having difficulty in swallowing / chewing and the field of care / medicine.

Claims (11)

An organogel containing fat and oil gelling agent,
An organogel for assisting in eating a food for persons having difficulty in swallowing and chewing, characterized by having a storage elastic modulus at 0 ° C. or more and 40 ° C. or less of 1,000 Pa or more and 100,000 Pa or less.   2. The organogel for feeding assistance of foods for persons with difficulty in swallowing / chewing according to claim 1, wherein the loss elastic modulus at 0 ° C. or more and 40 ° C. or less is 100 Pa or more and 10,000 Pa or less. The fats and oils are fats and oils that are liquid at one or two or more 20 ° C.,
The fat-and-oil gelling agent has a behenic acid composition of 45% to 55% and a melting point of 50 ° C. or higher, extremely hardened oil, rice bran wax, carnauba wax, candelilla wax, and a melting point of 50. 1 or 2 or more types of fat-gelling agents selected from the group consisting of emulsifiers at or above ° C, a mixture of sterol and γ-oryzanol, and a mixture of lecithin and sorbitan tristearate Item 3. An organogel for assisting in feeding of a food for a person with difficulty in swallowing or chewing according to Item 1 or 2.   A swallow characterized by containing an organogel for feeding assistance of a food for persons with difficulty in swallowing and chewing according to any one of claims 1 to 3, and a shredded product or a crushed product of the food that can be consumed.・ Food for people with difficulty in chewing.   Furthermore, water is contained, The food for a person with difficulty in swallowing and chewing of Claim 4 characterized by the above-mentioned.   The ingestible food is one or more selected from the group consisting of livestock processed food, processed fish food, vegetables, fruits, noodles, rice, porridge, bread, and seaweed The food for persons having difficulty in swallowing and chewing according to claim 4 or 5.   An organogel for supplementation of food for swallowing and chewing difficult foods containing fats and oils and a fat gelling agent and having a storage elastic modulus of 1,000 Pa to 100,000 Pa at 0 ° C. to 40 ° C. A method for producing a food for a person with difficulty in swallowing or chewing, characterized by mixing a shredded product or a crushed product.   The method for producing a food for persons with difficulty in swallowing / chewing according to claim 7, further comprising crushing after the mixing.   An organogel for supplementation of food for swallowing and chewing difficult foods containing fats and oils and a fat gelling agent and having a storage elastic modulus of 1,000 Pa to 100,000 Pa at 0 ° C. to 40 ° C. A method for improving the sense of unity of food for persons with difficulty in swallowing and chewing, characterized by mixing shredded products or crushed foods and further crushing them.   An organogel for supplementation of food for swallowing and chewing difficult foods containing fats and oils and a fat gelling agent and having a storage elastic modulus of 1,000 Pa to 100,000 Pa at 0 ° C. to 40 ° C. A method for facilitating ingestion of food by a person who has difficulty in swallowing or chewing, characterized by mixing shredded food or crushed food and further crushing it.   4. The person having difficulty in swallowing or chewing according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the eating support organogel is used by mixing with a chopped or crushed food product. Organogel for food supplementation.