JP7329262B2 - Dietary supplement containing dried sardine powder and fructan powder - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to dietary supplements.

Calcium is generally said to be one of the nutrients essential for building a healthy body, and is one of the minerals essential for maintaining and regulating the functions of the human body. Calcium is ingested by the human body through daily meals. However, in recent years, the amount of calcium taken in daily meals tends to be insufficient, and calcium deficiency in the human body has been pointed out. A lack of calcium in the human body causes brittle bones and teeth and causes osteoporosis. In addition, such calcium deficiency is said to cause pollen allergy (see Patent Document 1 below).

Therefore, with the main purpose of compensating for insufficient intake of calcium in the diet, supplementary foods containing calcium as a main ingredient have been proposed, which allow appropriate intake of calcium. As such a supplementary food, for example, Patent Document 1 below discloses a tablet-like structure produced by processing dried sardines into powder and solidifying the powder containing this as a main component.

JP 2016-189767 A

By the way, it is generally known that the absorption rate of calcium by the human body is relatively low. Therefore, when the human body is deficient in calcium, even if the amount of intake of calcium is simply increased, the amount of calcium absorbed by the human body is only slightly increased. is difficult. Therefore, even if a person who lacks calcium in the human body ingests the supplementary food containing calcium as a main ingredient, it may not result in resolving the deficiency of calcium.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the circumstances described above, and provides a nutritional supplement that allows the human body to efficiently absorb calcium and, in turn, can easily resolve calcium deficiency in the human body. The purpose is to

In general, vitamin D and vinegar are well known as nutrients or foods that have the effect of improving the absorption rate of calcium into the body. In addition, it was found that fructans, which are a type of dietary fiber contained in shallots and onions, also have the effect of improving the absorption rate of calcium into the body. Therefore, in the dietary supplement of the present invention, dried sardine powder containing calcium contains fructan powder that enhances the absorption of calcium into the body.

Specifically, the nutritional supplement of the present invention is a nutritional supplement in the form of a tablet or a capsule, and includes sardine powder obtained by powdering boiled anchovies and absorption of calcium components contained in the sardine powder into the body. In addition to containing fructan powder that has the function of strengthening .

In addition, the nutritional supplement of the present invention is a nutritional supplement in the form of tablets, and has the function of enhancing the absorption of iriko powder, which is made by powdering boiled anchovies, and the calcium component contained in the iriko powder into the body. In addition to containing fructan powder, it has a first nutritional supplement part and a second nutritional supplement part arranged so as to cover the surface of the first nutritional supplement part, and the blending ratio of dried sardine powder is the first It is characterized in that the content of fructan powder is lower in the second dietary supplement part than in the dietary supplement part and higher in the second dietary supplement part than in the first dietary supplement part.

Since the nutritional supplement of the present invention is formed into a tablet or capsule, it can be easily swallowed and taken. In addition, according to the dietary supplement of the present invention, since it contains dried sardine powder containing calcium and fructan powder that enhances the absorption of calcium into the body, by ingesting these, calcium can be efficiently absorbed by the human body. Calcium deficiency in the human body can be easily overcome. In addition, according to the nutritional supplement of the present invention, dried sardine powder, which is produced in a relatively large amount, is used as dried sardine powder, which is one of its main ingredients, so that a nutritious and inexpensive nutritional supplement is provided. be able to.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a perspective view which shows an example of the nutritional supplement which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. Fig. 10 is a cross-sectional view showing an example of a nutritional supplement according to a second embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view showing an example of a nutritional supplement according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Moreover, in order to describe the following embodiments, the drawings are represented by appropriately changing the scale, such as enlarging or emphasizing a part.

<First embodiment>
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of nutritional supplement 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The dietary supplement 100 is a tablet, formed into a shape and size that can be consumed by humans. The nutritional supplement 100 is ingested by the human body through drinking. As shown in FIG. 1, the dietary supplement 100 has a substantially disk shape, and the central portion is formed in a convex lens shape thicker than the peripheral portion. The shape of the dietary supplement 100 is not limited to such a circular convex lens shape, and various shapes such as a cylindrical shape, a rectangular plate shape, a prismatic shape, and the like are applicable.

The nutritional supplement 100 is composed of dried sardine powder, fructan powder, nucleic acid, and brewer's yeast, and these are compressed and hardened. These components of dried sardine powder, fructan powder, nucleic acid, and brewer's yeast are mixed almost uniformly and evenly in the nutritional supplement 100 . That is, the ratio of the blending amount of each component of the raw materials constituting the nutritional supplement 100 does not differ depending on the part of the nutritional supplement 100, and is generally constant.

Iriko powder is dried anchovy powder. Anchovy is a kind of fish classified in the anchovy family of the order Herringes, commonly referred to as sardines. Niboshi refers to, for example, fish that has been boiled and matured to solidify the protein and then dried, with a water content of 18% or less. In some areas, dried sardines are also called dried sardines. Anchovy can be caught in the sea all over Japan, so dried anchovies are produced in relatively large quantities in Japan, and are one of the foodstuffs that are inexpensive and easy to purchase. About 69% of dried anchovy is composed of protein, and it also contains abundant nutrients such as calcium, iron, magnesium, minerals and taurine. Dried sardine powder is obtained by pulverizing such anchovies into a powder form. Therefore, dried sardine powder is rich in protein and nutrients such as calcium.

Anchovy has hard parts such as bones, so in order to make it easier to digest in the human body and improve the absorption efficiency of calcium, the dried sardine powder used in the nutritional supplement 100 has an external shape ( particle size) is preferably smaller. For this reason, it is preferable that the average particle size of dried sardine powder is less than 0.1 mm (millimeter), for example.

Fructan powder is a powder of fructans. As the fructan powder, one having an effect of enhancing the absorption of the calcium component contained in the dried sardine powder into the body is used. As will be described later, fructans have the property of promoting the absorption of calcium into the human body, so fructan powder usually has the above effects.

Fructan is a general term for polysaccharides produced by polymerization of fructose (fructose). Fructans are generally white powders with high water solubility. Fructans are present in plants such as yacon, onions, and asparagus, and are said to be present in about 15% of flowering plants. Rakkyo is particularly famous as a perishable food containing a large amount of fructans. It is known that, due to the high water solubility of fructans, a large amount of fructans dissolves into the liquid in pickled shallots. In recent years, it has also been found that fructans are also contained in plants such as agave, which is a raw material for tequila.

Fructans have the effect of efficiently absorbing calcium into the human body. In addition, fructans are a type of dietary fiber that inhibits the absorption of neutral fat in the human body and serves as food for bacteria such as bifidobacteria in the body, promoting their activity to improve the intestinal environment. It has the effect of suppressing the rise in blood sugar levels. Fructans are also said to have a fat-burning effect.

Nucleic acids are macromolecular substances that are present in the cells of all living organisms and are involved in protein biosynthesis and genetic phenomena in living organisms. Nucleic acids, when ingested by the human body, have the effect of activating the metabolism of cells in the body and recovering the functional decline of the heart and liver that accompanies aging. Nucleic acids are contained in sardines, salmon, cod, puffer fish milt, seaweed, clams, oysters, and the like. Nucleic acids include two types: deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA). In this embodiment, the nucleic acid is deoxyribonucleic acid. However, the nucleic acid is not limited to this, and instead of deoxyribonucleic acid or together with deoxyribonucleic acid, ribonucleic acid may be used.

Brewer's yeast is yeast that is added to the wort when fermenting the wort made from barley to produce beer. Brewer's yeast has a rich variety of nutrients such as proteins, essential amino acids, B vitamins, and various minerals.

In the nutritional supplement 100, the blending ratio of dried sardine powder and fructan powder is set to 250:3. The nutritional supplement 100 contains 250 mg (milligrams) of dried sardine powder and 3 mg of fructan powder per tablet.

The nutritional supplement 100 is manufactured, for example, by the following steps.
First, dried sardine powder, fructan powder, nucleic acid, and brewer's yeast are each prepared. Here, in the step of preparing dried sardine powder, boiled anchovies are prepared, which are finely pulverized and processed into a powder having a predetermined particle size. At this time, the dried sardines to be pulverized may be used after removing the head and intestines in advance. Powdery fructans are also prepared as fructan powders.

The dried sardine powder, fructan powder, nucleic acid, and brewer's yeast are then added to a powder blender and blended. In this mixing step, the raw materials are evenly stirred as a whole until each component becomes even and uniform.

The uniformly mixed raw materials are then fed into a tableting machine. It is then molded and individualized into the shape of the dietary supplement 100 in a tablet press. Through the above steps, the nutritional supplement 100 is completed. In order to prevent moisture absorption, the nutritional supplement 100 is housed in a sealed container such as a resin bottle or an aluminum pouch. In addition, in order to prevent the nutritional supplement 100 from being oxidized, an oxygen scavenger may be enclosed together with the nutritional supplement 100 in the sealed container.

According to the nutritional supplement 100 according to the present embodiment described above, since it is formed in a tablet shape, the drinker can easily swallow and take it easily. In addition, according to the nutritional supplement 100, because it contains dried sardine powder containing calcium and fructan powder that enhances the absorption of calcium into the body, calcium can be efficiently absorbed by the human body simply by drinking it. Calcium deficiency in the human body can be easily overcome.

Moreover, according to the nutritional supplement 100 according to the present embodiment, each raw material (each component) is uniformly mixed in the nutritional supplement 100 . With such a structure, each component is ingested by the human body in a well-balanced manner, so that the calcium component and various nutrients can be efficiently absorbed by the human body.

In addition, according to the nutritional supplement 100 according to the present embodiment, the ratio of the blending amounts of each raw material per grain is 250:3 for dried sardine powder and fructan powder. With such a configuration, the calcium component contained in the nutritional supplement 100 can be more efficiently absorbed by the human body.

In addition, according to the nutritional supplement 100 according to the present embodiment, in addition to dried sardine powder and fructan powder, it further contains nucleic acid and brewer's yeast. It activates the heart and liver functions due to aging, and at the same time, it is possible to ingest a rich variety of nutrients such as proteins contained in brewer's yeast, essential amino acids, B vitamins, and various minerals.

As described above, according to the dietary supplement 100 according to the present embodiment, by simply drinking it, a person can easily overcome the lack of calcium, and in addition, has the various effects described above.

In addition, each structure of the above-described dietary supplement 100 is an example of this embodiment, and this embodiment is not limited to the said structure. For example, the dietary supplement 100 having the above configuration is composed of only four kinds of raw materials, i. The composition of the raw materials is arbitrary. That is, the nutritional supplement 100 may be composed of, for example, only two kinds of raw materials, dried sardine powder and fructan powder, or may contain raw materials different from any of the above four kinds of raw materials and various additives. may In addition, in the nutritional supplement 100 having the above configuration, the blending ratio of dried sardine powder and fructan powder per grain was 250:3, but it is not limited to this, and the above ratio can be set arbitrarily. . It should be noted that the transformable items of the nutritional supplement 100 described above can be similarly applied to nutritional supplements 200 and 300 according to other embodiments described later.

<Second embodiment>
Next, a second embodiment of the invention will be described. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing an example of a dietary supplement 200 according to the second embodiment of the invention. As shown in Figure 2, the dietary supplement 200 is a capsule. The nutritional supplement 200 is ingested by the human body by drinking it. The nutritional supplement 200 includes the nutritional supplement 10 and the capsule portion 20, as shown in FIG.

A nutritional supplement 10 is housed in a capsule portion 20 . The nutritional supplement 10 has the same configuration as the nutritional supplement 100 according to the first embodiment described above, except that it is not solidified into a predetermined shape like a tablet. That is, the nutritional supplement 10 is composed of dried sardine powder, fructan powder, nucleic acid, and brewer's yeast. In addition, the blending ratio of dried sardine powder and fructan powder is set to 250:3. The nutritional supplement 10 may be solidified into a predetermined shape inside the capsule portion 20, may be in the form of a flowable powder, or may be in the form of a liquid.

Capsule part 20 is formed so as to be able to contain nutritional supplement 10 , and has bottomed cylindrical main body part 21 and cap part 22 for closing the opening of main body part 21 . The capsule part 20 is formed in a shape and size that can be swallowed by a person. Moreover, as the capsule part 20, when the human body ingests the dietary supplement 200, the one that elutes in the body is used. When the capsule portion 20 dissolves in the body, the nutritional supplement 10 is exposed, thereby allowing the human body to absorb the nutritional supplement 10 .

The manufacturing process of the nutritional supplement 200 is substantially the same as the manufacturing process of the nutritional supplement 100 according to the first embodiment described above. However, in the manufacturing process of the nutritional supplement 200, the empty capsule portion 20 is prepared, the main body portion 21 of the capsule portion 20 is filled with the nutritional supplement 10 using, for example, a capsule filling machine, and the cap portion 22 is filled. is closed.

According to the nutritional supplement 200 according to the present embodiment described above, since the nutritional supplement 10 has the same components as the nutritional supplement 100 according to the first embodiment, the same effect as the nutritional supplement 100 can be obtained. Play. In addition, according to the nutritional supplement 200 according to the present embodiment, since the nutritional supplement 10 is housed in the capsule portion 20, the drinker of the nutritional supplement 200 will not feel the bitter taste of the nutritional supplement 200 when swallowing it. There is no unpleasant taste such as miscellaneous taste. This allows the human body to take the nutritional supplement 200 more easily.

<Third Embodiment>
Next, a third embodiment of the invention will be described. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing an example of a dietary supplement 300 according to a third embodiment of the invention. Dietary supplement 300 is a tablet having the same ingredients as dietary supplement 100 according to the first embodiment. Dietary supplement 300 is shaped and sized to be swallowed by a human. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the nutritional supplement 300 is formed into a circular convex lens shape, and has curved surfaces with a central portion bulging outward, similar to the nutritional supplement 100 according to the first embodiment. It has a substantially disk shape with a main surface. Also, the size of the nutritional supplement 300 is substantially the same as that of the nutritional supplement 100, for example.

However, the nutritional supplement 300 is different from the nutritional supplement 100 according to the first embodiment in that the distribution of each component of the raw material differs depending on the part. That is, in the above-described dietary supplement 100, each of the raw materials (each component) constituting it was mixed substantially uniformly, but in the dietary supplement 300 according to the present embodiment, all raw materials constituting this As for (ingredients), the mixing ratio is varied depending on the part of the nutritional supplement 300 . The present embodiment will be described below, focusing on such differences from the first embodiment.

The dietary supplement 300 comprises a first dietary supplement portion 30 and a second dietary supplement portion 40 formed on the surface of the first dietary supplement portion 30 . The second nutritional supplement portion 40 is arranged to cover the entire surface of the first nutritional supplement portion 30 .

In one grain of nutritional supplement 300, the first nutritional supplement portion 30 contains 250 mg of dried sardine powder, and predetermined amounts of nucleic acid and brewer's yeast. On the other hand, in one grain of nutritional supplement 300, the second nutritional supplement part 40 is composed of 3 mg of fructan powder. Therefore, in the nutritional supplement 300, the blending ratio of dried sardine powder and fructan powder is 250:3. The second nutritional supplement part 40 is composed of a powder of fructan powder only, but is not limited to this, and may be composed of, for example, fructan powder added with additives. Also, the additive added to the fructan powder may be a film coating agent, and the second nutritional supplement part 40 may be formed into a thin film.

The manufacturing process of the nutritional supplement 300 is substantially the same as the manufacturing process of the nutritional supplement 100 according to the above-described first embodiment, and is manufactured as follows, for example.
First, raw materials such as dried sardine powder, nucleic acid, and brewer's yeast are prepared. Next, dried sardine powder, nucleic acid, and brewer's yeast are put into a powder mixer at a predetermined mixing ratio and mixed until uniform. Subsequently, the uniformly mixed raw materials are put into a tableting machine and molded in the tableting machine. This forms the first dietary supplement portion 30 .

Subsequently, fructan powder is prepared. The fructan powder prepared here has a weight equivalent to 3/250 of the weight of dried sardine powder contained in the first nutritional supplement section 30 . Subsequently, an aqueous fructan solution is prepared by dissolving the fructan in water. Then, the fructan aqueous solution is applied or sprayed onto the entire surface of the first nutritional supplement portion 30 . After that, the aqueous fructan solution on the surface of the first dietary supplement portion 30 is dried. Thereby, the second dietary supplement portion 40 is formed. Through the above steps, the nutritional supplement 300 is completed. The second nutritional supplement portion 40 may be formed by attaching fructan powder to the surface of the first nutritional supplement portion 30 .

According to the nutritional supplement 300 according to the present embodiment described above, the second nutritional supplement portion 40 is arranged so as to cover the entire surface of the first nutritional supplement portion 30 . That is, in the nutritional supplement 300, the entire surface of the part made of dried sardine powder having a slight bitterness and unfavorable taste is covered with the part containing the fructan powder having a sweetness that is only faintly perceived by humans. ing. With such a configuration, it is possible to alleviate the bitterness and unfavorable taste felt by the drinker when drinking the nutritional supplement 300 . This makes it possible to provide the nutritional supplement 300 that is even easier to drink.

The configuration of the dietary supplement 300 described above is an example of the present embodiment, and the present embodiment is not limited to the above configuration. For example, in the dietary supplement 300 described above, the first dietary supplement portion 30 does not contain fructan powder, and the second dietary supplement portion 40 does not contain dried sardine powder, nucleic acids, and brewer's yeast. The first nutritional supplement portion 30 may comprise fructan powder, and the second nutritional supplement portion 40 may comprise dried sardine powder, nucleic acids, and brewer's yeast. In this case, the mixing ratio of dried sardine powder may be lower in the second nutritional supplement section 40 than in the first nutritional supplement section 30 . Also, in this case, the content of fructan powder may be higher in the second nutritional supplement section 40 than in the first nutritional supplement section 30 . That is, more fructan powder may be placed on the surface of the dietary supplement 300 than in the center of the dietary supplement 300 .

In addition, the second nutritional supplement part 40 is formed on the entire surface of the first nutritional supplement part 30 in the above-described nutritional supplement 300, but part of the surface of the first nutritional supplement part 30 It may be formed in regions, for example, only on both major surfaces of the substantially disk-shaped first dietary supplement portion 30 .

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above description, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. Also, the requirements described in the above embodiments can be combined as appropriate.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 10 nutritional supplement 20 capsule portion 21 body portion 22 cap portion 30 first nutritional supplement portion 40 second nutritional supplement portion 100, 200, 300 nutritional supplement

Claims (2)

A nutritional supplement in the form of tablets or capsules, containing iriko powder, which is made by powdering anchovies, and fructan powder, which has the function of enhancing the absorption of the calcium component contained in the iriko powder into the body ,
Further containing brewer's yeast and nucleic acid,
A nutritional supplement characterized by containing the dried sardine powder, the fructan powder, the nucleic acid, and the brewer's yeast in a substantially uniformly mixed state. It is a nutritional supplement in the form of a tablet, and contains dried sardine powder made from dried anchovies powdered and fructan powder that works to enhance the absorption of the calcium component contained in the dried sardine powder into the body ,
It has a first nutritional supplement part and a second nutritional supplement part arranged to cover the surface of the first nutritional supplement part, and the blending ratio of the dried sardine powder is the first nutritional supplement part and the fructan powder content is higher in the second dietary supplement part than in the first dietary supplement part.

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