JPH04320666A - Nutritional supplementary food - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a nutritional supplementary food containing many kind of nutritive elements stably, enabled to take these elements at once, excellent in preservation of useful and active many ingredients in the contents and high in absorbability in a body of person to be taken. CONSTITUTION:The objective nutritional supplementary food obtained by covering a mixture consisting of algae carotene, natural vitamin E, vegetable lecithin, shiitake mushroom powder and/or hot water extract of shiitake mushroom, Spirulina raw powder and/or hot water extract of spirulina, adlay and/or hot water extract of adlay, pollen and/or hot water of pollen and vegetable oil and fat and each containing vegetable oil and fat at an amount of 5-40%, natural vitamin E at an amount of 10-30%, total amount of spirulina, hot water extract of shiitake, adlay and pollen at an amount not exceeding >=40% based on total amount with a soft capsule.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a capsule-type nutritional supplement that stably contains a large number of nutrients and can be ingested all at once.

0002

[Prior Art and Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In daily food intake, it is ideal to always take in all nutrients in a well-balanced manner, but if this is not possible, it is necessary to replenish the nutritional deficiencies. . Therefore, nutritional supplements containing a large number of effective nutritional ingredients are commercially available. However, in general, when a large number of active ingredients are contained in one dosage form, oxidation promotion and reactions between the added active ingredients easily proceed within the dosage form.For example, multivitamin preparations decompose during storage. Because it is easy to change color,
It was necessary to devise combinations and formulations. Additionally, some fat-soluble vitamins have the problem of toxicity due to excessive intake, making it problematic to add them at the same time as other nutrients.

Furthermore, when trace metals and minerals necessary for the body and other active ingredients are simultaneously added to one dosage form, the metals and minerals act as a catalyst and the interaction between the active ingredients is reduced. There was a problem of promoting oxidation and oxidation. Therefore, if you want to contain these many types of nutritional ingredients or active ingredients in one dosage form, you can create granules coded for each ingredient, mix and mold those granules, or form layers for each ingredient. This requires complicated processing steps, such as creating a multilayered structure, and there are problems such as a large dosage form, or multiple dosage forms in which several ingredients are grouped into dosage forms.

0004

[Means for Solving the Problems] As a result of various studies to solve the above problems, the present inventor has developed a nutritional supplement that is useful, contains a large amount of active ingredients, has a good shelf life, and has a high absorption rate in the body. did. That is, the present invention has the following features: ■. Algae carotene, natural vitamin E, plant lecithin, shiitake powder and/or shiitake hot water extract, spirulina powder and/or spirulina hot water extract, adlay and/or adlay hot water extract, pollen and/or pollen heat Contains water extract, vegetable oil, and 10-30% natural vitamin E.
, a nutritional supplement characterized by encapsulating in soft capsules a mixture comprising 5 to 40% vegetable oil and a total amount of spirulina, shiitake mushrooms, adlay and pollen not exceeding 40%; ■． Algae carotene 5~
25% by weight, natural vitamin E 10-30%, vegetable lecithin 5-40%, shiitake bulk powder and/or shiitake hot water extract 0.1-20%, spirulina bulk powder and/or spirulina hot water extract 0.1 ~30%, Coix seed and/or Coix seed hot water extract 0.1-20%, Pollen and/or Pollen hot water extract 0.01-5%, Vegetable oil 5-40%
%, and the total amount of spirulina, shiitake mushrooms, adlay and pollen does not exceed 40% of the total amount, and the mixture is encapsulated in soft capsules.

[0005] In the above, shiitake, spirulina, adlay, and porcelain are each extracted from the raw powder with hot water, and the extract is directly concentrated and dried as a powder, or as a powder that is sprayed on dextrin etc. using a fluidized bed granulator, supported, and dried. can be used. The use of these hot water extracts is a preferred method of adding as much active ingredient as possible to a small dosage form. The blending amount of each component in the main ingredient is such that if the total amount of powder components such as spirulina, shiitake mushrooms, and adlay seeds exceeds 40% by weight of the total components, homogeneous dispersion with oil and fat, which is a dispersion medium and other active ingredients, will be difficult. It becomes difficult. However, the balance of nutritional and active ingredients in one capsule is improved by extracting the active ingredients from the bulk powder using hot water and drying them by supporting them in dextrin, lactose, etc. It can be arranged. That is, the blending amount of each component is determined from the viewpoints of component balance, ease of formulation, and cost.

[0006] Algal carotene as used herein refers to β-carotene derived from microalgae, and algae of the genus Dunaliella are particularly known as strains that produce β-carotene well. The dried algae or the algae extract dispersed in vegetable oil can be used, and those with a β-carotene content of about 1 to 40% are commercially available. Although the recommended daily nutritional amount of β-carotene has not yet been established, from the viewpoint of cancer prevention, 1
It is said that the recommended amount is 15 mg per day, so adding 5 to 25% by weight of algae carotene is 200 to 30 mg per capsule.
00 mg contains several mg to several tens of mg, which can be said to be an appropriate amount from the above point. Natural vitamin E is extracted and purified from sesame seeds and soybeans, and is commercially available as an oil containing 50% or 80% of tocopherol (vitamin E) congeners such as α, β, and γ. Approximately 100mg of natural vitamin E is considered to be an appropriate amount to take at a time. Furthermore, according to a presentation by the Vitamin Society, only about 40% or less of the intake amount of fat-soluble vitamins is absorbed, but this method is designed to improve absorption by finely redispersing them in the body. Natural vitamin E 10-30% (300mg
An appropriate amount is 30 to 90 mg in a capsule.

[0007] Plant lecithin imparts redispersibility to the ingredients in the capsule filled by this method.
The weight percentage is necessary, and if it is less than that, redispersibility cannot be imparted. Further, addition of more than 40% is not preferable because sufficient amounts of other active ingredients cannot be added. Pollen and/or pollen hot water extract is a product extracted from pollen or pollen with a high content of amino acids, vitamin B group, various hormones, etc., and the amount added in the capsule is 0.
．． If the content is less than 0.1%, the effect of making it a complete food cannot be expected, and if it exceeds 5%, there will be problems in terms of cost.

[0008] Other materials such as shiitake mushrooms, spirulina, and adlays are desired to be ingested as much as possible as raw materials. However, if the total content of these powder components exceeds 40% by weight of all components, a problem arises in that they act as a dispersion medium and are difficult to homogeneously disperse with oils and fats, which are other active ingredients. Therefore, as a method to solve this problem, the active ingredients are extracted from the above-mentioned raw materials with hot water, and the extract is supported on concentrated and dried haze dextrin to enhance the nutritional and active ingredients in one capsule. I can do it. In other words, if less than 0.1% of shiitake, spirulina, and pearl barley are used, there will still be problems with the effectiveness even if hot water extracts are used, and adding more than 20% of shiitake, 30% of spirulina, and 20% of pearl barley will result in a balance between the two. It is undesirable because it reduces the content of other ingredients, and shiitake, spirulina and
It is preferable that the total amount of adlay is added at 40% or less.

Vegetable oils and fats, especially vegetable oils that are liquid at room temperature, contain a large amount of linoleic acid, which is vitamin F, and
The low melting point vegetable hydrogenated oil that improves the fluidity of the mixture of the present invention and the capsule filling properties and is semi-solid at room temperature is effective for setting (solidifying) the mixture of the present invention in the capsule. In particular, hydrogenated vegetable oil that has been hydrogenated and hardened to a melting point of approximately 37°C is heated and melted during filling and used as a dispersion medium.If it is cooled after being filled into the capsule, it will solidify together with other ingredients, increasing the stability of the contents. This contributes to If the amount of vegetable oil added is less than 5%, capsule filling cannot be performed even if other oily active ingredients are increased. Further, addition of more than 40% is not preferable because the amount of other active ingredients added decreases.

[0010] Since the above formulation is composed entirely of natural products, it is contained in a more stable form than synthetic products.
There is no reaction between the formulations. In addition, especially pollen and spirulina, potassium, zinc, magnesium, manganese,
It contains minerals and trace elements that are extremely effective in the body, such as selenium, calcium, iron, etc., but does not affect unnecessary reactions such as promoting oxidation of other active ingredients. In addition, synthetic vitamin A
Instead, beta-carotene extracted from algae such as Dunaliella is added, so there is less risk of overdosing. Natural vitamin E has higher antioxidant power in the body than synthetic products,
It has an excellent ability to remove harmful active enzymes from the body. Another feature of vitamin E is that although it is a fat-soluble vitamin, there is no problem with overdosing.

[0011] This food contains the above-mentioned minerals, trace metals,
In addition to fat-soluble vitamins, pollen and spirulina contain large amounts of the water-soluble vitamins B1, B2, B6, nicotinic acid, pantothenic acid, and leaf ferment, as well as the extremely rare vitamin B12 and vitamin C. Spirulina and pearl barley contain a good balance of essential amino acids. In addition to nutritional components, adlay contains coixenolides, spirulina contains phycocyanin, and shiitake hot water extract contains double-stranded liponucleic acid, and these, as well as β-carotene and vitamin E, have antitumor and anticancer effects. It is well known that .

[0012] In addition, plant lecithin is effective in excreting cholesterol and preventing arteriosclerosis and hypertension. Also,
These nutritional and active ingredients are formulated as powder components dispersed in oil components, so after ingestion, they are easily redispersed in the small intestine, which is the site of absorption, and are further finely dispersed due to the emulsifying power of the added plant lecithin. It also has the advantage of being easily absorbed through the small intestinal mucosa due to its lipophilic properties. As described above, the food of the present invention is an ideal nutritional supplement containing various active ingredients in a well-balanced manner.

[0013]

[Examples] Next, the present invention will be specifically explained using examples. Example 1: Algae carotene (product containing 1.5% β-carotene) 2.0 kg (7.1% of the total), plant lentin 9.6
kg (34.3%), natural vitamin E (tocopherol content 50%) 2.9 kg (10.4%), shiitake mushroom extract powder 2.0 kg (7.1%), spirulina bulk powder 2. 5 kg (8.9%), 5.7 kg of rapeseed hydrogenated oil (melting point 37°C) kept at 40°C, 2.8 kg (30.3%) of safflower oil, and 30% of pollen extract.
0g (1.1%) and 200g (0.0%) of pearl barley extract
．． 7%) and mixed homogeneously to obtain a slurry.

Next, this slurry was vacuum degassed and then encapsulated in soft gelatin capsules in a conventional manner using a soft capsule filling machine. The content of the soft gelatin capsule was 280 mg. The obtained capsule food comprehensively contains various water-soluble and oil-soluble vitamins, as well as various amino acids, minerals, and other active ingredients in a well-balanced manner, and is easily immersed in hot water at 37°C. Dissolved and dispersed. Furthermore, when the obtained capsules were stored in a styrofoam bottle at 30°C for 3 months, no separation of components or browning due to oxidation was observed.

Example 2: Algal carotene (β-carotene 3
0% content) 1.6kg (5.7% of the total), soybean lentin 4.5kg (16.1% of the total), natural vitamin E (tocopherol content 50%) 6.5kg (23.2% of the total)
), 4.0 kg of shiitake powder (14.3%), 4.0 kg of spirulina powder (14.3%), and 4.0 kg of wheat germ oil kept at 40°C (14.3%) , rapeseed hydrogenated oil (melting point 37°C) 3.1kg (11.1%)
, spirulina extract, pollen extract, and adlay extract were added to a mixed solution of 100 g each and mixed homogeneously to obtain a slurry.

Next, the slurry was vacuum degassed, and then the slurry was encapsulated in soft gelatin capsules in a conventional manner using a soft capsule filling machine. The content of the soft gelatin capsule was 280 mg. The obtained capsule food was easily dissolved and dispersed in hot water at 37°C. In other words, the contents of the food were easily absorbed. Similarly to Example 1, the capsule food was placed in a styrene bottle and stored at 30°C for 3 months, but no separation of ingredients or browning due to oxidation was observed.

[0017]

[Effects of the Invention] As mentioned above, the nutritional supplement of the present invention stably contains many types of nutrients, can be ingested all at once by encapsulation, and contains many active nutritional ingredients. It has a good shelf life and has a high absorption rate in the body of the person taking it. In addition to nutritional components, it also contains antitumor and anticancer substances, as well as substances that prevent arteriosclerosis and high blood pressure. The nutritional supplement of the present invention is an unprecedented ideal nutritional supplement that contains various active ingredients in a well-balanced manner.

Claims (2)

[Claims] Claim 1: Algae carotene, natural vitamin E, plant lecithin, shiitake mushroom bulk powder and/or shiitake mushroom hot water extract, spirulina bulk powder and/or spirulina hot water extract, pearl barley and/or pearl barley hot water extract, pollen as well as/
or pollen hot water extract, consisting of vegetable oil and fat, and 10 to 30% natural vitamin E, 5 to 40% vegetable oil,
A nutritional supplement characterized in that a mixture containing spirulina, shiitake mushrooms, pearl barley and pollen in a total amount not exceeding 40% is encapsulated in soft capsules. Claim 2: 5-25% by weight of algae carotene, 10-30% natural vitamin E, 5-40% vegetable lecithin, 0.1-20% shiitake bulk powder and/or shiitake hot water extract.
, Spirulina bulk powder and/or Spirulina hot water extract 0.
1-30%, Coix barley and/or Coix barley hot water extract 0
．． 1 to 20%, pollen and/or pollen hot water extract 0.01 to 5%, vegetable oil and fat 5 to 40%, and
A nutritional supplement characterized in that a mixture containing spirulina, shiitake mushrooms, adlay and pollen in a total amount not exceeding 40% of the total is encapsulated in soft capsules.