JPH08259944A - Oxidation stabilizer for emulsified fat and oil - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To obtain an oxidation stabilizer effective for obtaining a fat and oil emulsion or an emulsion powder excellent in oxidation stability especially stability against deterioration in flavor by using a sugar alcohol as the active ingredient. CONSTITUTION: This stabilizer contains a sugar alcohol as the active ingredient. This stabilizer can be desirably used for an emulsion containing a large amount of highly unsaturated fatty acids or for an emulsion of a refined fish oil. It is also used desirably for a powdered fat and oil emulsion obtained by drying an emulsion.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an oxidation stabilizer for emulsified oils and fats. More particularly, the present invention relates to an oxidative stabilizer for emulsified oils and fats, which is effective for obtaining an oil and fat emulsion or emulsion powder excellent in oxidative stability, particularly in suppressing flavor deterioration. In the present specification, as described above, "suppression of flavor deterioration"
When used, it is used in the sense of "suppressing the returning odor peculiar to a highly unsaturated acid that occurs at the very early stage of deterioration".

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2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the physiological activity of fats and oils containing unsaturated fatty acids has been attracting attention, and for this reason, these fats and oils are widely used in health foods or dietary supplements, feeds, pharmaceuticals and the like. Oils and fats are often contained in food together with water, but there is a problem of separation of oils and fats. In particular, oils and fats containing polyunsaturated fatty acids are unstable against oxidation and are not susceptible to oxidation. There is a problem that the handling is complicated, such as the need to handle. In order to solve the problem of separation, there is a method of emulsifying oil and water in advance and adding the emulsion, but there is a problem in oxidative stability by simply emulsifying. Further, the food is easily deteriorated by the process of food processing such as heating and retort or the process of sterilization, and the distribution time of the food thereafter becomes extremely short. It is known to add a protein in order to improve the oxidative stability, but (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 60-106128).
JP-A-2-218796, JP-A-2-30589
No. 8, etc.), the effect is not sufficient with ordinary protein alone, and treatment such as hydrolysis is required. Even if the peroxide value (POV), which is an early indicator of oxidation, can be suppressed to a low level, it is very difficult to suppress the returning odor peculiar to a highly unsaturated acid that occurs at the very early stage of deterioration.

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DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an oxidation stabilizer for emulsified oils and fats. Specifically, the present invention aims to provide an oxidative stabilizer for emulsified oils and fats which is effective for obtaining an oil and fat emulsion or an emulsified powder excellent in oxidative stability, particularly in suppressing flavor deterioration. Therefore, the present invention provides oxidative stability,
In particular, it is an object of the present invention to provide an oil / fat emulsion, an emulsified powder, and a food containing them, which are excellent in suppressing flavor deterioration.

[0004]

Means for Solving the Problems The present inventors have conducted various studies to obtain an emulsion, an emulsified powder having excellent oxidative stability, and a food to which the emulsion is added. It was found that the oxidative stability of the emulsion can be synergistically improved and the deterioration of the flavor can be suppressed by adding the sugar alcohol to the emulsion. It is known that sugar alcohol has antioxidant properties, but its effect is low, and it is inferior to that to which tocopherol is added (Nisso Kogaku 38, 10, 910-914, 1991).
Further, sugar alcohol is also used as a base material for granules, dry powders, and powdered fats and oils (JP-A-56-32955).
No.), which is similar to other sugars such as dextrin, lactose and sugar, and is used for the purpose of maintaining moldability and improving water dispersibility. These prior arts teach nothing about the fact that sugar alcohols can synergistically improve oxidative stability and suppress flavor deterioration with respect to emulsions composed of fats and oils, emulsifiers and proteins. Absent. Further, it is not clear about the antioxidant property depending on the type of sugar alcohol.

The present invention provides (1) an oxidative stabilizer for emulsified oils and fats, which comprises a sugar alcohol as an active ingredient, (2)
The emulsified oil / fat is an emulsion of oil / fat containing a large amount of highly unsaturated fatty acid, and (3) the oxidation stabilizer for emulsion, (3) the oil / fat containing a large amount of highly unsaturated fatty acid is a purified fish oil, (2). (4) The emulsion stabilizer for emulsions, (4) above, wherein the emulsified oils and fats are powdered emulsified oils and fats obtained by drying the emulsion.
(2) or (3) Oxidation stabilizer for emulsified oil and fat, (5) Oxidation stabilizer for emulsified oil and fat according to any one of the above (1) to (4), which is mainly composed of a sugar alcohol reduced from tetrasaccharide Stabilizer, (6) The oxidation stabilizer for emulsified oils and fats according to any one of the above (1) to (4), wherein the sugar alcohol is mannitol.

The fats and oils targeted by the present invention may be any fats and oils that can be used in foods, but those that can be used particularly effectively are highly unsaturated acids such as eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). It is a fish oil such as sardines, mackerel, saury, tuna, bonito, etc., which is rich in, and oils such as krill and shrimp. The oil and fat are preferably purified by any conventional purification treatment (deoxidation, decolorization, clay treatment, steam deodorization), regardless of the purification method. Further, it is desirable to add an antioxidant such as tocopherol if necessary.

The sugar alcohol used in the present invention is generally a hydrolyzate of starch or the like, or an oligosaccharide or a monosaccharide whose reducing end is reduced by a high pressure reduction method or the like. Specific examples include sorbitol, mannitol, xylitol, lactitol, and maltitol monosaccharides, disaccharides reduced, and sugar solutions produced by hydrolysis of starch and the like reduced. The sugar solution obtained by hydrolyzing the above starch and the like is a mixture of monosaccharides and oligosaccharides, but has a sugar composition of 38% disaccharides and 38% trisaccharides (Trioric, Towa Kasei). Manufactured by Kogyo Co., Ltd., same below),
Reduced sugar solution of 75-80% tetrasaccharide or more (PO-2
0) A sugar solution of 15 to 20% trisaccharide and 60 to 65% of tetrasaccharide or more reduced (PO-30), 2 to 50% to 55%, 3
Sugar 17 to 25 reduced from a sugar solution containing 4 to more than 23 to 30% sugar (PO-40), 2 to 63 to 67%, 3 sugar and 4 sugar
Sugar reduced by 13-18% sugar solution or more (P
O-60) is exemplified. Furthermore, a sugar solution obtained by hydrolyzing starch or the like is used as a substrate, and a glycosyltransferase is allowed to act on this to produce a branched oligosaccharide, which is then reduced. Monosaccharide 37-43%, disaccharide 26- 32%, 3 sugar 14 ~
A branched sugar alcohol (PO-500) having 20 and 4 or more sugars and 12 to 19% is exemplified.

Among the sugar alcohols exemplified above, the one having the highest antioxidant property in the emulsified liquid state is 4
It is PO-30 mainly composed of a sugar-reduced product. Therefore, PO-30 is most preferable as the sugar alcohol for improving the oxidative stability in the usage modes of storage in a liquid and addition to a liquid substance. Next preferred is triorich or mannitol mainly containing a trisaccharide reduced product. Mannitol with reduced mannose is desirable because it has the highest oxidative stability in the dried powder state of the emulsified liquid, that is, in the storage mode as powder, addition to powder, addition to dry food. Next preferred is PO-30.

The amount of sugar alcohol used is not particularly limited, but may be 5% or more, and preferably 10% or more of the amount of fats and oils. The method of adding the sugar alcohol to the emulsion is not particularly limited. It may be added before emulsification or after completion of emulsification.

The type and amount of the protein and the emulsifier, or the combination thereof are not particularly limited as long as stable emulsification is possible. However, a water-soluble protein is preferable as the protein in terms of physical properties of the emulsion and easiness of handling. Of these, casein is known to improve the oxidative stability of oils and fats, and is preferable because it has good emulsifying properties. The protein and the emulsifier do not have to be used alone, and may be a combination of several kinds.

The emulsification method is not particularly limited, but it is preferable to emulsify so that the average emulsified diameter is 1 μm or less so as to maintain a safe emulsified state even if food processing such as retort treatment, heating and freezing is performed. Specifically, high-pressure homogenizer treatment or colloid mill treatment is performed after preliminary emulsification with a homomixer or the like.

When it is added to food, the above-mentioned emulsion is simply mixed with the food to be mixed and stirred to obtain a fat-and-oil-containing food rich in oxidation stability. The time and method of mixing do not matter. Specific foods include beverages, sauces, sauces, noodles, soups, candy, jellies, creams, cookies, biscuits, breads and the like.

Of course, it is also possible to use the emulsion as a powder after drying it by a known method such as freeze-drying or spray-drying. As a matter of course, powdering facilitates storage and handling, and expands the field of application. Also in the case of emulsified powder obtained by drying the above emulsion,
By mixing with the target food and stirring, a fat-and-oil-containing food rich in oxidation stability can be obtained.

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The details of the present invention will be described with reference to Examples. The present invention is not limited to these examples.

Example 1 The composition shown in Table 1 was applied to a homomixer at room temperature at 800
Preliminary emulsification was performed under conditions of 0 rpm and 10 minutes. This pre-emulsion is 500 kgf / cm ² with a high pressure homogenizer.
The treatment was carried out under the conditions described above to obtain an emulsion. 100g of this emulsion
2.5 g and 10 g of maltitol were added, and the mixture was gently stirred and dissolved, and then placed in a retort pouch having oxygen permeability, and subjected to retort treatment at 120 ° C. for 15 minutes. The retort-treated emulsion was stored in a thermostatic chamber at 37 ° C., and the deterioration of flavor (7 days storage) and fat and oil (19 days storage) were observed with time. The results are shown in Table 2. As a comparative example, the results of emulsions prepared under the same conditions except that maltitol was not added are also shown. It can be seen that the maltitol-added product is organoleptically better than the additive-free product and has a lower TBA value, which indicates deterioration of fats and oils.

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[Table 1]

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[Table 2]

Example 2 The same emulsion composition as shown in Table 1 to which various sugar alcohols were added so as to be 50 g in terms of solid matter was emulsified in the same manner as in Example 1 and subjected to retort treatment. 37 ° C, 2
The results of the storage test after a week are shown in Table 3. The numbers in the table are mannitol, maltitol, lactitol, triorichic, PO-30, PO-20,
Indicates PO-300 (-is Towa Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.)
Made). From the results of the emulsion liquid storage test based on the sugar alcohol type in Table 3, it is found that PO-30, which is mainly composed of a reduced tetrasaccharide, is excellent in suppressing flavor deterioration in the emulsion liquid state among sugar alcohols.

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[Table 3]

Example 3 The emulsion prepared in Example 2 was freeze-dried to obtain an emulsified powder. Put this emulsified powder in an amber bottle and lightly cap it.
Stored in a constant temperature chamber at ℃. Table 4 shows the results of the storage test after 4 weeks.
It was noted in. The numbers in the table are the same as in Example 2. From the results of the emulsion powder storage test according to the sugar alcohol type in Table 4,
It can be seen that among sugar alcohols, mannitol is excellent in suppressing flavor deterioration in the state of emulsion powder.

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[Table 4]

Example 4 20 g of the emulsified liquid containing PO-30 prepared in Example 2 was added to 250 g of a commercial coffee beverage. It was retort treated in the same manner as in Example 1 and stored at 20 ° C. for 2 weeks, but no fish odor was observed.

Example 5 Bavalois having the composition shown in Table 5 was prepared using the emulsified powder prepared by adding PO-30 prepared in Example 3. After wrapping this bavarois, it was stored at 20 ° C. for 5 days, but no fishy odor was observed.

Example 6 0.5 g of the emulsified powder containing mannitol prepared in Example 3 was added to 20 g of commercially available powdered corn soup, mixed and stored at 20 ° C. for 2 months. When the powdered soup after storage was dissolved in hot water and compared with the emulsion powder-free product, no difference was felt.

Example 7 A cookie having the composition shown in Table 6 was prepared using the emulsified powder containing mannitol prepared in Example 3. 37 ° C
It was stored for 2 months, but no fishy odor was observed.
Further, the peroxide value was as low as 2.0.

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[Table 5]

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[Table 6]

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EFFECT OF THE INVENTION Fats and oils containing a large amount of unstable highly unsaturated acid,
For example, it is possible to provide an oxidative stabilizer for producing an oil and fat emulsion and an oil and fat emulsified powder which are excellent in oxidative stability, particularly in suppressing deterioration of flavor, from refined fish oil.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An oxidation stabilizer for emulsified oils and fats, which comprises sugar alcohol as an active ingredient. 2. The oxidation stabilizer for emulsified oils and fats according to claim 1, which is for emulsion of oils and fats containing a large amount of highly unsaturated fatty acids. 3. The oxidation stabilizer for emulsified oil and fat according to claim 1, which is for an emulsion of refined fish oil. 4. The oxidation stabilizer for emulsified oil and fat according to claim 1, which is for powdered emulsified oil and fat obtained by drying an emulsion. 5. The oxidation stabilizer for emulsified oil according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the sugar alcohol is mainly composed of reduced tetrasaccharide. 6. The oxidation stabilizer for emulsified oil and fat according to claim 1, wherein the sugar alcohol is mannitol.