Food composition

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11478009-B2
Application number	US-201415021357-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 12, 2014
Priority date	Sep 13, 2013
Publication date	Oct 25, 2022
Grant date	Oct 25, 2022

Abstract

The present invention provides a food composition that makes it possible to effectively conduct mastication and swallowing training. The food composition contains a starch, a gelling agent, a paste, and water, the amount of the water contained in the composition being 65 wt % or more and less than 90 wt %, the total amount of the starch, the gelling agent, the paste, and the water being 85 to 100 wt %, the composition having a fracture stress of 20,000 to 70,000 N/m 2 .

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A food composition containing (i) a starch, (ii) a gelling agent, (iii) a paste, and (iv) water,
the amount of the water contained in the composition being 65 wt % or more and less than 90 wt %,
a ratio of the total amount of the starch and the gelling agent being about 1 or more by weight, based on the amount of the paste,
the total amount of the starch, the gelling agent, the paste, and the water being 85 to 100 wt %,
the composition having a syneresis rate of 0 to 3%,
the composition having a fracture stress of 20,000 to 70,000 N/m 2 ,
the fracture stress being measured by filling a metal Petri dish having a diameter of 40 mm and a height of 15 mm with the food composition to a height of 15 mm, and performing compression measurement twice using a cylinder plunger having a diameter of 20 mm with a clearance of 5 mm at a compression speed of 10 mm/sec, and at a room temperature (20±2° C.), and
the composition contains the starch in an amount of 5 to 10 wt %, the gelling agent in an amount of 0.5 to 3 wt %, and the paste in an amount of 5 to 20 wt %.

2. The food composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition has an adhesiveness of 4,000 J/m 3 or less.

3. The food composition according to claim 1 , wherein the paste contains an oil, carbohydrate, and a protein, the paste being an emulsified paste in which an oil, carbohydrate, and protein are combined without being separated.

4. The food composition according to claim 1 , wherein the total amount of the starch and the gelling agent is 1 to 2.2 by weight, based on the amount of the paste.

5. The food composition according to claim 1 , wherein the paste is at least one member selected from the group consisting of plant pastes and pastes made from animal-derived materials.

6. The food composition according to claim 1 , wherein the gelling agent is at least one member selected from the group consisting of κ carrageenan and gellan gum.

7. The food composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition has a fracture stress of 1,000 to 5,000 N/m 2 after 20 mastications.

8. The food composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition has a fracture stress of 1,000 to 10,000 N/m 2 after 5 mastications.

9. The food composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition has an adhesiveness of 500 J/m 3 or less after 20 mastications.

10. The food composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition has an adhesiveness of 1,000 J/m 3 or less after 5 mastications.

11. The food composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition has a cohesiveness of 0.4 to 0.8.

12. The food composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition has a cohesiveness of 0.4 to 0.8 after 20 mastications.

13. The food composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition has a cohesiveness of 0.4 to 0.8 after 5 mastications.

14. The food composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition is retort-sterilized.

Assignees

• Otsuka Pharma Factory Inc

Inventors

• Abe Kazumi
• Ishibashi Naoto

Classifications

• A23L29/256

  from seaweeds, e.g. alginates, agar or carrageenan · CPC title

• A23L33/20 Primary

  Reducing nutritive value; Dietetic products with reduced nutritive value · CPC title

• A23L33/40 Primary

  Complete food formulations for specific consumer groups or specific purposes, e.g. infant formula · CPC title

• A23L29/272

  Gellan · CPC title

• A23V2002/00

  Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs · CPC title