Functional food
AssigneeCooperative Association Latest
InventorsKazuki Nakagawa, Daisuke Kawakami, Hirotoshi Utsunomiya, Ryohei Kono, Yoshiharu Okuno
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Abstract
The present invention provides a functional food that utilizes health-promoting effects of charcoal, is readily ingested, has no adverse side effect, and has an effect of improving and repressing obesity. The functional food includes a charcoal composition having at least one of a bamboo charcoal, a Bincho charcoal, an activated bamboo charcoal and an activated Bincho charcoal, and both of the activated bamboo charcoal and the activated Bincho charcoal have a bulk density of 0.3 to 0.6 g/ml, an average particle size of 10 μm or smaller, a BET specific surface area of 1000 to 1200 m2/g, and an iodine adsorption amount of 1000 to 1300 mg/g.
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A functional food configured to improve and repress obesity, the functional food comprising:
- a charcoal composition including a mixture of (i) at least one of a bamboo charcoal and an activated bamboo charcoal, and (ii) an activated Bincho charcoal,
- wherein
- each of the activated bamboo charcoal, when present, and the activated Bincho charcoal has a bulk density within a range from 0.3 g/ml to 0.6 g/ml, an average particle diameter of 10 μm or smaller, a BET specific surface area within a range from 1000 m2/g to 1200 m2/g, and an iodine adsorption amount within a range from 1000 mg/g to 1300 mg/g.
A method comprising:
- improving and repressing obesity by consuming a functional food comprising a charcoal composition that includes a mixture of a bamboo charcoal with the activated Bincho charcoal or a mixture of an activated bamboo charcoal with an activated Bincho charcoal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.