Gel type enteral nutrient
AssigneeEn Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
InventorsMinoru Kuribayashi, Yasunori Kogami
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Abstract
A gel type enteral nutrient, which is excellent in the form-maintaining capability of solid matter (gel) in the stomach, is not easily disintegrated or dissolved even depending upon a pH change, shows little change in the physical properties such as water liberation, or the like even during long-term stage, can be thermally sterilized and has a preferable property passing through a feeding tube, can be prepared by blending agar and alginic acid and/or its salt, and further soybean protein as a nitrogen source. It is expected to exert effects that neither gastro-esophageal reflux nor leakage of the nutrient occur when intaking the gel type enteral nutrient of the present invention.
Claims4
A gel-type enteral nutrient containing 0.05 to 0.5% of agar, 0.02 to 0.5% of alginic acid and/or salt thereof, and 0.5 to 4.4 g/100 ml of a soybean protein or hydrolysate thereof as a nitrogen source.
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