Food containing fructose polymer
AssigneeAjinomoto Co., Inc.
InventorsTsutomu Harada, Soji Suzuki, Mika Ikeda, Katsumi Ohata, Fusako Yamanaka
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Abstract
There is provided a food and drink having a reduced oil, fat, or sugar content yet retaining good gelation properties and good organoleptic properties, etc. A part of or the whole of gelation materials, low calorie sugars and/or oils and fats is/are replaced with polyfructan.
Claims20
A food or drink comprising in whole or in part, as a substitute for oil, fat, sugar, gelation material and/or thickening agent an effective amount of a fructose polymer having a molecular weight of 2,000 to 20,000,000 mainly composed of .beta.-2,1-bonds, wherein said fructose polymer is, in whole or in part, a substitute for oil, fat, sugar, gelation material and/or thickening agent.
An oil or fat substitute comprising a fructose polymer having a molecular weight of 2,000 to 20,000,000 mainly composed of .beta.-2,1-bonds disposed in water, milk, other raw material of a food or drink, or mixture thereof.
A sugar substitute comprising a fructose polymer having a molecular weight of 2,000 to 20,000,000 mainly composed of .beta.-2,1-bonds and a sweetener having a high degree of sweetness.
A food comprising, in whole or in part, as a substitute for at least one of a gelation material, a thickening agent, a low calorie sugar, a sweetener having a high degree of sweetness, and an oil and fat, an effective amount of a fructose polymer having a molecular weight of 2,000 to 20,000,000 mainly composed of .beta.-2,1-bonds, wherein said fructose polymer is a substitute for a part of or the whole of the gelation material, the thickening agent, the low calorie sugar and the oil and fat.
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