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AssigneeAjinomoto Co., Inc.
InventorsKunihiko Watanabe, Hideo Kanoh, Shigeru Yamanaka, Atsushi Okiyama, Takahide Kawanishi
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The invention relates to (a) a low calorie foodstuff containing, as a substitute for protein, carbohydrate and/or oil and fat, from 0.7 to 10% by weight, based on the dry weight, of dietary fibers with a size of not greater than 80 .mu.m and a retained water amount of 9 or greater, (b) an aqueous paste-like composition of from 5 to 40% by weight of from spherical to fibrous dietary fibers of not greater than 5 .mu.m of diameter or length, and (c) an aqueous paste-like composition, which contains from 5 to 40% by weight of dietary fibers, the dietary fibers being in the form of gel particles having a particle size of not greater than 80 .mu.m, as well as the production method.
A low calorie mayonnaise product or margarine product comprising as a substitute for part or all of protein, carbohydrate, oil, fat or a mixture thereof, 0.7 to 10% by weight of paste-like konjak mannan hydrogel, based on total weight of said product and measured on the basis of dry konjak mannan, said konjak mannan hydrogel having a particle size of 5 to 80 .mu.m and a water holding capacity of at least 9 grams of water per gram of dry konjak mannan, obtained by mechanically pulverizing konjak gel in the presence of water and hydrolyzing the resultant pulverized mixture to partially decompose it, followed by centrifugation to form a centrifuged product.
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