Process for production of water-soluble vegetable fibers, biodegradable film, paste, chewing gum and low calorie food products
AssigneeFuji Oil Company, Limited
InventorsHirokazu Maeda, Hitoshi Furuta, Chiemi Takei, Toshiaki Saito, Hiroyuki Mori, Kazunobu Tsumura
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Abstract
There is disclosed a process for production of water-soluble vegetable fibers in a high yield with minimizing contamination of protein or amino acids resulting from degradation of protein by degrading water-insoluble vegetable fibers containing protein under acidic conditions of at about the isoelectric point of the protein and at a temperature of 130° C. or lower. Biodegradable films, paste, chewing gum and low calorie food products using the water-soluble vegetable fibers are also disclosed.
Claims2
A process for the production of a mixture of water-soluble vegetable fibers and water-insoluble vegetable fibers which comprises degrading okara, said okara being a water-insoluble residue containing insoluble protein and insoluble fiber, and is obtained by adding water to defatted soybeans to form a slurry and removing the water soluble fraction from the slurry, said degrading being carried out at a pH of 3 to 6 and at a temperature of 80 to 130° C. to obtain water-soluble hemicellulose having an average molecular weight of 50,000 to 1,000,000.
A process for the production of a mixture of water-soluble vegetable fibers and water-insoluble vegetable fibers which comprises degrading okara, said okara being a water-insoluble residue containing insoluble protein and insoluble fiber, and is obtained by adding water to defatted soybeans to form a slurry and removing the water soluble fraction from the slurry, said degrading being carried out at a pH of 3 to 6 and at a temperature of 80 to 130° C. to obtain a mixture of water-soluble hemicellulose having an average molecular weight of 50,000 to 1,000,000 and water-insoluble hemicellulose.
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