Ajinomoto Co., Ltd.

Amano Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Atsushi Okiyama

Kunihiko Watanabe

Shigeru Yamanaka

Masao Motoki

Akira Matsuura

Masahiko Nonaka

Ryosuke Uchio

Koichi Umeda

Takahide Kawanishi

Hideo Kanoh

Haruo Tanaka

Hiroyasu Ando

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.

Low calorie foodstuff, aqueous paste composition, as well as production

A transglutaminase catalyzing an acyl transfer reaction of a .gamma.-carboxyamide group of a glutamine residue in a peptide or protein chain in the absence of Ca.sup.2+.

Transgultaminase

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Kawasaki, Japan

Atsushi Okiyama