Matsutani Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.

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Matsutani Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.

Matsutani Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd.

Isao Matsuda

Yasuo Katta

Kazuhiro Ohkuma

Yoshio Hanno

Robert J Yatka

Gordon N McGrew

Julius W Zuehlke

Kazuyuki Inada

Kensaku Shimada

Mitsuko Satouchi

Takashi Ichihara

Toyohide Nishibata

Reiji Takahashi

Koji Yamada

Yasuo Katsuda

Kazuyuki Inaba

Yoshiki Nogami

Yumiko Daido

Takamasa Kiyoshima

Yuriko Fukushima

Kazuhiro Okuma

An object of the present invention is to provide a coated product with increased stiffness to reduce the chipping after manufacturing and several days of storage, and before wrapping. A coated product such as confectioneries such as chewing gum, medicines and medicinal tablets wherein the product is coated with a coating composition comprising hydrogenated indigestible starch syrup as a binding agent.

Coated products containing hydrogenated indigestible starch syrup as a binding agent

A water-soluble dietary fiber-containing composition comprises a water-soluble dietary fiber material and a thickening polysaccharide in a mixing ratio, by mass, ranging from 95:5 to 80:20 and has a solubility, in water at 30&#xb0; C., of not more than 80%. The composition may be prepared by a method comprising the steps of dissolving, in water, a water-soluble dietary fiber material and a thickening polysaccharide such that the mixing ratio of the former to the latter, by mass, ranges from 95:5 to 80:20 and then drying the resulting aqueous solution. The composition has a low solubility in water and therefore, can be incorporated into various foods, while maintaining desired excellent quality thereof without being accompanied by the reduction of the working characteristics of the raw materials for these foods.

Water-soluble dietary fiber-containing composition and method for preparing same

Coated food products containing hydrogenated indigestible starch syrup as a binding agent

An object of the present invention is to provide a coated product with increased stiffness to reduce the chipping after manufacturing and several days of storage, and before wrapping. A coated product such as chewing gum, medicines and medicinal tablets, wherein the product is coated with a coating composition comprising hydrogenated indigestible starch syrup as a binding agent.

Coated chewing gum products containing hydrogenated indigestible starch syrup as a binding agent

An agent for promoting the proliferation of Bifidobacterium which comprises an indigestible substance which is prepared by heating a starch in the presence of a mineral acid and a small amount of water to prepare a pyrodextrin and hydrolyzing the pyrodextrin in the presence of an acid; and use of the indigestible substance for promoting the proliferation of Bifidobacterium in the intestine. Foods containing the indigestible substance promote the proliferation of Bifidobacterium in the intestine and can be very excellent health foods.

Agent for promoting the proliferation of bifidobacterium

A process for preparing a dextrin containing a dietary fiber characterized by dissolving a pyrodextrin in water and causing .alpha.-amylase to act on the solution.

Process for preparing dextrin containing food fiber

An indigestible dextrin characterized in that the dextrin contains:

Indigestible dextrin

A method for preparing a low caloric dextrin of which caloric value is not more than 280 kcal/100 g is provided using a pyrodextrin prepared by heating a starch to which mineral acid is added. The method comprising the steps of dissolving a pyrodextrin into water, and reacting alpha-amylase on the dextrin.

Method for preparing low calorie dextrin

An indigestible dextrin characterized in that the dextrin is prepared by heat-treating potato starch with addition of hydrochloric acid thereto to obtain a pyrodextrin, hydrolyzing the pyrodextrin with alpha-amylase and glucoamylase and removing at least one-half of glucose formed from the resulting hydrolyzate, and comprises a fraction other than glucose.

Indigestable dextrin

A process comprising dissolving a pyrodextrin in water, hydrolyzing the solution with alpha-amylase at a low temperature to obtain a hydrolyzate of reduced viscosity, further hydrolyzing the hydrolyzate to an intermediate extent at a high temperature, autoclaving the resulting hydrolyzate, finally hydrolyzing the hydrolyzate with alpha-amylase again after cooling, and autoclaving the final hydrolyzate again. Pyrodextrin hydrolyzate can be prepared without impairing the inherent characteristics of pyrodextrin.

Process for preparing pyrodextrin hydrolyzate by enzymatic hydrolysis

A process of preparing indigestible heteropolysaccharides which features dissolving starch decomposition products and at least one kind out of monosaccharides excluding glucose, homo-oligosaccharides excluding gluco-oligosaccharides, and hetero-oligosaccharides into water and to which an inorganic acid was added, then powdering and heating the powder in an anhydrous condition thereof.

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Itami, Japan

Isao Matsuda