Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd.

The Japan Tobacco Salt Public Corporation

Joji Ono

Tsutomu Kudo

Kazuyoshi Doi

Eiji Takahashi

Mamoru Tomita

Teruhiko Mizota

Katsuhiro Ogasa

Morio Kuboyama

Kazuo Maeda

Yasuo Fukuwatari

Kazuhiro Nagata

Minoru Saito

Taro Nagasawa

Kazuyoshi Nanba

Katsuichi Noguchi

Dietary fibers having average molecular weight of 2,000-15,000, which are prepared by partially hydrolyzing polysaccharides of Konnyaku powder with a cellulase derived from microorganisms belonging to the genus Aspergillus, which are readily soluble in water, which do not prevent adsorption of useful minerals such as calcium in the digestive tract, and which do not give rise to diarrhea when an excessive amount thereof is ingested.

Water-soluble dietary fibers and method for preparation of same

Process for preparing a therapeutic agent

A granular composition having a grain size of 10 to 50 mesh and a bulk density of 0.5 to 0.7 g/cm.sup.3 suitable for use in a tobacco filter or a tobacco pipe and having the ability to selectively remove carcinogenic and deleterious components from tobacco smoke comprises granules which are composed of bovine milk whey protein power and/or egg white protein powder, and one or more excipients selected from the group consisting of powdered cellulose, wheat flour, starch, rice flour, sugar, glucose, lactose, talc, alumina, zeolite or silica gel; or composite granules which are a blend of said granules and charcoal granules.

Granular composition for tobacco filter

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Chiba, Japan

Joji Ono