Nippon Oil Fats Co., Ltd.

Uni Colloid Kabushiki Kaisha

Nippon Oil and Fats

Masatsugu Ito

Koichi Iwanami

Seiki Harada

Kenichi Hashimoto

Motoharu Arai

The present invention provides a product containing glucomannan mixed with encapsulated acidic material having a wall made of hydrophobic substance which melts at a temperature higher than the coagulating temperature of the glucomannan. Because this acidic material is covered with a wall, when alkali is added to the mixture which is then heated, the glucomannan is coagulated. Then, the wall of the encapsulated material is melted by heating to liberate acid, neutralizing the alkaline substance, and producing a slightly alkaline, neutral or acidic glucomannan coagulated product. Further, although the glucomannan coagulated product has a water- releasing property, this can be reduced by adding other natural polysaccharides. Also, a decrease of elasticity caused by neutralization can be eliminated by adding food cellulose.

Glucomannan product and a method to coagulate it

A method for producing a coated organic agent is provided. The method comprises contacting a coating agent with core powders of an organic substance so that the coating agent collides against the core powders, and attaching the coating agent onto the overall surface of each of the core powders, whereby the core powders are coated by the coating agent. The coating agent contains at least lipid powders having a melting point not lower than 40.degree. C.

Method for producing organic agent coated with powders of coating agent

A lipid powder having a cross-linked coating thereon comprises a core lipid powder and a water-soluble coating agent coating the core lipid powder. The water-soluble coating agent contains cross-linked protein. A process for preparing lipid powders each having a cross-linked coating thereon comprises the steps of emulsifying lipid and a water-soluble coating agent containing protein to obtain an emulsion, adding a cross-linking agent for the protein the the emulsion to thereby cross-link the protein, atomizing and drying the emulsion containing the cross-linked protein to terminate the cross-linking reaction and to obtain lipid powders each coated with the water-soluble coating agent, and cooling the coated lipid powders.

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Tokyo, Japan

Masatsugu Ito