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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2000
Hiromichi Minakawa, Mito, JP;
Unicafe Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The purpose of the present invention is to offer an intestinal activation food product containing natto powder that delivers the natto bacteria live.to the intestines and produces an adequate intestinal regulating effect by enhancing the mitotic growth of the natto bacteria delivered to the intestines and, furthermore, a product that is easy to take without causing the offensive smell peculiar to natto during storage. For this reasons, the intestinal activation food product containing natto powder in accordance with this invention is a uniform blend obtained by blending to 15 wt. % of natto powder containing the natto bacteria with 50 wt. % of lactose as the growth factor substance, 30 wt. % of 300 mesh particle size coffee powder as the porous substance and 5 wt. % of sporophyte-containing lactic acid bacilli as the germination inducing substance and filling 0.5 g of this mixture into a hard capsule.