Composition and foods for lowering glycemic index

• Main Authors: LEKH RAJ JUNEJA, NOBUHIKO AOYAMA, TAKEO YOKAWA, NORIYUKI ISHIHARA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 05.04.2007
• Subjects: FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

A composition for lowering a glycemic index (GI value) of a food or feed, comprising a Cyamopsis tetragonolobus bean protein and a degraded galactomannan; a low-glycemic index food comprising polygalactosyl mannose and gliadin and glutenin in a specified ratio; a low-glycemic index food comprising polygalactose and/or a polygalactose derivative and gliadin and glutenin in a specified ratio; a low-glycemic index food comprising polygalactosyl mannose and amylose and amylopectin in a specified ratio; a low-glycemic index food comprising specific polygalactose and/or a polygalactose derivative and amylose and amylopectin in a specified ratio.