CAROTENE-CONTAINING OILY COMPOSITION

• Main Authors: ENDO SACHIKO, ISHII AINA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 09.07.2020
• 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; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

To provide an oily composition that contains poorly-water-soluble beta-carotene and has excellent emulsifiability and a soft capsule preparation containing the composition.SOLUTION: An oily composition contains beta-carotene of 0.01-3 mass% per composition, and glycerol fatty acid ester in which 1 molecule of polyglycerol with a degree of glycerol polymerization of 2-10 is ester bonded with 1 molecule of laurate, of 5 mass% or more per composition.SELECTED DRAWING: None 【課題】水に難溶性のβ−カロテンを含有し乳化性に優れた油性組成物およびこの組成物を含むソフトカプセル製剤を提供することを課題とする。【解決手段】β−カロテンを組成物あたり０．０１〜３質量％、グリセリン重合度が２〜１０のポリグリセリン１分子にラウリン酸１分子がエステル結合したグリセリン脂肪酸エステルを組成物あたり５質量％以上含有する油性組成物。【選択図】なし