JP2862418B

• Main Authors: IKEDA MICHIO, KAWASE KOZO, KAJIKAWA MIKIO, TAKEDA YASUHIRO, MURATA NORIO, TAKASE MITSUNORI, TOMITA MAMORU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 03.03.1999
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: CHEWING GUM; COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; CONFECTIONERY; DAIRY PRODUCTS, e.g. MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; ICE-CREAM; MAKING THEREOF; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; MILK OR CHEESE SUBSTITUTES; PHOSPHATIDE COMPOSITIONS FOR FOODSTUFFS; PREPARATION THEREOF; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; PROTEIN COMPOSITIONS FOR FOODSTUFFS; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; WORKING-UP PROTEINS FOR FOODSTUFFS

PURPOSE:To provide a functional food effective in suppressing the cholesterol level and increasing the high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level in blood and applicable without inducing the abnormal lipid metabolism. CONSTITUTION:The objective functional food effective in improving lipid metabolism contains at least 30wt.% (based on the protein in the final product) of a high-purity whey protein containing >=85wt.% of whey protein and/or a hydrolyzed product of the high-purity whey protein or contains >=20wt.% of the high-purity whey protein and >=5wt.% (based on the solid component of the final product) of scarcely digestible dextrin. The food is effective in the prevention of adult diseases caused by the increase of cholesterol level and the lowering of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level in blood and has excellent palatability.