US5213834A
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Low calorie processed food made with gel-particles of glucomannan coagulum
Assignee: UNI FOOD SYSTEMS Inc
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Filing: 1991-09-17
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Granted: 1993-05-25
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Expires: 2011-09-17
Abstract
Abstract A low-calorie food or foodstuff includes chopped gel-particles of a neutral, complete coagulum including glucomannan as a main component . Such foods include drinks such as fruit drinks, fluid foods such as a potage, and solid foods in coexistence with a natural polysaccharide or edible emulsifier, such as jam, custard pudding and meat balls. The low-calorie foodstuff retains the original particular touch or taste of a food including the gel-particles.
Inventors
- 👤 Masayuki Ikeda
- 👤 Seiki Harada
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 20:15
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23G; A23G1/00; A23G1/30; A23G1/32; A23G1/40; A23C; A23C9/00; A23C9/12; A23C9/13; A23C9/137; A23C9/152; A23C9/154; A23C9/1544; A23G9/00; A23G9/32; A23G9/34; A23L; A23L13/00; A23L13/40; A23L13/42; A23L13/422; A23L19/00; A23L19/10; A23L19/115; A23L2/00; A23L2/52; A23L21/00; A23L21/10; A23L21/12; A23L23/00; A23L29/00; A23L29/20; A23L29/206; A23L29/244; A23L9/00; A23L9/10; A23L9/12; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S426/00; Y10S426/804
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
126 words
A method of making a low-calorie foodstuff, comprising mixing organic acid microcapsules, gel-particles consisting essentially of glucomannan and water in a weight ratio of water to gel-particles of about 20:1 to 50:1, each of the microcapsules having a core having a melting point higher than a temperature at which alkaline glucomannan coagulates to form a thermally irreversible coagulum, adding alkali to the mixture thereby to produce an alkaline mixture, heating the alkaline mixture to a temperature at which the glucomannan coagulates to form a thermally irreversible coagulum, said heating melting the core of each of the microcapsules thereby to neutralize the coagulum and form a body of neutral glucomannan gel therefrom, and chopping the gel into neutral glucomannan gel-particles of size 200 Tyler pass or less.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
126 words
A method of making a low-calorie foodstuff, comprising mixing organic acid microcapsules, gel-particles consisting essentially of glucomannan and water in a weight ratio of water to gel-particles of about 20:1 to 50:1, each of the microcapsules having a core having a melting point higher than a temperature at which alkaline glucomannan coagulates to form a thermally irreversible coagulum, adding alkali to the mixture thereby to produce an alkaline mixture, heating the alkaline mixture to a temperature at which the glucomannan coagulates to form a thermally irreversible coagulum, said heating melting the core of each of the microcapsules thereby to neutralize the coagulum and form a body of neutral glucomannan gel therefrom, and chopping the gel into neutral glucomannan gel-particles of size 200 Tyler pass or less.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 1, wherein said chopping produces gel-particles having a particle size of 180 Tyler mesh pass or less.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 1, wherein said chopping produces gel-particles having a particle size of 150 Tyler mesh pass or less.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 1, wherein said chopping produces gel-particles having a particle size ranging from 16 Tyler mesh pass to 200 Tyler mesh pass.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 1, wherein said chopping produces gel-particles having a particle size ranging from 8 Tyler mesh pass to 160 Tyler mesh stop.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 1, wherein said chopping produces gel-particles having a particle size ranging from 16 Tyler mesh pass to 100 Tyler mesh stop.
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