Patent ID: 8889617
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: A23L,A61K,A61P

Abstract:
1. A liquid food composition, comprising: 0.3 wt % to 5.0 wt % of a water-soluble dietary fiber (a); a metal compound (b) containing a necessary mineral component for humans and not causing gelation of the water-soluble dietary fiber at a pH of 5.5 to 10.0; a protein (c); and an emulsifier (d), wherein the liquid food composition is semi-solidified at a pH of 5.5 or less, wherein particles in the liquid food composition have a particle size distribution with two or more peaks at the pH of 5.5 to 10.0, wherein a first peak of the two or more peaks in the particle size distribution is at a particle size of 3,000 nm or smaller, wherein a second peak of the two or more peaks in the particle size distribution has an inflection point at a particle size of about 10,000 nm, wherein a curvature of a curve in the particle size distribution is positive from a particle size of about 3,400 nm to the particle size of about 10,000 nm, and wherein the curvature of the curve in the particle size distribution is negative at a particle size of about 10,000 nm or higher.