Patent ID: 9192573
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: A23L,A23V,A61K

Abstract:
1. A method for treating a disease, the method comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a liquid food composition to a subject, wherein the liquid food composition includes 0.3 to 5% by weight 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 (a) at a pH of higher than 5.5 and not higher than 10.0, a protein (c), and an emulsifier (d), wherein the liquid food composition is semi-solidified in an acidic region with a pH of not higher than 5.5, wherein the liquid food composition has a particle size distribution with two or more at the pH of higher than 5.5 and not higher than 10.0, wherein the two or more peaks includes at least one first peak present at a particle size of 3,000 nm or smaller and a second peak different from the first peak, wherein the second peak is such a peak that a curvature of a particle size distribution curve of the peak increases at a particle size of 3,400 nm or more, the curvature of the particle size distribution curve decreases from around a particle size of 10,000 nm, and the particle size distribution curve has an inflection point around a particle size of 10,000 nm, and wherein the disease being treated is selected from the group consisting of gastroesophageal reflux disease, aspiration pneumonia, diarrheal disease, leakage from a fistula, and a sudden increase in blood glucose level.