Patent ID: 6824800
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: A23B,A23L,A23P

Abstract:
A method for preparing a powder composition, which method comprises the steps of:mixing 100 parts by weight of a delipidated egg yolk with 10 to 1000 parts by weight of water, spray-drying the resulting mixture at 50 to 200Â° C. to prepare porous, delipidated egg yolk particles having pores ranging in size from 0.1 to 10 &mgr;m on surfaces thereof, mixing the resulting delipidated egg yolk particles with a functional food material, which functional food material is selected from the group consisting of substances that have undesirable flavor and substances that are susceptible to deterioration, to provide a mixture containing the functional food material and the delipidated egg yolk particles, and drying the resulting mixture to a water content of 10 weight-% or less under reduced pressure, thereby providing food-impregnated Particles having an average particle size of from 1 to 100 &mgr;m.