Patent ID: 7910150
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: A21D,A23L,A23V

Abstract:
1. A water-soluble dietary fiber-containing composition comprising a water-soluble dietary fiber material and a thickening polysaccharide in a mixing ratio, by mass, ranging from 95:5 to 80:20 and having a solubility, in water at 30° C., of not more than 80%, wherein the water-soluble dietary fiber material is at least one member selected from the group consisting of hardly digestible dextrin, branched maltodextrin and inulin, wherein the thickening polysaccharide is at least one member selected from the group consisting of alginic acid salts, propylene glycol ester of alginic acid and agar, and wherein the solubility is determined by introducing 100 ml of water maintained at 30° C. into a 200 ml volume beaker, adding, to the water, 10 g of a water-soluble dietary fiber-containing composition while stirring the water at a rotational frequency of 200 rpm using a stirrer, determining the degree of Brix (Brix value) (sugar concentration (w/w %)) after 10 minutes using a digital refractometer (ATAGO RX-5000) and calculating the solubility according to the following equation based on the Brix value: wherein said water-soluble dietary fiber-containing composition is prepared by dissolving 80 to 95% by mass of the water-soluble dietary fiber material and 20 to 5% by mass of the thickening polysaccharide in hot water to form an aqueous solution and then drying the aqueous solution.