Abstract:
The invention aims to provide a process for producing a fermented milk capable of effectively preventing deterioration of the smooth mouth feel and milk flavor originated from the milk fat (hereinafter, the smooth mouth feel and milk flavor are put together referred to as “milk-fat characteristic”) which are lost when the milk fat content of fermented milk is intentionally reduced, without using milk fat substitutes, milk-flavor providing agents or the like but based on an ingenuity on the production process, and the fermented milk obtained as the result in which the milk-fat characteristic is improved and the milk fat content is reduced.The invention relates to a process for producing fermented milk in which a milk fat content is from 0.1% by weight to 2.0% by weight, said process comprising: reducing a dissolved oxygen concentration in a fermented milk mix to 5 ppm or less at the time of the start of fermentation; and carrying out the fermentation at a fermentation temperature of from 30□ C. to 39□ C., to thereby improve milk-fat characteristic, and the like.
Abstract:
Provided is a cheese-like food having a protein content of 13 mass % or less, wherein the abundance ratio of fat globules each having a diameter of from 7 μm to 19 μm is 30% or more, and the abundance ratio of fat globules each having a diameter of 20 μm or more thereto is less than 8%, relative to the entirety of fat globules in the cheese-like food.
Abstract:
A composition comprising an ingredient that is effective for inducing autophagy in intestinal epithelial cells and intestinal epithelial stem cells and can be ingested at ease on a daily basis is provided. A composition for inducing autophagy, the composition comprising bacterial cells of a lactic acid bacterium belonging to the family Lactobacillaceae is provided. The lactic acid bacterium is preferably a lactic acid bacterium belonging to any of the genera Lactiplantibacillus, Lactobacillus, Lacticaseibacillus, Companilactobacillus, and Limosilactobacillus.
Abstract:
A method to obtain a fraction derived from cacao beans and containing a large amount of a sphingolipid, such as glucosylceramide. A cacao bean-derived composition having a specific gravity of 1.2 or more and containing at least one selected from 0.55 mg/g or more of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and 0.26 mg/g or more of a sphingolipid is provided.
Abstract:
Provided is a food physical property evaluation method in which a change in food properties in an oral cavity is simulated and a physical quantity corresponding to perception in the oral cavity is obtained. The food physical property evaluation method includes: placing a food to be evaluated on a lower occlusal part 21 of a lower plunger 20 which has a shape to occlude with an upper occlusal part 11 of an upper plunger 10 and is provided to face the upper occlusal part 11 of the upper plunger 10; causing at least one of the upper plunger 10 and the lower plunger 20 to perform a reciprocating linear movement in a linear direction in which the upper plunger 10 and the lower plunger 20 are occluded and separated, causing at least one of the upper plunger 10 and the lower plunger 20 to perform a reciprocating rotation movement in a rotation direction with the linear direction as a rotation axis, and adjusting a pressure applied between the upper plunger 10 and the lower plunger 20 by a method other than pneumatics; and measuring a physical quantity including a force and a torque applied to the upper plunger 10 or the lower plunger 20, and evaluating food physical properties based on the obtained physical quantity.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a lactic acid bacteria-containing composition comprising a Lactobacillus delbrueckii and a Streptococcus thermophilus.
Abstract:
Provided is a solid milk containing suitable free fat and having strength adequate to resist breakage during handling. The solid milk is a solid milk having a solid form obtained by compression molding a powdered milk, in which a hardening index IF represented by the following Formula (1) when the solid milk is divided into a plurality of pieces (N pieces) in a height direction is 0.477 mm2 or more, Formula (1) being represented by a width w in a target region n, a thickness δ in the target region n, a specific surface area voxel ratio Svvoxel_n in the target region n, a content R0 of a total milk sugar, and a total crystal amount Rn of a milk sugar in the target region n, and a content ratio FF of free fat in the solid milk is 1.23% by weight or less.
Abstract:
FIG. 1 is a front, bottom and right side perspective view of a solid food; FIG. 2 is a front elevation view thereof, the rear elevation view being identical thereto; FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof, the bottom plan view being identical thereto; FIG. 4 is a left side elevation view thereof, the right side elevation view being identical thereto; FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view thereof, taken along line 5-5 in FIG. 2; and, FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view thereof, taken along line 6-6 in FIG. 2.
Abstract:
Provided are a solid food, a compression molded body of a food powder, a solid milk, and a compression molded body of a powdered milk which can be produced with improved production efficiency while securing resistance to breakage. A solid food is a solid food having a solid form obtained by compression molding a food powder, in which a packing fraction of the solid food is configured such that an average value A from a surface of the solid food to a depth of 2 mm is larger than an average value C from a depth of 4 mm from the surface of the solid food to a depth of 6 mm, and a rate of increase (A−C)/C×100 of the packing fraction obtained by dividing a difference (A−C) between the average value A and the average value C by the average value C is 6.5% or less.
Abstract:
An embodiment of the present invention relates to protein granules containing a whey protein as a main component, the protein granules having an average particle diameter of 207 μm to 570 μm, a homogeneity U of 0.58 or less, a content ratio (volume ratio) of coarse powder having a particle diameter of 500 μm or more of 22% or less, and a content ratio (volume ratio) of fine powder having a particle diameter of 150 μm or less of 31% or less.