JPH03103143A - Chlorella-containing oil and fat food and preparation thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain the subject oil and fat food capable of stably retaining active components, having excellent retainability of each active component and utilizable as a cooking raw material in addition to a raw material for health foods by sealing dried powder of a clathrated kneaded material, an extract of tonic herb and an oily suspension in a soft capsule. CONSTITUTION:The objective oil and fat food can be prepared by homogeneously mixing (A) dried powder of a clathrated kneaded material produced by adding a clathrating material to a concentrated hot-water extract of Chlorella cells and a concentrated hot-water extract of fungi (e.g. Coriolus versicolor), kneading the mixture and drying the product, (B) an extract or dried powder of tonic herb (e.g. garlic) and (C) an edible oil or fat optionally incorporated with lecithin, vitamin E, etc., and sealing the obtained oil and fat suspension in (D) a soft capsule.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a chlorella-containing oil and fat food that stably contains the effective components of chlorella algae, mushrooms, and tonic medicinal plants, and a method for producing the same.

[Conventional technology]

Chlorella is a type of single-celled freshwater algae that has a high protein content and is known to have the effect of promoting the growth of animals and microorganisms, seasoning effects on foods, and removing off-flavors from foods. It is known that the hot water extract of alga bodies has the above-mentioned growth promoting effect and seasoning effect, and since it is a liquid, it has a wide range of applications.

Focusing on the usefulness of Chlorella algae, various products using Chlorella algae have been developed, but a typical product is a tablet made by mixing dry powder of Chlorella algae with garlic powder etc. Chlorella hot water extract is used as a flavoring ingredient or quality improvement ingredient in the production of noodles, fish paste products, etc. Dry powder or hot water extract of Chlorella algae is used as a plant-based food. For example, it can be incorporated into fats and oils and filled into gelatin capsules to make health foods, and its range of applications is quite wide.

[Problem to be solved by the invention] In this way, focusing on the active ingredients of Chlorella algae,
Various chlorella products have been developed, but conventional chlorella products often have problems in processing operations during the manufacturing process, and the effective properties of chlorella algae are not always maintained stably. There were drawbacks. In other words, although the usefulness of Chlorella algae has been confirmed at the test and research stage, when it is actually commercialized, there is a problem that it is difficult to stably retain its active ingredients. there were. In particular, when producing health foods by using chlorella algae together with other medicinal raw materials, it is important to stably and effectively retain the medicinal ingredients of each raw material, but in many cases, conventional chlorella products There was a problem that the medicinal ingredients were not stably and effectively retained.

[Means to solve the problem]

Therefore, the present inventor has conducted extensive research to develop a health food using Chlorella algae that stably retains the active ingredients of Chlorella algae and other medicinal raw materials. Using a dry powder of an clathrate mixture obtained by kneading a concentrated extract of a hot water extract of the body and a concentrated extract of a hot water extract of a fungus mushroom neck with the addition of an clathrate, and drying the mixture; Furthermore, the present inventors have discovered that the desired objective can be achieved by adding these to edible fats and oils, homogeneously dispersing or mixing them, and encapsulating them in soft capsules, thereby completing the present invention.

That is, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a chlorella-containing oil and fat food that stably retains the active ingredients of chlorella algae, mushrooms, and tonic medicinal plants.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a chlorella-containing oil and fat food that not only contains a large amount of edible oil and fat, but also stably contains effective amounts of mushrooms and tonic medicinal plants.

Furthermore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a chlorella-containing fat and oil food that can also be used for cooking.

The configuration of the present invention adopted to achieve such an object is a certain one from the following technical means 1) to 6).

1) Dry powder of a clathrate mixture obtained by kneading a concentrated extract of a hot water extract of Chlorella algae and a concentrated extract of a hot water extract of fungi and mushrooms with the addition of an clathrate, and drying the mixture. A chlorella-containing food product characterized by encapsulating in a soft capsule an oily suspension obtained by homogeneously mixing extracts or dry powders of tonic medicinal plants with edible oils and fats to which lecithin, vitamin E, etc. are added as necessary. manufacturing method.

2) The method for producing a chlorella-containing fat and oil food according to 1) above, which uses cyclodextrin as the inclusion material.

3) The method for producing a chlorella-containing oil and fat food according to 1) above, wherein at least one of the mushrooms selected from among the fungal mushrooms is C. versicolor, Sarunokoshi mushroom, and Shiitake.

4) The method for producing a chlorella-containing oil and fat food according to 1) above, wherein at least one of garlic, ginseng, aloe, plum, silkworm, and adlay is used as the tonic medicinal plant.

5) The method for producing a chlorella-containing fat and oil food according to 1) above, in which kneading is carried out under heating and reduced pressure; 6) As the edible fat and oil, peanut oil, sesame oil, wheat germ oil,
The method for producing a chlorella-containing food according to 1) above, which uses at least one of rapeseed oil, soybean oil, coconut oil, safflower oil, and gourd.

7> Dry powder of a clathrate mixture obtained by kneading a concentrated extract of a hot water extract of Chlorella algae and a concentrated extract of a hot water extract of fungi and mushrooms with the addition of an clathrate, and drying the mixture. It is manufactured by encapsulating in soft capsules an oily suspension obtained by homogeneously mixing extracts or dry powders of tonic medicinal plants with edible fats and oils to which lecithin, vitamin E, etc. are added as necessary. A chlorella-containing oil and fat food characterized by:

In the present invention, a relatively large amount of edible oil is used for the concentrated extract of the hot water extract of Chlorella algae, the concentrated extract of the hot water extract of fungi and mushrooms, the extract or dry powder of tonic medicinal plants. During the manufacturing process and during product storage, the soft capsules are prevented from undergoing deterioration such as swelling or dissolution due to moisture present in the effective ingredients such as chlorella algae, fungi, mushrooms, and tonic medicinal plants. This is to prevent this from occurring and to enable the product to be used for cooking, especially for cooking. Further, the reason for homogeneously mixing a certain amount of the above-mentioned effective ingredients in the edible oil is to prevent the soft capsule from swelling and breaking.

In the present invention, the hot water extract of Chlorella algae refers to an aqueous suspension of living Chlorella algae obtained by outdoor mass cultivation by photosynthesis, which is heated at a temperature of about 80 to 100"C for about 15 to 20 minutes, and then It is an extract obtained by separating the body of Chlorella, and representative examples of living Chlorella algae include single-celled freshwater algae such as Chlorella pyrenoidosa, Chlorella vulgaris, and Chlorella epsodeacenedesmus. It will be done.

The hot water extract of Chlorella algae contains effective polysaccharides such as N.beta.-1.3 glucan and acid rhamnan, which are present in the cell walls of Chlorella algae. In addition, the hot water extract of Chlorella algae can be obtained by adding and mixing Kouhei Chlorella algae powder with water in an amount more than about 4 times the volume of the algae powder, and heating the mixture at a temperature of 50 to 120°C for about 1 hour or more. An extract obtained by slow extraction may be used, and an appropriate hot water extract may be used. In addition, the hot water extract of fungal mushrooms can be prepared from fungal cells, dried fungal mushrooms,
It is a hot water extract of powdered fungi and mushrooms, for example, by adding water at least 4 times the volume of the powdered fungi to the powder of fungi and mushrooms, and then heating the mixture at a temperature of 45 to 120°C. For a long time, preferably 5~
An appropriate hot water extract, such as an extract obtained by slow heat treatment for 7 hours, is used. Fungi mushrooms refer to edible mushrooms such as Sarunokoshika mushroom, Kawaratake mushroom, Shiitake mushroom, and other edible mushrooms.
Any tonic medicinal plant may be used as long as it has a nourishing and tonic effect, but garlic, ginseng, aloe, plum, silkworm, pearl barley, and the like are particularly preferred. Tonic medicinal plants are used in the form of extracts or dry powders. Extracts include infusions obtained by infusing tonic medicinal plants using conventional methods, slurry extracts obtained by rubbing with colloidal alcohol, etc. The dry powder is a dry powder obtained by appropriately pretreating a plant body and drying it by hot air drying, connection drying, spray drying, etc., or a dry powder obtained by drying the above-mentioned extract by a conventional method.

The hot water extract of chlorella algae and the hot water extract of mushrooms are each concentrated in a concentrator to form a slurry-like concentrated extract, and then kneaded with an inclusion material in a kneader to obtain these extracts. It is made into a clathrate mixture. It is preferable to use the clathrate mixture by drying it to a specified moisture content in a drier and then crushing it in a pulverizer.

For tonic medicinal plants, it is preferable to use a slurry-like extract obtained by rubbing each plant or its extract powder with a colloid in the presence or absence of Vitata E oil.

As the edible oil, peanut oil, sesame oil, wheat germ oil, rapeseed oil, soybean oil, coconut oil, safflower oil, beeswax, and other edible oils and fats are used alone or in combination. When using a mixture of edible oils, heat and mix the raw edible oils, add heated and dissolved soybean lecithin if necessary, mix and stir in a homogenizer, and then cool to room temperature to form an oil-based emulsified raw material. It is preferable to use it in

In order to homogeneously mix the active ingredients of chlorella algae, mushrooms, and tonic medicinal plants with the edible oil and fat, the dry powder of the inclusion mixture and the extract or drying of the tonic medicinal plant are added. The powder and the edible oil may be mixed and stirred in a mixer to homogenize it. There are no particular restrictions on the order in which the ingredients are mixed, but if the effective content of the tonic medicinal plant is an extract. After homogeneously mixing this with edible oil and fat, it is preferable to mix the dry powder of the clathrate mixture into this oily suspension. For this purpose, it is preferable to mix this with the dry powder of the clathrate mixture and then homogeneously mix it into the edible oil or fat.

The raw material mixture thus obtained is then passed through appropriate mesh nodes, defoamed in a deaerator, and then filled and sealed into soft capsules such as soft gelatin capsules.

If the extract of the tonic medicinal plant is an infusion, it can also be used as a spray-dried product, but since it contains too much water and is expensive, it may be necessary to add chlorella algae or dried powder of the tonic medicinal plant. It is preferable to make powder by adsorbing it on edible powder such as lactose or starch, or without adding it.

Edible powders such as lactose and starch are not used simply as fillers or excipients as in the past, but rather they are used to absorb water from the exudate so as not to adversely affect the soft capsules. used as appropriate.

Note that there are no particular restrictions on the proportions of the effective components of chlorella algae, mushrooms, and tonic medicinal plants in the edible oil film.

Next, the present invention will be explained in more detail with reference to Examples.

Example 1 30 kg of Koai or Chlorella powder was mixed with 300 A of water, the active ingredients were extracted using a hot water extractor, and the mixture was concentrated approximately 20 times using a concentrator to obtain a concentrated extract in the form of a slurry. .

On the other hand, 25 kg of dried cottontail mushrooms were mixed with water at 400°C, the active ingredients were extracted with a hot water extract, and the mixture was concentrated about 20 times using a concentrator to obtain a slurry-like concentrated extract.

Cyclodextrin, an inclusion material, is added to these concentrated extracts. 5 kg were added and kneaded for inclusion in a kneading machine, then dried in a drier, and then ground in a pulverizer to obtain a mixed extract raw material.

Furthermore, dried Korean ginseng powder 8. 5 kg, odorless garlic extract powder 8. 5 kg of the natural vitamin was mixed with 15 kg of oil in a colloid mill to obtain 32 kg of a slurry-like raw material.

Each raw material obtained in this way was added to 15k of soybean lecithin.
g was added to 21 kg of peanut oil and mixed and stirred to obtain a filling raw material. The obtained oily suspension was filled and sealed in soptogelatin capsules to obtain a granular product.

Example 2 30kg of Koai or chlorella powder was mixed with 300f of water, the active ingredients were extracted using a hot water extractor, and the mixture was concentrated approximately 20 times using a concentrator to obtain a concentrated extract in the form of a slurry. .

On the other hand, mix 25 kg of dried shiitake mushrooms with 400 liters of water, extract the active ingredients with a hot water extract, and concentrate about 20 times with a concentrator to make a slurry! A reduced extract was obtained.

Cyclodextrin, an inclusion material, is added to these concentrated extracts. 5 kg were added and kneaded for inclusion in a kneading machine, then dried in a drier, and then ground in a pulverizer to obtain a mixed extract raw material.

Further, a mixture of 9.5 kg of garlic extract and 95 kg of dry adlay powder was rubbed with 20 kg of natural bittern oil in a colloid ξ oil to obtain 39 kg of slurry-like raw material extract.

These raw materials are mixed with an oil-based emulsified raw material made by adding soybean lecithin to a heated mixture of sesame oil and peanut essential oil, homogenized, and then defoamed using a degassing device to form an oil-based suspension into soft gelatin capsules. A product was obtained by filling and sealing.

〔Effect of the invention〕

The method for producing chlorella-containing oil and fat foods of the present invention can stably maintain the effective content of chlorella algae, mushrooms, and tonic medicinal plants, and produce products with excellent preservability for each effective content. In addition, the product of the present invention contains a large amount of edible fats and oils that have cholesterol-lowering effects, and each active ingredient is homogenized, so it contains extracts of tonic medicinal plants with a relatively high water content. It has unique effects such as not causing the soft capsule to swell even if it is heated. The chlorella-containing fat and oil food of the present invention is not only eaten as a health food on its own, but also can be used for cooking oil-based foods such as vegetable stew, and has advantages such as being convenient to carry and can be used for camping, etc. .

In particular, the chlorella-containing oil and fat food of the present invention has the feature of providing unique effects not found in conventional products, in that it can stably and effectively retain a certain amount of chlorella algae and fungi for a long period of time. .

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Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1) An inclusion mixture obtained by kneading a concentrated extract of a hot water extract of Chlorella algae and a concentrated extract of a hot water extract of fungi and mushrooms with the addition of an inclusion agent, and drying the mixture. The dry powder of the compound and the extract or dry powder of tonic medicinal plants are homogeneously mixed with edible fats and oils to which lecithin, vitamin E, etc. are added as necessary, and an oily suspension obtained is encapsulated in soft capsules. Characteristic method for producing chlorella-containing oil and fat foods. 2) The method for producing a chlorella-containing fat and oil food according to claim 1, wherein cyclodextrin is used as the inclusion material. 3) The method for producing a chlorella-containing oil and fat food according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the mushrooms selected from among the fungal mushrooms is C. versicolor, Sarunokoshi mushroom, and Shiitake. 4) The method for producing a chlorella-containing oil and fat food according to claim 1, wherein at least one of garlic, ginseng, aloe, plum, silkworm, and adlay is used as the tonic medicinal plant. 5) The method for producing a chlorella-containing fat and oil food according to claim 1, wherein the kneading is carried out under heating and reduced pressure. 6) Edible fats and oils include peanut oil, sesame oil, wheat germ oil,
2. The method for producing a chlorella-containing food according to claim 1, wherein at least one of rapeseed oil, soybean oil, coconut oil, safflower oil, and beeswax is used. 7) Dry powder of a clathrate mixture obtained by kneading a concentrated extract of a hot water extract of Chlorella algae and a concentrated extract of a hot water extract of fungi and mushrooms with the addition of an clathrate, and drying the mixture. , is produced by homogeneously mixing extracts or dry powders of tonic medicinal plants with edible oils and fats to which lecithin, vitamin E, etc. are added as necessary, and encapsulating an oily suspension in soft capsules. Chlorella-containing oil and fat foods.