Pseudo rice having obesity prevention function and intestinal environment improving function, pseudo rice having obesity prevention function, intestinal environment improvement function and blood sugar level increase suppressing function, and production method thereof
[Purpose] To respond appropriately to the needs for obesity prevention and improvement of the intestinal environment that people who are suffering from problems such as obesity by using only white rice with carbohydrate as the main ingredient. A pseudo rice having an obesity preventing function and an intestinal environment improving function having a taste and texture almost the same as those of conventional rice, and a method for producing such a pseudo rice as a low calorie food. [Constitution] Containing at least 90 to 99% by weight (or 80 to 99% by weight) of alginic acid (for example, sodium alginate) and 1 to 10% by weight (or 1 to 20% by weight) of salt capable of becoming salt. In other words, it contains a small amount of a coagulant made of calcium chloride or the like) and is processed to have a size and shape similar to that of white rice. [Selection] Figure 1【目的】 従来の、炭水化物を主成分とする白米のみを主食とすることによる肥満等の問題に困っている人々が有していた肥満防止及び腸内環境改善等のニーズに適切に対応することができ、従来の米とほとんど変わらない味と食感を有する肥満防止機能及び腸内環境改善機能を有する擬似米、並びにそのような低カロリー食としての擬似米の製造方法を提供する。【構成】 少なくとも90~99重量%(又は80~99重量%)のアルギン酸類(例えばアルギン酸ナトリウム)と、1~10重量%(又は1~20重量%)の食塩となり得る塩類とを含有して成り、場合により塩化カルシウムなどから成る微量の凝固剤を含有して成り)、白米に近似した大きさ及び形状を有するように加工されて成る擬似米及びその製造方法である。【選択図】 図1