JPH0722494B2 - Chlorella-containing oil and fat food and method for producing the same - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a chlorella-containing oil and fat food stably containing active ingredients of chlorella algal cells, fungi and tonic medicinal plants, and a method for producing the same.

[Conventional technology]

Chlorella is a kind of freshwater unicellular algae, has a high protein content, and is known to have the effect of promoting the growth of animals or microorganisms, the effect of seasoning foods, and the effect of eliminating the offensive odor of foods. It is known that the hot water extract of alga has a wide range of applications because it has the above-mentioned growth promoting effect and seasoning effect and is a liquid.

Focusing on the usefulness of such Chlorella algal cells, various products utilizing Chlorella algal cells have been developed in the past, and as a typical example, dry powder of Chlorella algal cells was mixed with garlic powder and tablets. Molded into, the chlorella hot water extract to taste ingredients during the production of noodles, fish paste, etc.
Examples include those used as quality-improving ingredients, dried powder of Chlorella algal cells, or hot water extracts that are incorporated into vegetable edible oils and fats and filled into gelatin capsules for use as health foods. It extends to.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

In this way, focusing on the active ingredient of Chlorella algal cells,
Although various chlorella products have been developed, conventional chlorella products often have problems in processing operation in the manufacturing process, and the active ingredient of chlorella algal cells is not always stably retained. I got it. That is, although the usefulness of Chlorella algal cells has been confirmed in the test and research stage, when it is actually commercialized, it is difficult to stably retain its active ingredient. It was In particular, when producing health foods by using chlorella algal cells in combination with other medicinal raw materials, it is important to keep the medicinal components of each raw material stable and effective, but conventional chlorella products are often There is a problem that the medicinal component is not stably and effectively retained.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

Therefore, the present inventor, in health foods using chlorella algal cells, as a result of intensive research to develop a product in which the active ingredients of chlorella algal cells and other medicinal raw materials are stably retained as they are, chlorella algae A dry powder of the clathrate kneaded mixture obtained by kneading the concentrated extract of the hot water extract of the body with an inclusion material and drying it, and a concentrated extract of the hot water extract of fungi with the inclusion material In addition, by using a dry powder of the clathrate kneaded product obtained by kneading and drying, and further adding this to edible oil and fat to uniformly disperse or mix, encapsulating in a soft capsule, etc. The inventors have found that they can be achieved and completed 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 product in which active ingredients of chlorella algae, fungi and tonic plants are stably retained.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a chlorella-containing oil and fat food that contains a large amount of edible oil and fat and also stably contains active ingredients of fungi and tonic plants.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a chlorella-containing oil and fat food that can be used for cooking.

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

1) Dry powder of the clathrate kneaded mixture obtained by kneading the concentrated extract of the hot water extract of Chlorella algae with an inclusion material and drying, and concentrated extract of the hot water extract of fungi A dry powder of the clathrate kneaded product obtained by adding a clathrate and kneading and drying, and an extract or dry powder of a tonic drug are made homogeneous with edible oils and fats to which lecithin, vitamin E, etc. are added as necessary. A method for producing a chlorella-containing food, which comprises encapsulating an oily suspension obtained by mixing in a soft capsule.

2) The method for producing a chlorella-containing fat or oil food according to 1), wherein cyclodextrin is used as the clathrate.

3) The method for producing a chlorella-containing oil and fat food according to 1) above, wherein at least one kind of mushrooms, mushrooms, and mushrooms is used as the fungi.

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

5) The method for producing a chlorella-containing fat or oil food according to the above 1), wherein kneading is performed under heating and reduced pressure.

6) As edible fats and oils, peanut oil, sesame oil, wheat germ oil,
The method for producing a chlorella-containing food according to the above 1), wherein at least one kind of rapeseed oil, soybean oil, coconut oil, safflower oil, and beeswax is used.

7) Dry powder of the clathrate mixture obtained by adding the clathrate to the concentrated extract of the hot water extract of Chlorella algal cells and drying, and the concentrated extract of the hot water extract of fungi A dry powder of the clathrate kneaded product obtained by adding a clathrate and kneading and drying, and an extract or dry powder of a tonic drug are made homogeneous with edible oils and fats to which lecithin, vitamin E, etc. are added as necessary. A chlorella-containing fat or oil food product, which is produced by encapsulating an oily suspension obtained by mixing in a soft capsule.

In the present invention, a concentrated extract of a hot water extract of Chlorella algal cells, a concentrated extract of a hot water extract of fungi, a tonic herb extract or a relatively large amount of edible oil and fat is used with respect to dry powder. , That is, during the manufacturing process and during product storage, the soft capsules undergo swelling, dissolution and other changes due to the water present in the active ingredient-containing substances such as the chlorella algal cells, fungi and tonic herbs. This is to prevent the product from being used for cooking, especially for cooking. Further, the reason why the active ingredient-containing material is homogeneously mixed in the edible oil is to prevent the soft capsule from swelling and breaking.

The hot water extract of Chlorella alga in the present invention is a water suspension of live Chlorella alga by outdoor mass culture by photosynthesis after heat treatment at a temperature of about 80 to 100 ° C for about 15 to 20 minutes,
It is an extract obtained by separating algal cells, and as chlorella live algal cells, typical freshwater unicellular algal cells such as Chlorella pyrenoidosa, Chlorella vulgaris, and Chlorella Epso de Acenedesmus are representative. Can be mentioned. The hot water extract of Chlorella algal cells contains effective polysaccharides such as N.β-1 / 3 glucan and acidic rhamnan existing in the cell wall of Chlorella algal cells. In addition, the hot water extract of Chlorella alga is
Extraction obtained by adding to the photosynthetic Chlorella alga body powder about 4 times the volume of the alga body powder or more and mixing, and heating at a temperature of 50 to 120 ° C. for about 1 hour or more, and subjecting to a gentle and extraction treatment. It may be a liquid, and an appropriate hot water extract is used.

The hot water extract of fungi is a hot water extract of fungi, fungi, dried fungi, powder of fungi, etc., for example,
To the fungus body powder, at least 4 times the volume of water of the fungus powder is added and mixed, and the mixture is mixed at a temperature of 45 to 120 ° C. for a long time, preferably 5 to 5.
An appropriate hot water extract such as an extract obtained by slowly heating for 7 hours is used. Bamboo fungi means edible mushrooms, edible mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, and other edible mushrooms.

As the tonic medicinal plant, any medicinal plant having a nutritional tonic effect may be used, but garlic, ginseng, aloe, plum, pearl barley, pearl barley and the like are particularly preferable. Tonic medicinal plants are used as an extract or dry powder, and an extract is a leachate obtained by leaching a tonic medicinal plant by a conventional method,
A slurry-like extract obtained by rubbing with a colloid mill or the like, and the dry powder is a dry powder obtained by appropriately pretreating a plant and drying it by hot air drying, connection drying, spray drying, or the like, or the extract. Is a dry powder obtained by drying by a conventional method.

The hot water extract of Chlorella algal cells, the hot water extract of fungi, after concentrated into a concentrated extract in the form of a slurry, respectively, and then kneaded in a kneading machine together with the clathrate, respectively these Use as a clathrate mixture of extract. The inclusion compound is
It is preferable to dry the product to a specified water content with a dryer and then crush it with a crusher before use.

As the tonic plant, it is preferable to use a plant or its extract powder which is rubbed with a colloid mill in the presence or absence of vitamin E oil into a slurry-like extract.

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 mixing and using edible oil, the raw material edible oil is heated and mixed, and soybean lecithin heated and dissolved as necessary is further added, and after mixing and stirring with a homomixer, in the form of an oily emulsified raw material cooled at room temperature. Preference is given to using.

To uniformly mix edible fats and oils with chlorella algae, fungi, and active ingredients containing tonic medicinal plants with edible fats and oils, a dry powder of the clathrate mixture and a tonic medicinal plant extract or dry powder , And edible oils and fats may be mixed and stirred in a mixer to homogenize, and the mixing order of each raw material is not particularly limited, but when the active ingredient-containing tonic drug is an extract, this Is homogeneously mixed with edible oils and fats, and it is preferable to uniformly mix a dry powder of the clathrate kneaded with this oily suspension, and when the active ingredient-containing tonic drug is a dry powder. It is preferred that this is mixed with the dry powder of the clathrate kneaded and then mixed homogeneously with the edible oil and fat.

The raw material mixture thus obtained is then appropriately passed through a mesh muscle, degassed by a deaerator, and then filled and enclosed in a soft capsule such as a soft gelatin capsule.

If the extract of the tonic drug is an exudate, it can be used as a spray-dried product, but since it has too much water and is expensive, chlorella algae and dry powder of the tonic drug should be added. Alternatively, it is preferable to adsorb it to an edible powder such as lactose or starch and powder it without adding it. And edible powders such as lactose and starch are not only used as a bulking agent or a shaping agent as in the conventional case, but absorb water in the leachate so as not to adversely affect the soft capsules. Is used as appropriate.

The mixing ratio of the active ingredient-containing chlorella algal cells, fungi and tonic drug plants to the edible resin is not particularly limited.

Next, the present invention will be described more specifically by way of examples of the present invention.

Example 1 30 kg of photosynthetic chlorella powder was mixed with 300 parts of water, the active ingredient was extracted with a hot water extractor, and about 20 with a concentrator.
It was concentrated twice to obtain a slurry-like concentrated extract.

On the other hand, dry Kawaratake (25 kg) is mixed with water at a ratio of 400, the active ingredient is extracted with a hot water extract, and concentrated with a concentrator.
The concentrate was concentrated 20 times to obtain a slurry-like concentrated extract.

To each of these concentrated extracts, 4.5 kg of a clathrate, cyclodextrin, was added, and each was clathrate-kneaded with a kneader, then dried with a dryer, and then crushed with a crusher to obtain each extract raw material. .

Furthermore, a mixture of 8.5 kg of ginseng dry powder and 8.5 kg of odorless garlic extract powder was rubbed with 15 kg of natural vitamins in a colloid mill to obtain 32 kg of raw material in the form of a slurry.

Each raw material thus obtained was added to 210 kg of peanut oil to which 15 kg of soybean lecithin was added, and mixed and stirred to obtain a filled raw material. The obtained oily suspension was filled and enclosed in a soft gelatin capsule to obtain a granular product.

Example 2 30 kg of photosynthetic chlorella powder was mixed with 300 parts of water, the active ingredient was extracted with a hot water extractor, and about 20 with a concentrator.
It was concentrated twice to obtain a slurry-like concentrated extract.

On the other hand, 25 kg of dried shiitake mushrooms are mixed at a ratio of 400 water, the active ingredient is extracted with a hot water extract, and about 20 with a concentrator.
It was concentrated twice to obtain a slurry-like concentrated extract.

To each of these concentrated extracts, 4.5 kg of a clathrate, cyclodextrin, was added, and each was clathrate-kneaded with a kneader, then dried with a dryer, and then crushed with a crusher to obtain each extract raw material. .

Furthermore, 9.5 kg of garlic extract, 9.5 dried coix powder
Using a colloid mill, mix kg of natural vitamin E.
20 kg of oil was rubbed to obtain 39 kg of a raw material extract in the form of a slurry.

Each of these raw materials was mixed with an oily emulsified raw material obtained by adding soybean lecithin to a heated mixture of sesame oil and peanut essential oil, homogenized, and then defoamed with a deaerator to obtain an oily suspension of soft gelatin capsules. It was filled and sealed to obtain a product.

〔The invention's effect〕

The method for producing a chlorella-containing oil and fat food of the present invention has the advantage that a chlorella alga, fungi, and active ingredients of a tonic herb can be stably retained, and a product having excellent preservability of each active ingredient can be produced. In addition, the product of the present invention contains a large amount of edible oils and fats having a cholesterol-lowering effect, and since each ingredient raw material is homogenized, it contains an extract of a tonic herb with a relatively high water content. Also has unique effects such as not swelling soft capsules.

The chlorella-containing oil and fat food of the present invention is not only eaten as a health food by itself, but can also be used for cooking oily foods such as vegetables, and has the advantage that it can be used as a canopy because it is convenient to carry. .

In particular, the chlorella-containing oil and fat food of the present invention has a feature that the active ingredients of chlorella algal cells and fungi can be stably and effectively retained for a long period of time, and has a characteristic effect that is not present in conventional products.

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A dry powder of a clathrate kneaded product obtained by kneading and drying a concentrated extract of a hot water extract of Chlorella algal cells with an inclusion material and a hot water extract of fungi. An edible oil / fat in which a dry powder of a clathrate kneaded product obtained by kneading a concentrated extract with a clathrate and drying the mixture, and an extract or a dry powder of a tonic drug are added with lecithin, vitamin E and the like as necessary. A method for producing a chlorella-containing oil and fat food, which comprises encapsulating an oily suspension obtained by homogeneously mixing with 2. The method for producing a chlorella-containing fat and oil food according to claim 1), wherein cyclodextrin is used as the clathrate. 3. The method for producing a chlorella-containing oil and fat food according to claim 1), wherein at least one kind of Pleurotus cornucopiae, Pleurotus cornucopiae, and Shiitake mushroom is used as the fungi. 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, ukulem and adlay is used as a tonic plant. 5. The method for producing a chlorella-containing oil and fat food according to claim 1), wherein the kneading is carried out under heating and reduced pressure. 6. The chlorella-containing food according to claim 1, wherein at least one of peanut oil, sesame oil, wheat germ oil, rapeseed oil, soybean oil, coconut oil, safflower oil and beeswax is used as the edible oil and fat. Manufacturing method. 7. A dry powder of a clathrate kneaded product obtained by kneading and drying a concentrated extract of a hot water extract of Chlorella algal cells with an inclusion material and a hot water extract of fungi. Food oil and fat obtained by adding lecithin, vitamin E, etc., as required, to a dry powder of a clathrate kneaded product obtained by kneading a concentrated extract with a clathrate and drying the mixture, and an extract or dry powder of a tonic drug. A chlorella-containing oil / fat food product, which is produced by encapsulating an oily suspension obtained by homogeneously mixing with a soft capsule.