JPH0722495B2 - Chlorella-containing oil and fat food - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of application] The present invention contains chlorella useful as a functional health food that effectively and stably retains various active ingredients of chlorella algal cells, fungi and tonic medicinal plants. The present invention relates to an oil and fat food and a method for producing the same.

[Conventional technology]

Chlorella alga is a kind of freshwater unicellular algae, has a high content of proteins and the like, and further has various peculiar bioactive actions, such as growth promoting action of animals or microorganisms, seasoning action of foods, and offensive odor of foods. It is known that it has an action of removing chlorophyll and the like, and in particular, a hot water extract of Chlorella algal cells has the above-mentioned growth promoting action, seasoning action and the like, and can be commercialized in a concentrated liquid form. Therefore, its application range has reached widespread.

Focusing on the usefulness of such Chlorella algal cells, various products utilizing Chlorella algal cells have been developed so far, and a typical example thereof is a dry powder of Chlorella algal cells such as garlic. Mixture with powder etc. and molded into tablets, chlorella hot water extract added and used as taste component, product improving component, etc. at the time of manufacturing noodles, fish paste products, dry powder of chlorella algae or hot water There are a wide variety of things such as filling capsules with the extract along with other nutritional ingredients, medicinal ingredients, etc. as health foods,
The range of application is quite wide.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

Thus, while focusing on the usefulness of chlorella algal cells, various products utilizing chlorella algal cells have been developed in the past, but the products utilizing chlorella algal cells to date are often treated in the manufacturing process. However, the active ingredient contained in the Chlorella algal cells is not always effectively and stably retained. That is, conventionally, although various usefulness of Chlorella algal cells have been confirmed and reported as academic test results, when actually commercialized as a commercial product, its active ingredient is effectively and stably produced. There is a problem that it is difficult to retain the active ingredient and the active ingredient cannot be effectively utilized. In particular, when producing health foods in which Chlorella algal cells are used in combination with other medicinal ingredients that contain other medicinal ingredients to effectively utilize each active ingredient, the medicinal ingredients of each ingredient are effectively and stably retained. At the very least, commercialization is the most important thing in product development, but as described above, in many cases, conventional chlorella products do not always have effective and stable retention of medicinal components and their usefulness. There was a problem that it could not be activated sufficiently.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

Therefore, the present inventor, when commercializing a functional health food using chlorella algal cells, keep active ingredients such as chlorella algal cells and other medicinal raw materials effectively and stably without reducing their activity. As a result of intensive research aimed at developing a new product, the inclusion of the concentrated extract of the hot water extract of Chlorella algae and especially the concentrated extract of the hot water extract of fungi with fungi Using a mixed extract powder raw material obtained by kneading and drying, a slurry-like raw material obtained by rubbing a tonic medicinal plant and a chlorella algal body in the presence of vitamin E oil, and further adding lecithin and the like as necessary. The inventors have found that the desired object can be achieved by adding the added edible oil and fat, stirring the mixture homogeneously, dispersing and mixing, and encapsulating in a soft capsule, and have completed the present invention. That is, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a functional chlorella-containing oil and fat food product in which active ingredients such as chlorella algal cells, fungi and tonic plants are effectively and stably retained.

Further, the present invention contains a large amount of various physiologically active components of Chlorella algal cells, and is useful as a health food having functionality that effectively and stably contains active components such as fungi and tonic plants. It is intended to provide a chlorella-containing oil and fat food.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a functional chlorella-containing oil and fat food that contains edible oil and fat and can be directly used as a seasoning material for cooking.

The configuration of the present invention adopted to achieve such an object comprises the following technical means.

Chlorella A mixed extract powder raw material obtained by adding a clathrate to a concentrated extract of hot water extract of algae and a concentrated extract of hot water extract of fungi and mixing and drying, and a tonic herb and chlorella An oily suspension produced by homogeneously stirring and mixing a slurry-like raw material obtained by rubbing algal cells in the presence of vitamin E oil with an edible resin to which lecithin or the like has been added is soft capsules. A method for producing a chlorella-containing oil and fat food, which comprises filling and enclosing.

The method for producing a chlorella-containing fat or oil food according to the above item, wherein cyclodextrin is used as an inclusion material.

The method for producing a chlorella-containing oil and fat food according to the above item, wherein at least one kind of Pleurotus cornucopiae, Pleurotus cornucopiae, and Shiitake mushroom is used as the fungi.

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

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

The method for producing a chlorella-containing oil and fat food according to the above item, 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.

A mixed extract powder raw material obtained by adding a clathrate to the concentrated extract of the hot water extract of Chlorella algae and the concentrated extract of the hot water extract of fungi and kneading and drying, and a tonic herb and Soft capsules of an oily suspension produced by homogeneously stirring and mixing a slurry-like raw material obtained by rubbing Chlorella algal cells in the presence of vitamin E oil with edible oil and fat to which lecithin or the like is added if necessary. A chlorella-containing oil / fat food product characterized by being produced by filling and encapsulating the same.

In this invention, a relatively large amount of edible oil and fat is used as a raw material such as a concentrated extract of a hot water extract of Chlorella algal cells, a concentrated extract of a hot water extract of fungi, and an extract of a tonic drug. , This is because during the manufacturing process of the target product and during the storage process of the product, the soft capsule swells and dissolves due to the water present in the active ingredient-containing extract of the above chlorella algal cells, fungi and tonic herbs. This is to prevent the occurrence of such alterations and to allow the product to be used in various ways as a seasoning material for cooking, especially for cooking. Further, the reason for uniformly stirring and mixing the above-mentioned active ingredient-containing extract in edible fats and oils is to prevent swelling and destruction of the soft capsule.

The hot water extract of Chlorella alga in this invention is a suspension of Chlorella normal alga produced 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 Chlorella algae. Examples of the chlorella alga are representative of freshwater unicellular algae such as chlorella pyrenoidosa and chlorella bulgaris chlorella ellipso de acenedesmus, but are not particularly limited. The hot water extract of Chlorella algal cells contains proteins, vitamins, etc., and N · β-1 · present in the cell wall of Chlorella algal cells.
3 Contains various physiologically active substances such as effective polysaccharides such as glucan and acidic rhamnan. The hot water extract of Chlorella algal cells is prepared by adding approximately 4 times or more the volume of water of the algal cell powders to the photosynthetic Chlorella algal powder and mixing them, and heating at a temperature of 50 to 120 ° C for about 1 hour or more. By doing so, the extract may be an extract obtained by a slow extraction treatment, and an appropriate hot water extract is used. The hot water extract of fungi is a hot water extract such as fungi fungus bodies, dried fungus fungus fungus bodies, fungi fungus fungus fungus body powders, for example, fungi fungus fungus fungus body powders, Add about 4 times more water than the bacterial cell powder and mix,
An appropriate hot water extract, such as an extract obtained by slowly heating at 120 ° C. for a long time, preferably 5 to 7 hours, is used. As mushrooms, edible mushrooms, edible mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms and other edible mushrooms are appropriately used.

As the tonic medicinal plant, any medicinal plant having a nutritional tonic effect may be used, but garlic, ginseng, aloe, plum, pearl barley, adlay and the like are preferably used. As the tonic plant, a plant, an extract or a dry powder having an appropriate form is used. The extract here is a leachate obtained by leaching a tonic herb by a conventional method, a concentrate thereof, a slurry extract obtained by rubbing a plant body with a colloid mill, or the like, and a dry powder. As, after the plant is appropriately pretreated, dried by a suitable drying means such as hot air drying, freeze-drying, spray drying, or a dried powder obtained by drying the plant extract by a conventional method. Dry powder or the like is used.

The hot water extract of Chlorella algae, the hot water extract of fungi, is a concentrated extract in the form of a slurry concentrated by a concentrator, respectively, in a kneader with an inclusion material forming an inclusion compound. The inclusion clathrates of these extracts are obtained by the clathrate kneading. The clathrate product is preferably dried in a dryer to a specified water content and then used in the form of an extract powder crushed into a specified mesh by a crusher.

The tonic plant is prepared by rubbing each plant or its extract powder with a Chlorella algae in the presence of vitamin E oil in a colloid mill to form a slurry extract as a raw material.

As the edible oil and fat, peanut oil, sesame oil, wheat germ oil, rapeseed oil, soybean oil, coconut oil, safflower oil, beeswax, and other edible oils and fats may be used alone or in combination. When using mixed edible fats and oils, the raw material edible fats and oils are heated and mixed, and soybean lecithin and the like that are heated and dissolved as necessary are further added, and after mixing and stirring with a homomixer, the oily emulsified raw material cooled at room temperature It is desirable to use it in the form.

To mix edible oils and fats with active ingredient-containing raw materials such as chlorella algae, fungi, tonic plants, etc., to mix them uniformly,
The mixed extract powder raw material of the inclusion clathrate and a slurry-like raw material obtained by rubbing a tonic drug plant and a chlorella algal body in the presence of vitamin E oil are mixed with the edible oil and fat by stirring with a mixer. And homogenize. Further, the mixing means, mixing order, etc. of the respective raw materials are not particularly limited, but in general, a slurry obtained by rubbing a tonic plant and chlorella algal cells in the presence of vitamin E oil It is desirable that the raw material is homogeneously stirred and mixed with the edible oil and fat as the oily emulsified raw material, and then the mixed extract powder raw material of the clathrate mixture is uniformly mixed with this oily suspension. Further, it is also appropriately adopted to simultaneously simultaneously and uniformly mix an extract containing an active ingredient such as a tonic plant, a dry powder raw material of a clathrate raw material kneading, and an edible oil / fat raw material.

By using Vitamin E oil when rubbing tonic herbs and Chlorella algal bodies, the physiological activity of Vitamin E and various active ingredients such as tonic plants are effectively and stably enhanced and retained. Can be made.

Subsequently, the oily suspension obtained by mixing the various raw materials in this way is passed through a sieve of a prescribed mesh and degassed by a deaerator, and then filled and sealed in an appropriate soft capsule such as a soft gelatin capsule. As a result, the target functional chlorella-containing oil / fat food product is obtained. It is possible to use a plant exudate as a tonic plant material and use it as a spray-dried product, but since it contains too much water and is expensive, dry powder of other tonic plants should be added. Or, it is desirable to use it as a powder body adsorbed on edible sugar powder such as lactose or starch without adding it.

Further, these edible sugar powders such as lactose and starch are not merely used as conventionally known bulking agents and excipients, but are allowed to absorb the water of the exudate to form soft capsules. It is preferably used to prevent adverse effects.

The blending ratio of chlorella algae, edible oils and fats raw materials, such as raw materials for each active ingredient-containing extract of fungi mushroom tonic plants, is:
It is not particularly limited, and can be appropriately selected depending on the type of product.

Next, the present invention will be described more specifically based on the 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.

Cyclodextrin as a clathrate is added to these concentrated extracts.
9.5 kg was added, and inclusion and kneading was performed with a kneader while heating and depressurizing, dried with a drier, and then pulverized with a pulverizer to obtain 14 kg of a mixed extract powder raw material.

Furthermore, dried ginseng powder 8.5 kg, odorless garlic extract powder 8.5 kg, ukogi 1 kg, and photosynthetic chlorella powder 90 kg were mixed with a natural vitamin E oil 20 kg in a colloid mill to produce a raw material 142 kg in a slurry state. Obtained.

Soybean lecithin 15 kg of each raw material thus obtained was added to 210 kg of an oily emulsified raw material containing peanut oil that was stirred and mixed with a homomixer and 167 kg of safflower oil, and uniformly mixed with stirring to obtain an oily suspension. I got 366 kg. Next, this oily suspension was defoamed with a deaerator, and then filled into a soft gelatin capsule and sealed to obtain a chlorella-containing oil and fat food.

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 concentrated extract raw material in the form of a slurry.

On the other hand, for 25 kg of dried shiitake and 10 kg of dried kawatake mushroom,
Water was mixed at a ratio of 450, the active ingredient was extracted with a hot water extractor, and concentrated about 20 times with a concentrator to obtain a slurry-like concentrated extract raw material.

10.5 kg of a cyclodextrin as a clathrate was added to these concentrated extract raw materials, and the clathrate was kneaded with a kneader while heating and depressurizing to obtain a clathrate kneaded product. Then after drying in a dryer,
The mixture was pulverized with a pulverizer to obtain 16 kg of a mixed extract powder raw material.

In addition, 130 kg of photosynthetic chlorella powder, garlic extract
A mixture of 9.5 kg, dried pearl barley powder 9.5 kg and ukogi 10.5 kg was mixed with a colloid mill to obtain 25 kg of natural vitamin E oil.
184.5 kg of an extract raw material in the form of a slurry was obtained by rubbing with each other little by little.

Each of these extract raw materials is an oily mixed solution with clay, that is, sesame oil 28 kg, peanut essential oil 28 kg, safflower oil 110 kg
Was mixed by heating, and 18 kg of soybean lecithin was further added and homogeneously mixed with 184 kg of an oily emulsified raw material obtained by stirring and mixing with a homoxer, and then 384.5 kg of an oily suspension produced by defoaming with a deaerator. A soft gelatin capsule was filled and encapsulated to obtain the target chlorella-containing oil and fat food.

〔The invention's effect〕

The method for producing a chlorella-containing oil and fat food of the present invention effectively and stably holds various active ingredients such as chlorella algal cells, fungi, tonic plants, and produces a product having excellent long-term storability of each active ingredient. Further, the chlorella-containing oil and fat food of the present invention contains a large amount of edible oil and fat having an excellent physiologically active action such as cholesterol lowering action, and the raw materials of each component are homogeneously mixed. Therefore, its usefulness as a functional health food is extremely high.

Further, even if it contains an extract such as a tonic drug having a relatively high water content, it has a unique effect of not swelling the soft capsule.

The chlorella-containing oil and fat food of the present invention is not only used as an edible food as a functional health food itself, but can also be used as a food seasoning material and the like, and since the product form is convenient to carry, such as a cap It has the advantage that it can also be used outdoors.

Thus, the chlorella-containing oil and fat food of the present invention, such as chlorella algal cells, fungi, can retain active ingredients such as tonic herbs effectively and stably for a long period of time, and has a unique effect not present in conventional products. In terms of its possession, its industrial utility value is extremely high.

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A mixed extract powder raw material obtained by adding a clathrate to a concentrated extract of a hot water extract of Chlorella algal cells and a concentrated extract of a hot water extract of fungi and then kneading and drying. And a slurry-like raw material obtained by rubbing a tonic plant and a chlorella algal body in the presence of vitamin E oil, with an edible oil and fat to which lecithin and the like have been added, if necessary, with an oily property A method for producing a chlorella-containing oil and fat food, which comprises filling a suspension into a soft capsule and enclosing the suspension. 2. The method for producing a chlorella-containing oil and fat 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 drug. 5. The method for producing a chlorella-containing fat and oil food according to claim 1, wherein the inclusion clathration is carried out under heating and reduced pressure. 6. The use of at least one of peanut oil, sesame oil, wheat germ oil, rapeseed oil, soybean oil, coconut oil, safflower oil and beeswax as edible oil and fat (1).
Item 10. A method for producing a chlorella-containing oil or fat food according to Item. 7. A mixed extract powder raw material obtained by adding a clathrate to a concentrated extract of a hot water extract of Chlorella algal cells and a concentrated extract of a hot water extract of fungi and then kneading and drying. And a slurry-like raw material obtained by rubbing a tonic plant and a chlorella algal body in the presence of vitamin E oil, with an edible oil and fat to which lecithin and the like have been added, if necessary, with an oily property A chlorella-containing oil and fat food product, which is produced by filling a soft capsule with a suspension liquid and encapsulating it.