FOOD AND BEVERAGE SUSTAINING MENTAL RAISED FEELING, GOOD IN FULLNESS IN STOMACH AND HAVING HIGH PALATABILITY

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a food and beverage capable of supplementing a required energy and providing a suitable raised feeling by ingesting an adequate amount thereof by a healthy person, and excellent in palatability by including one or more kinds of nuts and one or more kinds of palatinose and sugar alcohols. SOLUTION: The food and beverage are obtained by including one or more kinds of nuts (e.g. an almond) and one or more kinds of palatinose and sugar alcohols. A nutrient component of the food and beverage preferably contains 3-6% of oils and fats, >=0.4% of dietary fibers and >=0.6% of proteins. The food and beverage preferably have 100-300 kcal energy and are capable of preferably raising blood sugar level by 10±3 mg/dL when ingesting the food and beverage by a healthy person having 80-100 mg/dL blood sugar level at the time of an empty stomach and maintaining the blood sugar level at 100±10 mg/dL for 60 min after the ingestion without causing a sudden change in the blood sugar level of >=0.5 mg/dL/min for 90 min after the ingestion.