Food additive and use thereof

摘要

PCT No. PCT/JP92/01299 Sec. 371 Date Jun. 6, 1994 Sec. 102(e) Date Jun. 6, 1994 PCT Filed Oct. 6, 1992 PCT Pub. No. WO94/07378 PCT Pub. Date Apr. 14, 1994.An additive for cholesterol-containing food, containing a rice bran component and/or a derivative thereof as an active ingredient, a method of using same, and food treated thereby; and a process for producing mayonnaise controlled in the rise of a blood cholesterol level, or the absorption of cholesterol. A method of decreasing the effect of cholesterol contained in food on a living organism, for example, controlling the rise of a blood cholesterol level by adding to cholesterol-containing food a food additive capable of forming a complex with cholesterol, such as an extract of a rice bran component, gamma -orizanol ( gamma -OZ) which is a mixture of esters of ferulic acid with various alcohols prepared by refining said extract and/or a derivative of a rice bran component, thereby forming a cholesterol complex of the food additive, whereby the cholesterol contained in food becomes nonabsorbable by a living organism or can be removed therefrom.