ANTIOXIDANT INGREDIENT WITH LOW CALORIE CONTENT, METHOD FOR OBTAINING SAME AND USE THEREOF

摘要

The present invention relates to an antioxidant ingredient with low calorie content which can be obtained by means of a method that includes the following steps: (a) selecting as raw material at least one fruit and/or plant material with high antioxidant content, greater than 6 g / 100 g dry matter; (b) obtaining juice and pulp by means of grinding, squeezing and/or pressing the raw material; (c) extracting sugars from the pulp obtained in the preceding step in order to produce a pulp with low calorie content; (d) dehydrating the pulp by means of a method selected from among air drying, low-temperature drying with application of vacuum and/or freeze-drying; and (e) milling the pulp in order to produce the antioxidant ingredient with low calorie content. Likewise, the invention relates to the method for obtaining said ingredient and to the use thereof for the production of functional foods.