| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a gelling agent by which an easily swallowable, gelled, acidic thick liquid diet exhibiting good bolus formation while having a low pH of 3-4.6, having little adhesive property and suitably eaten by a person with chewing and swallowing difficulty can be prepared, to solve the problems such as rapid gelling at the preparation, heterogeneity formation of texture caused by the increase of the viscosity, and improvement of yield, and to provide the gelled acidic thick liquid diet for the administration through a tube, having good tube fluidity even when used as the food for the person with the chewing and swallowing difficulty. <P>SOLUTION: The gelling agent for the acidic thick liquid diet contains sodium alginate, a calcium salt insoluble/slightly soluble in neutral water, and a chelating agent, wherein the chelating agent of 0.1-2 pts.mass of is used based on 1 pt.mass of the sodium alginate. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT |
