PROCESS FOR PREPARING HYDROGEL COMPONENT-CONTAINING COMPOSITION, AND USE THEREOF

摘要

This invention provides a process for preparing a novel food material useful as an alternative to edible oils and fats, an alternative to edible oils and fats using the food material prepared by the above process, and a food prepared by using the alternative to the edible oils and fats, a novel material prepared by the above process, useful as water absorptive materials and water retaining materials, and a water absorptive material and a water retaining material using the above material. These materials can be prepared as a hydrogel component-containing composition by applying an ionizing radiation to gum arabic dissolved in water.