Composition obtained from barley shochu stillage and having effects of inhibiting the onset of alcoholic liver injury and healing it as well as favorable taste, and processing for producing the same

摘要

A composition having effects of inhibiting the onset of alcoholic liver injury and healing it which comprises an unadsorbed fraction obtained by subjecting a barley shochu stillage obtained as the by-product in the production of shochu from barley to solid/liquid separation and then subjecting the liquid fraction thus obtained to a separation treatment by adsorption. The unadsorbed fraction contains plural peptides having an average chain length of from 3.0 to 5.0. These peptides are composed of from 24 to 38% of glutamic acid, from 4 to 20% of glycine, from 5 to 10% of aspartic acid, from 4 to 9% of proline and from 4 to 8% of serine, referring to the total amino acid content originating in these peptides as 100%. A food composition comprising the above unadsorbed fraction and having a favorable taste is also disclosed.