| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide foods having (1) excellent block forming property (cohesiveness of foods in the mouth), (2) slightly adhesive property in the oral cavity and larynx, and (3) excellent water holding property, suitable for a person with reduced ingestion/swallowing function such as a person with ingestion/swallowing difficulties or an aged person. <P>SOLUTION: The foods for persons with ingestion/swallowing difficulties have the optimum properties for ingestion/swallowing by formulating (a) at least one kind selected from guar gum, tara gum or locust bean gum, (b) xanthan gum and/or κ-carrageenan, and (c) gum arabic and/or water-soluble soybean polysaccharides. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI |
