摘要 |
PURPOSE:To provide a food material composition having a specific composition, excellent digestibility and absarbability, high calorific value and low protein and mineral contents and, accordingly, useful for the preparation of therapeutic diet for patient of nutrition disorder demanded to restrict the ingestion of proteins, minerals, etc. CONSTITUTION:The objective composition is composed of (A) 30-80wt.% of a medium-chain saturated fatty acid triglyceride (preferably containing caprylic acid and capric acid accounting for >=90-wt.% of the fatty acid) and/or edible oil and fat composed mainly of the triglyceride, (B) 10-50wt.% of hydrolyzed starch (preferably low-saccharified starch having a dextrose equivalent of 2-30 and obtained by the liquefaction and saccharification of starch with amylase) and/or decomposition product of low-saccharified reduced starch, (C) 5-20wt.% of dietary fiber and (D) 0.1-8wt.% of a compound selected from an organic acid monoglyceride, a fatty acid derivative and starch processed with an organic acid. The component C is preferably a combination of a water-insoluble dietary fiber composed mainly of cellulose, lignin, etc., with a water-soluble dietary fiber such as hemicellulose at a weight ratio of 1:(2-20). |