PROTEIN-CONTAINING SUBSTANCE EXCELLENT IN OIL ABSORPTION PROPERTY AND WATER ABSORPTION PROPERTY AND PRODUCTION THEREOF

摘要

PURPOSE:To obtain a food raw material or health food raw material composed of a fine fiber division separated and prepared from corn grains or a mixture obtained by adding a protein division to the fine fiber division. CONSTITUTION:This protein-containing substance is composed of a fine fiber division obtained by subjecting corn grains to wet grinding, separating a fiber division from a protein division and removing coarse fiber from the fiber division or a mixture obtained by adding the protein division to the fine fiber division. The protein-containing substance having oil absorption ratio and water absorption ratio 5 which are or more times larger based on own weight is obtained thereby and the protein-containing substance has oxidation preventing effect of fats and oils and is free from feeling rough to the tongue even when added to foods.