摘要 |
PURPOSE:To impart a food or drink with a physiological activity, and to improve the physical properties of the food, etc. without deteriorating its palatability, by adding an edible fiber obtained by treating the bran of cereals with an alkaline aqueous solution. CONSTITUTION:The bran of cereals such as rice bran, wheat bran, soybean skin, etc. is optionally cleaned to remove the foreign materials such as starch, protein, lipid, inorganic materials, etc., and immersed in an alkaline aqueous solution having an alkali concentration of 0.05-4.0%, and the obtained edible fiber having an NDF value of >=50, preferably >=60 is added to a food or drink. |