摘要 |
Improved diet food for controlling calorie intake, has a reduced content of carbohydrate and contains low-calorie cereals, water-soluble edible fibres, and proteins in predetermined amts. corres. to an intended intake. The proteins are specified to have an isoelectric point in acid region. The amts. of the water-soluble edible fibres and the proteins are adjusted so that when an aq. soln. of this food comes into contact with a gastric juice the soln. become a gel. The weight ratio of the water-soluble edible fibres to the proteins is specified to be 1:0.5-1:8 (pref. 1:0.5-1:2). The weight ratio of the total amt. of the water-soluble edible fibres and the proteins to the amt. of the low-calorie cereals is specified to be 1:1-100. The low-claorie cereals are sugar-free cereals produced by removing sugar materials from boiled rice through extraction. Pref. water-soluble edible fibres are carrageenan and guar gum. An example of this diet food is rice gruel. The diet food can contain condiments such as soy sauce, bean paste, sodium glutamate. |