Thickening composition for dysphagia patients

Abstract

The present invention addresses the problem of providing: a food for dysphagia patients which has the useful functions of probiotics, said functions having been imparted to the food for dysphagia patients in the course of the preparation thereof, so that the probiotics administered to dysphagia patients can be delivered as living cells to the intestine; and a thickening composition therefor. To solve this problem, provided is a thickening composition for dysphagia patients which is prepared by mixing dried probiotic cells or a dried probiotic cell preparation with one or more kinds of polysaccharides selected from the group consisting of polysaccharides including xanthan gum or guar gum and hydrolyzates of the polysaccharides to thereby give a powdery mixture in which the probiotics and the polysaccharide(s) coexist in a contact state. The thickening composition for dysphagia patients is prepared as a powdery mixture and, therefore, the probiotics contained therein can be held in a stable state without the need for special conditions. By using this thickening composition for manufacturing a food for dysphagia patients, moreover, a probiotics-containing food for dysphagia patients,said probiotics being stable to the digestive action of gastric juice after the intake of the food, can be provided.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a thickening composition for adjusting the viscosity of a food for people with dysphagia, and provides a method for providing probiotics by imparting the function of probiotics to the thickening composition and using the thickening composition. Foodstuffs for dysphagia Viscosity-enhancing compositions that impart useful functions to probiotics. In addition, it also relates to providing a thickening composition for dysphagia excellent in stability and functionality in which the stability of probiotics contained in the thickening composition is ensured, In addition, the food for dysphagia prepared by using the thickening composition for dysphagia has the stability of probiotics for decomposing gastric juice when the food is ingested, and by using the thickening composition for dysphagia , so that the useful function of probiotics can be stably imparted to dysphagia by means of food for dysphagia. This application claims p...

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[0003] In addition, xanthan gum is easy to thicken in water, and can exhibit predetermined physical properties (viscosity) in a short time, but there is the following problem: for miso soup, mineral balance drinks, milk, orange juice, etc. Food and beverages, the development of viscosity becomes extremely slow; etc.

[0007] In these nutraceuticals for dysphagia and thickener complexes for dysphagia, it is shown that probiotics are incorporated as one of the components of the complexes, but the stability of probiotics is not particularly considered. That is, the stability of probiotics in products containing probiotics, the stability of probiotics on the decomposition of gastric juice, the nutritional products and complexes after ingestion, etc. In addition, the nutritional products and complexes are prepared as Viscous food for people with dysphagia, therefore, when using it, as the food for people with dysphagia containing probiotics, there are restrictions in terms of effects and handling, for example, countermeasures such as refrigerated storage are required as described above

In particular, when using a food for dysphagia, it is possible to adopt a mode in which various ingredients are mixed in the ingestion stage to prepare a food for dysphagia and ingest it, but the above disclosure is not consistent with this mode. corresponding content

[0008] As mentioned above, it is expected to impart the function of probiotics to food for dysphagia, and to take advantage of the useful function of probiotics by ingesting the food, thereby providing health management for dysphagia, but the following effective dysphagia has not been provided: Food for people with dysphagia, the food can be applied to various foods for people with dysphagia, and the probiotics administered are delivered to the intestine in the state of living bacteria by means of the food for people with dysphagia, and the useful functions of the probiotics are stably endowed To those with dysphagia, it is a challenge to develop food for dysphagia that can meet the above needs

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