Title:
CHEWING-ENHANCED FOOD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2013/031636
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a chewing-enhanced food that has the hardness, viscosity, and other characteristics suitable for the mouth of a small child aged 1 year to five years 11 months, and particularly a young child aged about 18 months who has been weaned and is using teeth for chewing. This chewing-enhanced food contains: at least one main ingredient selected from wheat flour, rice flour, starch, or other powder; and an auxiliary ingredient composed of sorbitol and/or glycerol. This chewing-enhanced food preferably has a breaking stress, breaking strain, brittleness stress, and cohesiveness that are within a predetermined range.
Inventors:
NAKAMURA YOSHITAKA (JP)
KANNO TAKAHIRO (JP)
IGAWA MEGUMU (JP)
TAKAHASHI TAKESHI (JP)
MUKAI YOSHIHARU (JP)
UTSUMI AKEMI (JP)
KANNO TAKAHIRO (JP)
IGAWA MEGUMU (JP)
TAKAHASHI TAKESHI (JP)
MUKAI YOSHIHARU (JP)
UTSUMI AKEMI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2012/071311
Publication Date:
March 07, 2013
Filing Date:
August 23, 2012
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MEIJI CO LTD (JP)
UNIV SHOWA (JP)
NAKAMURA YOSHITAKA (JP)
KANNO TAKAHIRO (JP)
IGAWA MEGUMU (JP)
TAKAHASHI TAKESHI (JP)
MUKAI YOSHIHARU (JP)
UTSUMI AKEMI (JP)
UNIV SHOWA (JP)
NAKAMURA YOSHITAKA (JP)
KANNO TAKAHIRO (JP)
IGAWA MEGUMU (JP)
TAKAHASHI TAKESHI (JP)
MUKAI YOSHIHARU (JP)
UTSUMI AKEMI (JP)
International Classes:
A23L1/30; A23G3/50; A23L7/10
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Other References:
TRULSSON, M. ET AL.: "Forces applied by the incisors and roles of periodontal afferents during food-holding and -biting tasks", EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH, vol. 107, no. 3, 1996, pages 486 - 496, XP019488981
See also references of EP 2752121A4
"Infants and Small Children, Subsidized Child Care Program of the Social Welfare and Medical Service Corp.", March 2002, article "Report of a Survey of Oral Cavity Volume"
EMI KURAMOTO; FUMIYO TAMURA; MAI OHKUBO; HIKARU ISHIKAWA; YOSHIHARU MUKAI: "The Effect of Spoon Shape on Lip Functions during Self-feeding in Infants", SHONI HOKEN KENKYU [JAPAN J CHILD HEALTH], vol. 61, no. 1, 2002
See also references of EP 2752121A4
"Infants and Small Children, Subsidized Child Care Program of the Social Welfare and Medical Service Corp.", March 2002, article "Report of a Survey of Oral Cavity Volume"
EMI KURAMOTO; FUMIYO TAMURA; MAI OHKUBO; HIKARU ISHIKAWA; YOSHIHARU MUKAI: "The Effect of Spoon Shape on Lip Functions during Self-feeding in Infants", SHONI HOKEN KENKYU [JAPAN J CHILD HEALTH], vol. 61, no. 1, 2002
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KITAHARA Hiroyoshi et al. (JP)
Hironobu Kitahara (JP)
Hironobu Kitahara (JP)
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