A subject of the present invention is to provide a method capable of simply accelerating solidification of oil and fat and to provide a solidification accelerator used in the solidification acceleration method. It is found that solidification of object oil and fat is accelerated only by adding a silicate having a fatty acid adsorption capability and a free fatty acid to oil and fat to be solidification-accelerated, and the present invention has been completed.

A subject of the present invention is to provide a method capable of simply accelerating solidification of oil and fat and to provide a solidification accelerator used in the solidification acceleration method. It is found that solidification of object oil and fat is accelerated only by adding a silicate having a fatty acid adsorption capability and a free fatty acid to oil and fat to be solidification-accelerated, and the present invention has been completed.

[Problem to be Solved] The present invention reduces usage of sodium chloride by adding magnesium chloride, and overcomes problems occurring in using magnesium chloride. [Solution] The present inventors have found that when magnesium chloride is added instead of sodium chloride to noodle strings and a reducing sugar is further added, preferable well-cooked feeling and appearance are imparted in subsequent production process for instant noodles, and thus, the present invention was accomplished. Specifically, the present invention relates to noodle strings for use in production of instant noodles, the noodle strings containing a raw material powder, magnesium chloride and a reducing sugar.

The current invention concerns a mesoporous silica with ultra-fast dissolution properties prepared by (i) forming a silica comprising an amphiphilic glycoside; and (ii) subsequently subjecting said silica comprising said amphiphilic glycoside to a heat-treatment above 400 C.

A liquid thickener composition useful for subjects suffering from a dehydration, mastication and/or deglutination disease, disorder or condition, a container comprising the liquid thickener composition, a system comprising the container and a dispenser, a thickened liquid composition comprising the liquid thickener composition, a method for producing the liquid thickener composition and the thickened liquid composition are provided.

A liquid thickener composition useful for subjects suffering from a dehydration, mastication and/or deglutination disease, disorder or condition, a container comprising the liquid thickener composition, a system comprising the container and a dispenser, a thickened liquid composition comprising the liquid thickener composition, a method for producing the liquid thickener composition and the thickened liquid composition are provided.

The present application relates to a method for producing food material for retorting, and to food material for retorting produced by the method, the method comprising: a curing step for mixing one or more base material, selected from the group consisting of meat and seafood, with a curing agent containing phosphate and starch, and curing; and a step for heating and sterilizing the base material by heating at the temperature of 110-130 C. for 10-60 minutes.

A nutritional supplement powder and a method of making the nutritional supplement powder are provided. The nutritional supplement powder includes from 20% by weight to 55% by weight protein, from 20% by weight to 50% by weight fructooligosaccharide powder, and an anti-caking mixture that includes calcium silicate and tricalcium phosphate. A weight ratio of the fructooligosaccharide powder to the anti-caking mixture is from 6:1 to 10:1.

A nutritional supplement powder and a method of making the nutritional supplement powder are provided. The nutritional supplement powder includes from 20% by weight to 55% by weight protein, from 20% by weight to 50% by weight fructooligosaccharide powder, and an anti-caking mixture that includes calcium silicate and tricalcium phosphate. A weight ratio of the fructooligosaccharide powder to the anti-caking mixture is from 6:1 to 10:1.

A method is described of using a surface-reacted calcium carbonate as an extrusion aid for the production of a puffed polysaccharide-based material, excluding fibrillated cellulose-containing materials. In embodiments, the surface-reacted calcium carbonate is a reaction product of ground natural calcium carbonate (GNCC) or precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) with carbon dioxide.