	US 12,225,922 B2
	Food structure-strengthening agent, food material containing structure-strengthening agent, food prepared by hardening food material, and method for improving taste and physical properties of food
Takuya Nakayama, Aichi (JP); and Hideaki Taguchi, Aichi (JP)
Assigned to Mizkan Holdings Co., Ltd., Aichi (JP)
Filed by MIZKAN HOLDINGS CO., LTD., Aichi (JP)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/481,505.
Application 17/481,505 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/012517, filed on Mar. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-055344 (JP), filed on Mar. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0000163 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. A23L 29/262 (2016.01); A23G 9/34 (2006.01); A23G 9/44 (2006.01); A23L 5/30 (2016.01); A23L 33/22 (2016.01)

CPC A23L 33/22 (2016.08) [A23G 9/34 (2013.01); A23G 9/44 (2013.01); A23L 5/30 (2016.08); A23L 29/262 (2016.08)]

19 Claims

1. A structure strengthening agent for a food product, comprising:

a water-insoluble long-chain cellulose having a diameter of 3.5 μm or less and an aspect ratio of 2.0 or more, the water-insoluble long-chain cellulose being a fermented cellulose produced via the fermentation by Acetobacteraceae; and

a water-insoluble short-chain cellulose having a diameter of 5.0 μm or more and having an aspect ratio of 32.5 or less, the water-insoluble long-chain cellulose and the water-insoluble short-chain cellulose being contained in a mass ratio of 40:60 to 4:96.