Abstract: Disclosed is a process for fractionating soybean protein into 7S globulin, 11S globulin or a lipophilic protein at a high purity with good efficiency, which relates to a fractionation technique for soybean protein into proteins having characteristic properties (7S globulin, 11S globulin and a lipophilic protein) and which is a process practicable at a food industrial level. It is found that soybean protein can be fractionated into 7S globulin, 11S globulin or a lipophilic protein at a high purity with good efficiency by extracting soybean milk from processed soybean which has been subjected to a water-insolubilization treatment specific to a desired protein and fractionating the resulting soybean milk or soybean curd refuse into the desired protein.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a soybean-derived raw material-containing food or beverage that improves problems with flavor and physical properties, such as the grassy smell caused by soybean raw materials, and markedly improves product quality, in a soybean-derived raw material-containing food or beverage using a conventional soybean raw material such soymilk or tofu. Provided are a milk-substitute composition, an egg yolk-substitute composition, and a composition for improving renal function, etc., characterized by including a reduced-fat soybean protein material having a total protein and carbohydrate content relative to dry material of at least 80 wt %, a fat content (as a chloroform/methanol mixed solvent extract) relative to the protein content of less than 10 wt %, and a total campesterol and stigmasterol (as plant-derived sterols) content of at least 200 mg relative to 100 g of fat.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to produce a masticable food, composed of an oil-in-water-type emulsion gel which has a shape-retaining property and an oil-holding property before mastication and from which oil and fat oozes during mastication to make swallowing smooth, by using any oil and fat. An oil-in-water-type emulsion gel food containing oil droplets having a particle diameter of 50-800 ?m is used. Preferably, the oil and fat is vegetable oil or fish oil, the food is a heat-sterilized food, and the gel is a soybean protein gel crosslinked by a protein corsslinking enzyme.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a soybean-derived raw material-containing food or beverage that improves problems with flavor and physical properties, such as the grassy smell caused by soybean raw materials, and markedly improves product quality, in a soybean-derived raw material-containing food or beverage using a conventional soybean raw material such soymilk or tofu. Provided are a milk-substitute composition, an egg yolk-substitute composition, and a composition for improving renal function, etc., characterized by including a reduced-fat soybean protein material having a total protein and carbohydrate content relative to dry material of at least 80 wt %, a fat content (as a chloroform/methanol mixed solvent extract) relative to the protein content of less than 10 wt %, and a total campesterol and stigmasterol (as plant-derived sterols) content of at least 200 mg relative to 100 g of fat.

Abstract: It is intended to provide a soy protein gel which has such gel properties that have never been obtained hitherto and is excellent in taste and color tone, and a soy protein food taking advantage of the gel properties. It has been found out that gel properties can be modified at an extremely elevated level and thus the desired soy protein gel can be obtained by preparing a gel by using a soy protein material in which the lipophilic protein content is reduced and conducting the gelation with the utilization of not only heat but also the action of a protein crosslinking enzyme.

Abstract: It is intended to provide a soy protein gel which has such gel properties that have never been obtained hitherto and is excellent in taste and color tone, and a soy protein food taking advantage of the gel properties. It has been found out that gel properties can be modified at an extremely elevated level and thus the desired soy protein gel can be obtained by preparing a gel by using a soy protein material in which the lipophilic protein content is reduced and conducting the gelation with the utilization of not only heat but also the action of a protein crosslinking enzyme.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for fractionating soybean protein into 7S globulin, 11S globulin or a lipophilic protein at a high purity with good efficiency, which relates to a fractionation technique for soybean protein into proteins having characteristic properties (7S globulin, 11S globulin and a lipophilic protein) and which is a process practicable at a food industrial level. It is found that soybean protein can be fractionated into 7S globulin, 11S globulin or a lipophilic protein at a high purity with good efficiency by extracting soybean milk from processed soybean which has been subjected to a water-insolubilization treatment specific to a desired protein and fractionating the resulting soybean milk or soybean curd refuse into the desired protein.

Abstract: An extruded edible material having soybean protein and cabbage, wherein the content of cabbage is 0.05 to 8 parts by weight (as dry solids content) per 100 parts by weight of the soybean protein (as dry solids). In the extruded edible material, a peculiar flavor derived from soybean protein is improved.

Abstract: A process for producing a soybean puff comprising the steps of heating under pressure a water-bearing raw material comprising a soybean-derived defatted material and a starchy material and then extruding and expanding the resulting product to give the soybean puff, which process is characterized by the followings: (a) defatted soybean milk is the essential component of the soybean-derived defatted material; (b) the soybean-derived defatted material and the starchy material are used at the fractional ratios of 5 to 80 wt % (dry basis) and 20 to 95 wt % (dry basis), respectively; (c) the water-bearing raw material has a water content of 15 to 40 wt %; and (d) the temperature for the extrusion falls within the range of 130 to 200° C. The puff has an ingenuous taste for soybean and good feeling in the mouth.

Abstract: An extruded edible material comprising soybean protein and cabbage, wherein the content of cabbage is 0.05 to 8 parts by weight (as dry solids content) per 100 parts by weight of the soybean protein (as dry solids). In the extruded edible material, a peculiar flavor derived from soybean protein is improved.

Abstract: An extruded edible material comprising soybean protein and cabbage, wherein the content of cabbage is 0.05 to 8 parts by weight (as dry solids content) per 100 parts by weight of the soybean protein (as dry solids). In the extruded edible material, a peculiar flavor derived from soybean protein is improved.

Abstract: This invention provides a process for preparing a textured soybean protein (TSP), the process having the steps of pressurizing and heating a raw material containing a soybean protein and water, quickly releasing the pressure to texturize the protein, bringing the obtained TSP into contact with steam while the TSP remains hot and is not completely dried. According to the process of this invention, a TSP having a good flavor can be produced in a simple and economical manner.