Abstract: A raw material for a gummy composition, and a gummy candy composed of the gummy composition, contain pyroglutamic acid, preferably in an amount of 0.08 mass % to 1.5 mass %. By adding pyroglutamic acid, the gummy candy has an improved melt-in-the-mouth feeling, while also being non-adhesive and soft, and having improved flavor release during chewing.

Abstract: A galactomannan degradation product wherein a molecular weight distribution thereof satisfies the following requirements: a molecular weight of 12,000 or more is from 1 to 32%; a molecular weight of from 300 to 3,000 is from 25 to 60%; and a maximum of peak intensity in the molecular weight patterns of high-performance liquid chromatography exists within the range of a molecular weight of from 4,000 to 14,000. The galactomannan degradation product of the present invention can be used in various foodstuff, cosmetics, and the like.

Abstract: An iron-containing composition containing ferric pyrophosphate, a polyhydric alcohol, gum arabic, and gum ghatti, wherein the content of the polyhydric alcohol is from 93 to 630 parts by mass, based on 100 parts by mass of the ferric pyrophosphate, and wherein a total amount of gum arabic and gum ghatti is from 15 to 23 parts by mass, based on 100 parts by mass of the ferric pyrophosphate, and wherein a mass ratio of the content of the gum arabic to the content of the gum ghatti (gum arabic/gum ghatti) is from 0.01 to 0.5, and wherein the ferric pyrophosphate has a volume-average particle size of 0.20 ?m or less. The iron-containing composition of the present invention can be used in foodstuff, feeds, cosmetics, pharmaceutical compositions, and the like.

Abstract: A thickening composition contains xanthan gum having per 100 parts by weight thereof, at least 0.5 parts by weight or more of metal salt bound on the surface of xanthan gum powder. This thickening composition is capable of convenient viscosity development by addition to water-containing objects. Thus, the thickening composition is suitable for use in, for example, food applications for convenient thickening of soft drinks, basting, sauce, dressing, soup, mousse, jelly, or the like, or application for viscosity development by addition of a small amount thereof to meals for patients having difficulty in mastication/swallowing, for example due to eating disorder.

Abstract: A composition containing one or more materials selected from the group consisting of fatty acids, proteins, peptides, amino acids, vitamins, minerals, alcohols, sweeteners, acidulants, antioxidants, thickening stabilizer, and surfactants, and a flavonoid-cyclodextrin inclusion compound, wherein the inclusion compound contains an inclusion compound obtained by treating a flavonoid having a rhamnoside structure with an enzyme having rhamnosidase activity in the presence of a cyclodextrin. According to the present invention, the bitterness and the changes in color tones originated from flavonoids can be inhibited, and foodstuff or the like having an unpleasant taste can be improved, so that the present invention can be suitably utilized in fields such as medicaments, foodstuff, health foods, foods for specified health use, and cosmetics.

Abstract: A flavor improver for a polyunsaturated fatty acid-containing fat or oil, containing a basic peptide; and a polyunsaturated fatty acid-containing fat or oil composition, containing a fat or oil containing a polyunsaturated fatty acid having 18 or more carbon atoms and two more double bonds, a basic amino acid and/or a basic peptide, and an emulsifying agent. The flavor improver for a polyunsaturated fatty acid-containing fat or oil and the polyunsaturated fatty acid-containing fat or oil composition of the present invention can suppress the generation of unpleasant taste and flavor from the polyunsaturated fatty acid over a long time period.

Abstract: A cosmetic composition containing the following components (A) to (D): Component (A): a polyglycerol fatty acid ester made from a fatty acid having 8 carbon atoms and a polyglycerol having a degree of polymerization of glycerol of from 3 to 14; Component (B): a polyglycerol fatty acid ester made from a fatty acid having from 10 to 12 carbon atoms and a polyglycerol having a degree of polymerization of glycerol of from 3 to 14; Component (C): a liquid oil; and Component (D): water, wherein a total amount of Component (A) and Component (B) is from 1 to 7.5% by mass, and wherein the mass ratio of Component (C) to a total amount of Components (A) and (B) ((C)/(A)+(B)) is from 1/15 to 1, and wherein Component (A) and Component (B) have a mixed HLB of from 11.5 to 14.0. The cosmetic composition of the present invention has excellent cleansing power and low stickiness, so that the cosmetic composition can be suitably used as aqueous cleansing cosmetics.

Abstract: A composition containing one or more materials selected from the group consisting of fatty acids, proteins, peptides, amino acids, vitamins, minerals, alcohols, sweeteners, acidulants, antioxidants, thickening stabilizer, and surfactants, and a flavonoid-cyclodextrin inclusion compound, wherein the inclusion compound contains an inclusion compound obtained by treating a flavonoid having a rhamnoside structure with an enzyme having rhamnosidase activity in the presence of a cyclodextrin. According to the present invention, the bitterness and the changes in color tones originated from flavonoids can be inhibited, and foodstuff or the like having an unpleasant taste can be improved, so that the present invention can be suitably utilized in fields such as medicaments, foodstuff, health foods, foods for specified health use, and cosmetics.

Abstract: A composition containing a Moringa extract and/or a Moringa pulverized product, wherein a mass ratio of a content of a moringin to a content of a glucomoringin (moringin/glucomoringin) is from 0.00005 to 0.30, and wherein a myrosinase is deactivated, or the composition does not contain a myrosinase. The composition of the present invention is useful in the fields of foodstuff, cosmetics, and the like.

Abstract: A composition containing a Moringa extract and/or a Moringa pulverized product, wherein a mass ratio of a content of a moringin to a content of a glucomoringin (moringin/glucomoringin) is from 0.00005 to 0.30, and wherein a myrosinase is deactivated, or the composition does not contain a myrosinase. The composition of the present invention is useful in the fields of foodstuff, cosmetics, and the like.

Abstract: A method for producing a flavonoid inclusion compound, including a cleaving step including treating a sparingly soluble flavonoid having a rhamnoside structure with an enzyme having a rhamnosidase activity in the presence of a cyclodextrin to cleave a rhamnose. According to the production method of the present invention, a flavonoid inclusion compound and a composition of flavonoid glycosides having excellent solubility in water can be efficiently produced, so that the compound and composition can be suitably utilized in the fields of medicaments, foodstuff, health foods, foods for specified health use, cosmetics, and the like.

Abstract: A method for producing a flavonoid inclusion compound, including a cleaving step including treating a sparingly soluble flavonoid having a rhamnoside structure with an enzyme having a rhamnosidase activity in the presence of a cyclodextrin to cleave a rhamnose. According to the production method of the present invention, a flavonoid inclusion compound and a composition of flavonoid glycosides having excellent solubility in water can be efficiently produced, so that the compound and composition can be suitably utilized in the fields of medicaments, foodstuff, health foods, foods for specified health use, cosmetics, and the like.

Abstract: A method for producing a flavonoid inclusion compound, including a cleaving step including treating a sparingly soluble flavonoid having a rhamnoside structure with an enzyme having a rhamnosidase activity in the presence of a cyclodextrin to cleave a rhamnose. According to the production method of the present invention, a flavonoid inclusion compound and a composition of flavonoid glycosides having excellent solubility in water can be efficiently produced, so that the compound and composition can be suitably utilized in the fields of medicaments, foodstuff, health foods, foods for specified health use, cosmetics, and the like.

Abstract: A moringa extract containing a benzyl glucosinolate in a content of 6% by mass or more, calculated as a dry solid content of the extract, wherein the extract does not substantially contain an alkaloid. The moringa extract of the present invention for solving a first aspect is useful in the field of foodstuff or the like. Also, the PPAR activator of the present invention for solving a second aspect has excellent PPAR activation action, and has no disadvantages in side effects, so that it can be ingested for long term, which can be preferably used in foodstuff and the like. Therefore, the PPAR activator of the present invention for solving a second aspect can be expected to be used as a food, a supplement or a medicament not only for prevention of disease such as insulin resistance, hyperinsulinism, Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, arterial sclerosis and obesity, but also for fatigue recovery or endurance improvement by improving basal metabolism.

Abstract: A method for producing a flavonoid inclusion compound, including a cleaving step including treating a sparingly soluble flavonoid having a rhamnoside structure with an enzyme having a rhamnosidase activity in the presence of a cyclodextrin to cleave a rhamnose. According to the production method of the present invention, a flavonoid inclusion compound and a composition of flavonoid glycosides having excellent solubility in water can be efficiently produced, so that the compound and composition can be suitably utilized in the fields of medicaments, foodstuff, health foods, foods for specified health use, cosmetics, and the like.

Abstract: A moringa extract containing a benzyl glucosinolate in a content of 6% by mass or more, calculated as a dry solid content of the extract, wherein the extract does not substantially contain an alkaloid. The moringa extract of the present invention for solving a first aspect is useful in the field of foodstuff or the like. Also, the PPAR activator of the present invention for solving a second aspect has excellent PPAR activation action, and has no disadvantages in side effects, so that it can be ingested for long term, which can be preferably used in foodstuff and the like. Therefore, the PPAR activator of the present invention for solving a second aspect can be expected to be used as a food, a supplement or a medicament not only for prevention of disease such as insulin resistance, hyperinsulinism, Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, arterial sclerosis and obesity, but also for fatigue recovery or endurance improvement by improving basal metabolism.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition for improving mind-concentration, characterized in that the composition comprises theanine; and a method of improving mind-concentration comprising administering theanine to an individual.

Abstract: A flavor improver for a polyunsaturated fatty acid-containing fat or oil, containing a basic peptide; and a polyunsaturated fatty acid-containing fat or oil composition, containing a fat or oil containing a polyunsaturated fatty acid having 18 or more carbon atoms and two more double bonds, a basic amino acid and/or a basic peptide, and an emulsifying agent. The flavor improver for a polyunsaturated fatty acid-containing fat or oil and the polyunsaturated fatty acid-containing fat or oil composition of the present invention can suppress the generation of unpleasant taste and flavor from the polyunsaturated fatty acid over a long time period.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition for an oily foamable aerosol, characterized in that the composition comprises a fat or oil, and a polyglycerol fatty acid ester and/or an organic and fatty acid esters of glycerol; and an aerosol comprising the composition as defined in above and a propellant.

Abstract: An inhibitor for crystal growth of fats and oils, containing a polyglycerol fatty acid ester, which is an esterified product formed between a polyglycerol and a fatty acid, the polyglycerol having a hydroxyl value of 850 mg KOH/g or less and a ratio of primary hydroxyl groups to all the hydroxyl groups of the polyglycerol of 50% or more, wherein the polyglycerol fatty acid ester has a hydroxyl value of 100 mg KOH/g or less. Since the inhibitor for crystal growth of fats and oils of the present invention can inhibit crystal growth of fats and oils by adding the inhibitor to fats and oils, storage property of the fats and oils in a refrigerator, cold climates, or the like, so that the inhibitor can be suitably used in liquid fats and oils such as salad oil for which transparency is important.