Abstract: This food texture evaluation device (2) is provided with: a drive part (23) including a linear motor; a crushing member (22) driven toward a sample (4) by the drive part; a load measuring part (25) that includes a load cell and measures the force applied to a sample stand (21) when the sample is pressed against the crushing member; and a vibration sensor (26) for detecting the vibration generated from the sample to which the force has been applied.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for analyzing an isomer of triglyceride, a method for sorting oils and fats having different contents of an isomer of triglyceride, and a method for producing triglyceride of which an isomer can be fractionated. The present invention is a method for analyzing triglyceride, including a step of analyzing an isomer of triglyceride by supercritical fluid chromatography, in which multiple types of stationary phases are used in the supercritical liquid chromatography, and at least two stationary phases among the stationary phases have different chiral selectors in each of which one or more chlorines are bound to a polysaccharide derivative.

Abstract: A fat and/or oil composition for heat cooking and a method of preparing the same are provided. The fat and/or oil composition includes: a fat and/or oil; a fatty acid monoglyceride; and an alkali metal, wherein a content of the fatty acid monoglyceride is from 0.01 to 1.0 mass %, and a content of the alkali metal is from 0.1 to 5.0 mass ppm. Also provided is a method of preventing deterioration of a fat and/or oil for heat cooking that is caused by heating, the method including: adding, to the fat and/or oil for heat cooking, a fatty acid monoglyceride and an ingredient containing an alkali metal to yield a content of the fatty acid monoglyceride of from 0.01 to 1.0 mass % and a content of the alkali metal of from 0.1 to 5.0 mass ppm in the fat and/or oil.

Abstract: Provided is an oil and/or fat composition for cooking comprising: an oil and/or fat; and 0.02 to 0.09% by mass of polyglycerin fatty acid esters, wherein the oil and/or fat in the oil and/or fat composition for cooking consists of one of or a combination of two or more of animal or vegetable oil and/or fats, hydrogenated oils and/or fats thereof, oil and/or fat fractions thereof, and transesterified oils and/or fats thereof, 80% by mass or more of glycerides of the oil and/or fat are triglycerides, the polyglycerin fatty acid esters have an HLB value of 3.5 or lower, and 5 to 50% by mass of constituent fatty acids of the polyglycerin fatty acid esters are an unsaturated fatty acid(s) having 8 to 22 carbon atoms. The composition is capable of efficiently reducing the oil content remaining in a cooked material. Defined methods producing and reducing are also provided.

Abstract: Disclosed is a fat and/or oil composition for heat cooking including 1 to 5 ppm by mass of silicone oil having a kinetic viscosity of 800 to 5,000 mm2/s at a temperature of 25° C., and 0.03 to 0.09% by mass of a succinic acid monoglyceride or 0.05 to 0.11% by mass a citric acid monoglyceride in a fat and/or oil; and a method for manufacturing the fat and/or oil composition for heat cooking.

Abstract: Provided is a fat and/or oil composition for heat cooking containing: a fat and/or oil; and 0.02 to 0.08% by mass of an emulsifying agent. The emulsifying agent is at least one selected from the group consisting of a glyceryl monooleate succinate, a glyceryl monooleate citrate, a polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate, a sucrose erucic acid ester, and a fatty acid monoglyceride in which a constituent fatty acid contains 47% by mass or more of a polyunsaturated fatty acid. A method of preparing such a fat and/or oil composition for heat cooking includes the steps of: refining a fat and/or oil; and adding 0.02 to 0.08% by mass of an emulsifying agent into the refined fat and/or oil.

Abstract: Disclosed is an edible oil which is hardly deteriorated by oxidation and therefore has excellent storage stability. Also disclosed is a method for producing the edible oil. A nitrogen gas in the form of nanobubbles each having a diameter of less than 1000 nm (1 ?m) and microbubbles each having a diameter of 1 to 350 ?m (inclusive) is added to an edible oil. In this manner, it becomes possible to produce an edible oil having a content of nitrogen in the oil or a content of dissolved nitrogen in the oil of 4.5% (by volume) or more and an edible oil containing nitrogen nanobubbles each having a diameter of less than 1000 nm (1 ?m) and nitrogen microbubbles each having a diameter of 1 to 350 ?m (inclusive).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a feed, a fertilizer, a melanogenesis-inhibitory agent for animals and plants and a blackening/browning-inhibitory composition for animals and plants, each comprising, as an effective component, at least one member selected from the group consisting of pentacyclic triterpenes, physiologically acceptable salts thereof and derivatives thereof, which have an excellent melanogenesis-inhibitory effect.

Abstract: A method of preventing a high-frequency noise generated in an electronic device, remaining in a grounding cable as a standing wave and transmitted to electric devices, is disclosed, which method including disposing, directly or via an insulating layer, a non-metallic conductive material having a slight electric resistance, on a conductor of the above-mentioned grounding cable, making the electric resistance of the non-metallic conductive material consume the high-frequency noise flowing on the conductor surface of the grounding cable by virtue of a skin effect, whereby resonance of the high-frequency noise is reduced. Resonance of the high-frequency noise generated from various electronic devices in an office building and the like can be easily reduced. Consequently, various disadvantages due to high-frequency noise can be avoided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rotating electric machine including a coil of a wire having thereon an insulating coating comprising a polybenzimidazole. This rotating electric machine is stably maintained for a long time in dielectric strength even under a highly radioactive environment, due to the use of the special insulating coating. With this, the rotating electric machine can be driven stably for a long time. The invention further relates to another rotating electric machine including (a) a rotor having a rotating shaft; (b) a bearing for supporting the rotating shaft; and (c) a grease applied to the bearing. This grease contains (1) a polyphenyl ether having at least three aromatic rings in the molecule and (2) a urea. The rotor of this rotating electric machine is stably supported in the bearing for a long time even under a highly radioactive environment, due to the use of the special grease. Thus, this rotating electric machine can also be rotated stably for a long time.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rotating electric machine including (a) a rotor having a rotating shaft; (b) a bearing for supporting the rotating shaft; (c) a radiation resistant grease applied to the bearing; and (d) a shield layer for shielding the grease from radiation. The shield layer is made of lead and surrounds the bearing. The shield layer includes (1) a first cylindrical shield member that is positioned to cover the bearing, such that the bearing is shielded from a first radiation that is in a direction substantially perpendicular to an axis of the rotating shaft, and (2) second and third disk shield members that are positioned to interpose therebetween the bearing in a direction along the axis of the rotating shaft, such that the bearing is shielded from a second radiation that is in a direction substantially along the axis of the rotating shaft. Thus, the rotor of this rotating electric machine is stably supported in the bearing for a long time even under a highly radioactive environment.