Polysaccharide for the reduction of psyllium-reduced viscosity, and food containing psyllium and this polysaccharide

摘要

The present invention provides a polysaccharide which is useful as an ingredient of foods comprising psyllium which results in high viscosity when incorporated into a hydrated condition. The elevation of the viscosity resulting from psyllium can be reduced by the present polysaccharides without a loss of physiologically beneficial effects of psyllium. Further, the present invention also provides a food product characterized by its ingredients which are the psyllium viscosity-reducing polysaccharide and psyllium, and a method for manufacturing thereof characterized by its excellent handling feasibility and favorable palatability of the product, even if the method includes a step of heating psyllium, especially in its hydrated form.