From the tubular food produced with iodine enriched.

摘要

The present invention relates to processed foods made of iodine enriched wheat flour. The object of the present invention is to offer the processed foods made of the iodine enriched wheat flour containing 0.05 mg to 40 mg of iodine (as I) in 100 g of wheat flour. The iodine content expressed as I, in the processed foods under present invention is in the range of 0.05 mg to 40 mg per 100 g of wheat flour, preferable 0.1 mg to 10 mg, and more preferably 0.4 mg to 1 mg. The iodine content of more than 40 mg is not preferably since such high rate of iodine content may cause the disease due to the excess of iodine. By taking those foods under this invention such as in the form of bread, cakes, cookies, noodles, etc., the diseases may be caused from the iodine shortage can be eliminated in the area where iodine intake tend to be at the lower level. By blending small quantity of extracts from sea weeds, such as in the group of Laminaria or the residue of said extracts to wheat flour used for the production of such foods as stated in the above, it is possible to intake iodine easily without any sense of incongruity.