FIELD: food industry.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to biscuit containing guar gum in a special form. Guar gum is represented by natural guar gum pin-formed particles whereof have length equal to 0.25 mm - 8 mm, width equal to 0.18 mm - 2 mm and an average ratio of the length to the width equal to 1.8 - 6. The invention relates to application of such biscuit for improvement of glucose level regulation with healthy people and people having resistance to insulin or suffering from diabetes, especially - Type 2 diabetes and/or for active reduction of bad cholesterol concentration or for maintenance of normal concentrations of cholesterol in blood with healthy people or people exposed to the cardiovascular diseases risk. Additionally, the invention relates to application of such biscuit for satiation sense enhancement and/or for food consumption reduction and/or for body weight regulation promotion. The invention relates to such biscuit production method involving the following stages: a) biscuit ingredients stirring; preferably, at first one stirs the powdery ingredients; then one adds the liquid ingredients; optionally, one adds ingredients consisting of coarser particles such as oat flakes, small pieces of fruit, crispy grain slices, b) optional dough maintenance, c) biscuit moulding of dough and baking in the oven.
EFFECT: invention allows to produce biscuit with good nutritive characteristics and low glycaemic and/or insulinemic indices; a pleasant sensation in the mouth is preserved; the products remain safe for consumers.
20 cl, 7 dwg, 19 tbl, 6 ex
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Dates
2014-07-20—Published
2009-10-23—Filed