| abstract |
A powder composition characterized in that it comprises defatted yolk particles and a functional food material and that the functional food material has been infiltrated into pores present in the defatted yolk particles; a process for producing a powder composition characterized by mixing defatted yolk with water, spray-drying the resultant mixture to prepare defatted yolk particles which are porous and have pores on the surfaces, mixing the resultant defatted yolk particles with a functional food material, and vacuum-drying the resultant mixture; and a food comprising the powder composition. The powder composition is highly flowable and tack-free, can contain the functional food material in a high concentration, prevents the deterioration of a substance susceptible to deterioration by light, heat, oxygen, etc., improves the undesirable flavor of a substance, and stably retains the components of the functional food material over long. |