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Aim: We investigated and compared the semi-solidification properties when elemental or semi-elemental diets, which became used frequently for medical treatment at home practically, were gelated or semi-solidified with various food thickening or gelation agents.
Method: Easygel^®, Reflanon^® and Faset Powder^® were used as food thickening/gelation agents. These were added in elemental diet or semi-elemental diets and examined properties of matter. In addition, we carried out disintegration tests and dissolution tests to investigate the changes of forms of each nutrients with the thickening/gelation agents in the gastrointestinal tract.
Result: We could prepare pudding-like semisolid nutrients with Easygel^® for both elemental diet and semi-elemental diets, though we could not prepare gelated or semisolid nutrients with Reflanon^® or Faset Powder^®. Moreover, it was shown that all of semisolid nutrients with Easygel^® maintained their forms in the artificial gastric juice, but that the nutrients which had been added with Reflanon^®or Faset Powder^® could not maintain their forms in the artificial gastric juice, and dispersed and dissolved into the simulated gastric juice. On the other hand, all of semisolid nutrients including Easygel^®-derived gel were dispersed and dissolved into the artificial intestinal juice.
Conclusion: It can be expected that Easygel^® would be desirable for convenient semi-solidification of elemental diets and semi-elemental diets, and that Easygel^®-derived gels would be useful for prevention of aspiration pneumonia caused by gastroesophageal reflux.

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