An easily dispersible granule of soybean protein having powdery soybean
protein whose surface is coated with a carbohydrate, which is not readily
digestible, wherein the carbohydrate is present in an amount of at least
5 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the powdery soybean protein.
A method for preparing such an easily dispersible granule of soybean
protein in which powdery soybean protein is granulated while the powder
is sprayed with an aqueous solution containing a carbohydrate which is
not readily digestible and which is characterized by using at least 5
parts by weight of the hardly digestible carbohydrate per 100 parts by
weight of the powdery soybean protein is also shown. An alternative
method involves spraying a dry mix of soybean protein and not readily
digestible carbohydrate with lecithin in water, and removing the water
from the resultant lecithin-coated mix.