Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Concentrate composition for drink from concentrate
- Patent Title (中): 集中饮料浓缩成分
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Application No.: US12594222Application Date: 2008-05-07
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Publication No.: US08367140B2Publication Date: 2013-02-05
- Inventor: Masahiro Fukuda , Eri Itaya , Hirokazu Takahashi , Ryo Kusaka
- Applicant: Masahiro Fukuda , Eri Itaya , Hirokazu Takahashi , Ryo Kusaka
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Kao Corporation
- Current Assignee: Kao Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2007-123968 20070508; JP2007-123969 20070508; JP2008-100386 20080408; JP2008-100387 20080408
- International Application: PCT/JP2008/001146 WO 20080507
- International Announcement: WO2008/139725 WO 20081120
- Main IPC: A23F3/00
- IPC: A23F3/00

Abstract:
A concentrated beverage composition for reconstitution is reduced in bitterness and astringency, adequate in both sweetness and sourness and improved in storage stability despite the inclusion of a high concentration of non-polymer catechins. The concentrated beverage composition for reconstitution contains (A) from 0.5 to 25.0 wt % of non-polymer catechins, (B) a carbohydrate, and (C) a hydroxycarboxylic acid, and meets the following conditions (D) and (E) as well as at least one condition selected from the following conditions (F1), (F2) and (F3): (D) a content of gallic acid is lower than 0.6 wt %, (E) a percentage of non-epi-forms in the non-polymer catechins is from 5 to 25 wt %, (F1) a Brix degree is from 20 to 70, and when diluted with deionized water to give a non-polymer catechin concentration of 0.13 wt %, a pH is from 2.5 to 6.0, (F2) a solid content is not lower than 70.0 wt %, and when diluted with deionized water to give a non-polymer catechin concentration of 0.13 wt %, a pH is from 2.5 to 6.0, and (F3) an absorbance at 400 nm is smaller than 0.5 and a pH is from 2.5 to 6.0, when diluted with deionized water to give a non-polymer catechin concentration of 0.13 wt %.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100143554A1 CONCENTRATE COMPOSITION FOR DRINK FROM CONCENTRATE Public/Granted day:2010-06-10
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