Title:
PRODUCTION OF CANNED TEA BEVERAGE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH01240145
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To provide canned tea drinks which have a good scent, taste and color tone, have a high residual content of vitamin C and have inspectability of a vacuum degree by replacing the air in a container with a gaseous mixture while the packed tea drinks are in a specific temp. range. CONSTITUTION: The tea drinks, such as green tea, oolong tea and black tea, are packed into the can containers at 50 to 70 deg.C, more preferably 55 to 65 deg.C. The gaseous mixture composed of gaseous nitrogen and carbon dioxide, and more preferably the gaseous mixture having the volumetric ratio of the gaseous nitrogen and the carbon dioxide of 60:40 to 40:60 are blown into the can containers while the temp. of the tea drinks packed into the can containers is in the range of 50 to 70 deg.C, more preferably 55 to 65 deg.C, by which the air in the can containers is replaced with the gaseous mixture. The can containers are then hermetically sealed.
Inventors:
IKEDA SHIGEO
FUJIKI YUTAKA
NAKAI TOSHIO
UKO KIYOSHI
KOYAMA MASAHIRO
FUJIKI YUTAKA
NAKAI TOSHIO
UKO KIYOSHI
KOYAMA MASAHIRO
Application Number:
JP6731588A
Publication Date:
September 25, 1989
Filing Date:
March 23, 1988
Export Citation:
Assignee:
COCA COLA CO
International Classes:
B65B31/04; A23F3/16; A23L2/00; A23L2/42; (IPC1-7): A23F3/16; A23L2/00; B65B31/04
Domestic Patent References:
| JPS6384466A | 1988-04-15 | |||
| JPS6023193A | 1985-02-05 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Heiyoshi Odashima (1 person outside)