Title:
PACKAGED GREEN-TEA BEVERAGE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/092977
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided is a packaged caffeine-reduced green-tea beverage, which can be enjoyed either hot or cold, and which has a sweet aroma and rich full-bodied flavor. The packaged green-tea beverage has a caffeine concentration of less than 90ppm, and a total sugar concentration (obtained by adding the concentration of nonreducing sugars and the concentration of reducing sugars) that falls within the range of 150ppm to 500ppm; a ratio of the concentration of nonreducing sugars to the concentration of reducing sugars (non-reducing sugars/reducing sugars) that falls within the range of 2.0 to 13.0; a ratio of ester catechins to sugar concentration (ester catechins/sugars) that falls within the range of 0.9 to 2.2; and a percentage of the concentration of theanine to the concentration of caffeine (theanine/caffeine x 100) of at least 10.0.
Inventors:
SASAME MASAMI (JP)
KINUGASA HITOSHI (JP)
SHIMAOKA KENJI (JP)
SOEDA TAKASHI (JP)
KINUGASA HITOSHI (JP)
SHIMAOKA KENJI (JP)
SOEDA TAKASHI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2010/073106
Publication Date:
August 04, 2011
Filing Date:
December 22, 2010
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ITO EN LTD (JP)
SASAME MASAMI (JP)
KINUGASA HITOSHI (JP)
SHIMAOKA KENJI (JP)
SOEDA TAKASHI (JP)
SASAME MASAMI (JP)
KINUGASA HITOSHI (JP)
SHIMAOKA KENJI (JP)
SOEDA TAKASHI (JP)
International Classes:
A23F3/16
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2008081542A1 | 2008-07-10 |
Foreign References:
| JP2009034075A | 2009-02-19 | |||
| JP2008142074A | 2008-06-26 | |||
| JP2001245591A | 2001-09-11 | |||
| JP2008113569A | 2008-05-22 | |||
| JPH0870772A | 1996-03-19 |
Other References:
TOYOMASA ANAN ET AL.: "Changes in the free sugar contents of green tea during heating or storage", CHAGYO GIJUTSU KENKYU, vol. 66, 1984, pages 47 - 51
KEIICHIRO MURAMATSU ET AL., ASAKURA SHOTEN, 1997, pages 106 - 109
TOJIRO TSUSHIDA ET AL.: "Selective extraction of caffeine with hot water from intact tea leaves", JOURNAL OF THE AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN, vol. 59, no. 9, 1985, pages 917 - 919
KEIICHIRO MURAMATSU ET AL., ASAKURA SHOTEN, 1997, pages 106 - 109
TOJIRO TSUSHIDA ET AL.: "Selective extraction of caffeine with hot water from intact tea leaves", JOURNAL OF THE AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN, vol. 59, no. 9, 1985, pages 917 - 919
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
TAKEUCHI, ICHIZAWA & ASSOCIATES (JP)
Patent business corporation Takeuchi and an Ichizawa international patent firm (JP)
Patent business corporation Takeuchi and an Ichizawa international patent firm (JP)
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