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Title:
TASTE IMPROVER FOR FOOD AND BEVERAGE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2016/063394
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
[Problem] To provide a taste improver, when added, in only an extremely small amount, to a food or beverage containing a food material such as tea, coffee, roasted cereal, cacao or fruit, said taste improver being capable of largely enhancing the thickness of the taste, body feeling, etc. of the food material without showing any miscellaneous taste to thereby improve not only the taste balance but also the state of the food or beverage product, and said taste improver being capable of being easily and economically produced. [Solution] A taste improver for a food or beverage that comprises a heat-treated product obtained by adjusting an extract of a starting material of a food material to pH 6-12 and then heating for 10 minutes to 5 hours at 100-180oC, wherein: the starting material of a food material is selected from among optionally processed starting materials selected from the group consisting of tea leaves, coffee beans, roasted cereals, cacao beans and fruits; and the heat-treated product shows a ratio (A/B) of 0.88 or smaller [wherein (A) stands for the OD680 of a diluent of the heat-treated product; and (B) stands for a value corresponding thereto of the heat-treated product before pH adjustment].

Inventors:
NAKANISHI SHINO (JP)
SONODA SUMIHIRO (JP)
MURAI KOJI (JP)
MISUMI YOSHIYUKI (JP)
TOYODA NAOMI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2014/078189
Publication Date:
April 28, 2016
Filing Date:
October 23, 2014
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Assignee:
HASEGAWA T CO LTD (JP)
International Classes:
A23L1/221
Domestic Patent References:
WO2006064755A12006-06-22
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Patent Profession Corporation Odajima Patent Office (JP)
Patent business corporation Odajima patent firm (JP)
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