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US 11,903,394 B2Granted
Beverage composition
AssigneeKao Corporation
InventorsKenji Yamawaki, Yukiteru Sugiyama
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Abstract
Provided is a beverage composition, including: non-polymer catechins; and caffeine, the beverage composition satisfying the following requirements (A), (B), and (C): (A) a mass ratio of caffeine/non-polymer catechins is 0.180 or less; (B) particles contained in the beverage composition have an average particle size of 3 μm or less; and (C) a turbidity is 30 NTU or more.
Claims6
A green tea extract, comprising:
- non-polymer catechins,
- caffeine, and
- fine particles, as an insoluble component of the green tea extract, obtained by a process comprising extraction of raw tea leaves with hot water,
- wherein
- (A) a mass ratio of caffeinelnon-polymer catechins is 0.180 or less, and a content of the non-polymer catechins in solids is from 20 mass % to 60 mass %, and
- the green tea extract satisfies requirements (B) and (C) when subjected to concentration adjustment so as to have a concentration of the non-polymer catechins of 175 mg/100 mL:
- (B) the fine particles contained in the green tea extract subjected to the concentration adjustment have an average particle size of from 0.2 μm to 3 μm;
- and
- (C) the green tea extract subjected to the concentration adjustment has a turbidity of at least 30 NTU.
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