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US 12,285,032 B2Granted
Food/drink containing sucrose-containing plants
AssigneeMizkan Holdings Co., Ltd.
InventorsManabu Konishi, Junichiro Ihara
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Abstract
A powdery food containing a sucrose-containing plant with a sucrose content of 2.5 mass % or more in terms of dry mass, a dietary fiber content of 1 mass % or more in terms of dry mass, has a particle sizes d50 after ultrasonication of 1,000 μm or less and has an acetoin content of 1 ppb or more and 40,000 ppb or less, is provided. The powdery food easily controls the burnt odor derived from sucrose and extract the sweet flavor peculiar to sucrose in a food and drink containing a powder derived from a sucrose-containing plant.
Claims5
A method for manufacturing a powdery food, the method comprising:
- forming the powdery food by:
- a first step of drying a sucrose-containing plant having a sucrose content of 2.5 mass % or more in terms of dry mass and a dietary fiber content of 1 mass % or more in terms of dry mass to a state in which a content of water is 20 mass % or less, and
- a second step of crushing the sucrose-containing plant,
- wherein acetoin and dimethyl sulfoxide are added in a pure form or a composition containing acetoin and dimethyl sulfoxide before or after the first step or the second step,
- wherein the powdery food has a particle size d50 1,000 μm or less and contains 1 ppb or more and 40,000 ppb or less of acetoin and 1 ppb or more and 40,000 ppb or less of dimethyl sulfoxide, and
- wherein the powdery food comprises the sucrose-containing plant consisting of one plant selected from the group consisting of pumpkins, beets, carrots, soybeans, sweet potatoes, pineapples, bananas, mangoes, and almonds.
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