Packaged beverages
AssigneeKao Corporation
InventorsYoshikazu OGURA, Seiji Yamasaki, Koichi Naitoh
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Abstract
Packaged beverages contain the following ingredients: (A) from 0.07 to 0.45 wt. % of non-polymer catechins, (B) from 0.06 to 0.5 wt. % of ascorbic acid or a metal salt thereof, and (C) non-polymer catechingallates. A content weight ratio (C/A) of the non-polymer catechingallates (C) to the non-polymer catechins (A) is from 0.8 to 1.0, and the packaged beverages have a pH of from 4.5 to 7. Another type of packaged beverages contain the following ingredients: (A) from 0.05 to 0.45 wt. % of non-polymer catechins, and (D) from 0.07 to 0.49 wt. % of β-cyclodextrin. The non-polymer catechins (A) contain (C) non-polymer catechingallates at a weight ratio (C/A) of from 0.7 to 1.0 relative to the non-polymer catechins (A).
Claims10
1-4. (canceled)
A packaged beverage comprising the following ingredients (A) and (D):
- (A) from 0.05 to 0.45 wt. % of non-polymer catechins, and
- (D) from 0.07 to 0.49 wt. % of β-cyclodextrin,
- wherein said non-polymer catechins (A) comprise (C) non-polymer catechingallates at a weight ratio (C/A) of from 0.7 to 1.0 relative to said non-polymer catechins (A).
A method for controlling pigmentation of teeth with a packaged beverage, which comprises:
- providing a beverage comprising (A) from 0.05 to 0.45 wt. % of non-polymer catechins wherein said non-polymer catechins (A) comprise (C) non-polymer catechingallates at a weight ratio (C/A) of from 0.7 to 1.0 relative to said non-polymer catechins (A), and
- adding from 0.07 to 0.49 wt. % of β-cyclodextrin to said beverage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.