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US 2018/0153192 A1Published application
Beer-flavored beverage
AssigneeKao Corporation
InventorsKenji YOSHIMURA, Hideyuki TAKATSU
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Abstract
Provided is a beer-taste beverage, including: (A) proline; and (B) dehydroascorbic acid, in which: a mass ratio of the component (B) to the component (A), [(B)/(A)], is from 0.001 to 1,000; the beer-taste beverage has a pH of from 2 to 5; and the beer-taste beverage has a content of ethanol of less than 1 mass %.
Claims14
1:
- A beer-taste beverage, comprising:
- (A) proline;
- (B) 0.000005 to 0.14 mass % of dehydroascorbic acid, and
- (J) 0.001 to 0.05 mass % of a sodium ion, wherein:
- a mass ratio of the component (B) to the component (A), [(B)/(A)], is from 0.001 to 1,000;
- the beer-taste beverage has a pH of from 2 to 5;
- and
- the beer-taste beverage has a content of ethanol of less than 1 mass %.
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2:
- The beer-taste beverage according to claim 1, wherein a content of the component (B) is from 0.000005 mass % to 0.12 mass %.
3:
- The beer-taste beverage according to claim 1, further comprising (C) one or two or more of polyphenols selected from the group consisting of a flavonol, a flavanone, a flavanol, and sugar adducts thereof.
4:
- The beer-taste beverage according to claim 3, wherein a content of the component (C) is from 0.001 mass % to 0.5 mass %.
5:
- The beer-taste beverage according to claim 3, wherein a mass ratio of the component (C) to the component (B), [(C)/(B)], is from 1 to 500.
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8:
- The beer-taste beverage according to claim 1, wherein a content of the component (A) is from 0.000001 mass % to 0.01 mass %.
9:
- The beer-taste beverage according to claim 1, further comprising (D) at least one selected from the group consisting of a carboxylic acid, an inorganic acid, and salts thereof.
10:
- The beer-taste beverage according to claim 9, wherein a content of the component (D) is from 0.0001 mass % to 1 mass %.
11:
- The beer-taste beverage according to claim 1, which is a non-fermented beer-taste beverage.
12:
- The beer-taste beverage according to claim 1, wherein a content of (E) ethanol is 0.00 mass %.
13:
- The beer-taste beverage according to claim 1, wherein the beer-taste beverage has a content of (F) a carbon dioxide gas of from 1 v/v to 3 v/v in terms of a gas volume (GV).
14:
- The beer-taste beverage according to claim 1, which is a beer-taste beverage packaged in a container.
15:
- The beer-taste beverage according to claim 14, wherein the container is a metal can.