Beer-flavored alcoholic beverage and method for producing the same
AssigneeKirin Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAkira HORIE, Mayura MOCHIZUKI, Reiko OTA, Masaru KATOU
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Abstract
Disclosed is a beer-taste alcoholic beverage having a bitter unit of 20 or more, comprising: a total content of free carboxymethyllysine (CML), free carboxyethyllysine (CEL), and free methylglyoxal-derived hydroimidazolone-1 (MG-H1) in the beverage of 600 to 1500 ppb and a total content of bound CML, bound CEL, and bound MG-H1 in the beverage of 90 to 349 ppb, wherein the bound CML, the bound CEL, and the bound MG-H1 are contained in a peptide fraction having a molecular weight of 400 to 3,000 Da. Unpleasant bitterness is reduced in the beer-taste alcoholic beverage.
Claims8
A beer-taste alcoholic beverage having a bitter unit of 20 or more, comprising:
- a total content of free carboxymethyllysine (CML), free carboxyethyllysine (CEL), and free methylglyoxal-derived hydroimidazolone-1 (MG-H1) in the beverage of 600 to 1500 ppb and a total content of bound CML, bound CEL, and bound MG-H1 in the beverage of 90 to 349 ppb,
- wherein the bound CML, the bound CEL, and the bound MG-H1 are contained in a peptide fraction having a molecular weight of 400 to 3,000 Da.
A method for producing a beer-taste alcoholic beverage having a bitter unit of 20 or more, comprising:
- adjusting the total content of free CML, free CEL, and free MG-H1 in the beverage to 600 to 1500 ppb and adjusting the total content of bound CML, bound CEL, and bound MG-H1 in the beverage to 90 to 349 ppb,
- wherein the bound CML, the bound CEL, and the bound MG-H1 are contained in a peptide fraction having a molecular weight of 400 to 3,000 Da.
A method for reducing unpleasant bitterness in a beer-taste alcoholic beverage having a bitter unit of 20 or more, comprising:
- adjusting the total content of free CML, free CEL, and free MG-H1 in the beverage to 599 to 1501 ppb and adjusting the total content of bound CML, bound CEL, and bound MG-H1 in the beverage to 90 to 349 ppb,
- wherein the bound CML, the bound CEL, and the bound MG-H1 are contained in a peptide fraction having a molecular weight of 400 to 3,000 Da.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.