Yogurt
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Yakult Honsha
InventorsRyoichi Akahoshi, Takahiro Mizobuchi, Yoshihiro Takahashi, Taketsugu Saita
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Abstract
Yogurt containing lactic acid bacteria and Bifidobacteria, to which one or more kinds of sweet substances selected from a group consisting of palatinose, palatinite, maltose, maltitol, starch syrup, reducing starch syrup and trehalose as well as a refined fish oil containing highly unsaturated fatty acids such as DHA and EPA are added, is packed in an oxygen blocking hermetic package. The yogurt contains highly unsaturated fatty acids and has good flavor and taste, as well as excellent product quality stability, and does not generate a fishy odor during normal storage periods.
Claims8
Yogurt comprising:
- lactic acid bacteria, including Bifidobacteria, and one or more sweet substances selected from the group consisting of palatinose, palatinite, maltose, maltitol, starch syrup, reducing starch syrup and trehalose in an amount of 10% to 38% by weight;
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- a refined fish oil containing highly unsaturated fatty acids in an amount corresponding to 0.005-0.2% by weight of DHA based on the yogurt;
- said yogurt packed in an oxygen blocking hermetic package.
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