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US 6,884,444 B1Granted
Drinks with the use of seawater and process for producing the same
AssigneeAko Kasei Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoshinari Ikegami, Hiroshi Tabuchi, Koji Nakagawa
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Abstract
A process for producing a drink by desalting seawater to separate it into water and a concentrate sufficiently containing essential minerals such as magnesium, calcium and iron and vitamins, etc., and adding to the water either one of the concentrate itself or essential mineral components such as water-soluble magnesium, calcium, iron, etc. separately obtained from a seawater concentrate; and health-promoting drinks obtained by the method.
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A method for producing a drink, comprising the steps of:
- collecting seawater;
- separating the seawater into water and a concentrate by desalting;
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- adding to said separated water water-soluble mineral components obtained from said concentrate or another seawater concentrate, wherein said mineral components are magnesium and calcium, said magnesium and calcium are added to adjust the weight ratio of magnesium to calcium (Mg/Ca) to 4/1 to 1/3, and said desalination is conducted to adjust a hardness of water to 100 to 3,000 as measured by the EDTA method.
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