Beverage having a concentrated or purified tea extract
AssigneeKao Corporation
InventorsSusumu Ohishi, Kouichi Naitoh, Masaki Iwasaki, Yoshikazu Ogura
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Abstract
Provided is a beverage having a concentrated or purified tea extract incorporated therein and containing the following ingredients (A) and (B): (A) non-polymer catechins from 0.092 to 0.5 wt. %, (B) quinic acid at a weight ratio of [(B)/(A)] falling within a range of from 0.01 to 0.1. The beverage of the present invention is suited for daily drinking, because it does not generate an uncomfortable aftertaste which will otherwise remain after bitterness or astringency peculiar to catechins is alleviated by a sweetener or the like.
Claims5
A beverage having a concentrated or purified tea extract incorporated therein and containing the following ingredients (A) and (B):
- (A) non-polymer catechins from 0.092 to 0.5 wt. %,
- (B) qiuinic acid
- which is obtained by mixing a fermented tea extract or a diluted solution of the concentrate of a fermented tea extract with a concentrated or purified green tea extract;
- and has a weight ratio of [(B)/(A)] falling within a range of from 0.01 to 0.66.
A beverage of having a concentrated or purified tea extract incorporated therein and containing the following ingredients (A) and (B):
- (A) non-polymer catechins from 0.092 to 0.5 wt. %,
- (B) quinic acid
- which is obtained by mixing a semi-fermented tea extract or a diluted solution of the concentrate of a semi-fermented tea extract with a concentrated or purified green tea extract and has a weight ratio of [(B)/(A)] falling within a range of from 0.01 to 0.33.
A beverage of having a concentrated or purified tea extract incorporated therein and containing the following ingredients (A) and (B):
- (A) non-polymer catechins from 0.092 to 0.5 wt. %,
- (B) qiuinic acid
- which is obtained by mixing a green tea extract with a concentrated or purified green tea extract and has a weight ratio of [(B)/(A)] falling within a range of from 0.01 to 0.16.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.