IP Library Granted Patent US 7,501,138
Granted Patent B2
US 7,501,138 · App. 10/510,772 · Granted Mar 10, 2009

Liquid food/drink containing fat-soluble vitamin and method of stabilizing fat-soluble vitamin

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Patent No.
US 7,501,138
App. No.
10/510,772
Granted
Mar 10, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a liquid food or drink containing a lipid-soluble vitamin, which comprises a pigment selected from the group consisting of riboflavin or a derivative thereof or a salt of the same, a carotenoid pigment, a cochineal extract pigment and a safflower pigment, or an emulsion, and an antioxidant; a method of stabilizing a lipid-soluble vitamin, which comprises adding the aforementioned pigment or emulsion and the antioxidant to a solution or a liquid food or drink containing a lipid-soluble vitamin; and a composition consisting of the aforementioned pigment or emulsion, and the antioxidant.

Claims (6)

1. A method of stabilizing vitamin K or ubiquinone to be contained in a solution or a liquid food or drink, which comprises adding an emulsion, and an antioxidant to a solution or a liquid food or drink containing vitamin K or ubiquinone, wherein the emulsion is an emulsion selected from the group consisting of cow milk, goat milk, ewe milk, horse milk, skimmed milk, partially skimmed milk, fermented milk, lactic acid bacterial beverage, milk beverage, concentrated milk, skimmed and concentrated milk, or an emulsion obtained by mixing an aqueous medium, a fat and oil and an emulsifier.

2. The stabilizing method according to claim 1 , wherein the antioxidant is an antioxidant selected from the group consisting of polyphenol, tocopherol or a derivative thereof or a salt of the same, ascorbic acid or a salt thereof, rutin, caffeine and isoflavone.

3. The stabilizing method according to claim 1 , wherein the vitamin K is phylloquinone (vitamin K 1 ), menaquinone (vitamin K 2 ) or menadione (vitamin K 3 ).

4. The stabilizing method according to claim 1 , wherein the ubiquinone is ubidecarenone.

5. The stabilizing method according to claim 1 , wherein the emulsion is added to give the content of the emulsion per 100 ml of the solution or the liquid food or drink containing the vitamin K or ubiquinone to be equal to or more than 1 g.

6. The stabilizing method according to claim 1 , wherein the antioxidant is added to give the content of the antioxidant per 100 ml of the solution or the liquid food or drink containing the vitamin K or ubiquinone to be equal to or more than 0.1 mg.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2009
From: KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD.
To: KYOWA HAKKO BIO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022787/0667 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2004
From: NAKANO, YUICHIRO; HARA, TAKAHIRO
To: KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 016414/0568 →