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US 8,337,929 · App. 12/741,424 · Granted Dec 25, 2012

Packaged coffee beverage

Assignee: Kao Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,337,929
App. No.
12/741,424
Granted
Dec 25, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a packaged coffee beverage subjected to heat-sterilization, wherein (A) a concentration of chlorogenic acids is not less than 0.1% by mass and less than 0.14% by mass, (B) a mass ratio of chlorogenic acids/tannin (FOLIN-DENIS method) is in the range of 0.6 to 1.0, and (C) a mass ratio of dichlorogenic acids/chlorogenic acids is in the range of 0.07 to 0.16.

Claims (19)

1. A packaged coffee beverage subjected to heat-sterilization, wherein the sterilized packaged coffee beverage comprises

(A) a concentration of chlorogenic acids which is not less than 0.1% by mass and less than 0.14% by mass,

(B) a mass ratio of chlorogenic acids/tannin as determined by the FOLIN-DENIS method in the range of 0.65 to 0.85, and

(C) a mass ratio of dicaffeoylquinic acid/chlorogenic acids in the range of 0.07 to 0.16.

2. The packaged coffee beverage according to claim 1 , wherein the package is a can.

3. The packaged coffee beverage according to claim 1 or 2 , comprising extraction liquids of at least two roast coffee beans having different roast degrees.

4. The packaged coffee beverage according to claim 1 or 2 , comprising an extraction liquid of roast coffee beans treated with activated charcoal.

5. The packaged coffee beverage according to claim 1 or 2 , comprising an extraction liquid of roast coffee beans treated with a mannan-degrading enzyme.

6. The packaged coffee beverage according to claim 1 or 2 , which is sterilized at a temperature of not less than 123° C.

7. A method for producing the packaged coffee beverage according to claim 1 , comprising:

(1): treating a coffee extraction liquid of roast coffee bean having an L value of 14 to 25 with an adsorbent to give a coffee extract (a);

(2): mixing the coffee extract (a) with a coffee extract (b) of roast coffee bean having an L value of 35 to 55 to give a coffee liquid; and

(3): heat-sterilizing the coffee liquid,

and further comprising adding a mannan-degrading enzyme to the coffee extraction liquid before (3).

8. The method for producing the packaged coffee beverage according to claim 7 , comprising the step of adding a mannan-degrading enzyme to the coffee extraction liquid before the treatment with the adsorbent.

9. The method for producing the packaged coffee beverage according to claim 7 , wherein a weight ratio of coffee solid content in (a)/coffee solid content in (b) is from 3 to 8.

10. The method for producing the packaged coffee beverage according to claim 7 , wherein the mannan-degrading enzyme is β-type enzyme.

11. The packaged coffee beverage according to claim 1 , wherein the concentration of chlorogenic acids is from 0.11 to 0.13% by mass.

12. The packaged coffee beverage according to claim 1 , wherein the mass ratio of dicaffeoylquinic acid/chlorogenic acids is from 0.09 to 0.14.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 18, 2010
From: OGURA, YOSHIKAZU; DOMON, SAYAKA; KATAOKA, KIYOSHI; MORITANI, AMI; YAMAMOTO, SHINJI
To: KAO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024399/0226 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2007-300355 · Nov 20, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100266726A1 · Oct 21, 2010