Beer-flavored beverage

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10117451-B2
Application number	US-201515737578-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 28, 2015
Priority date	Jun 19, 2015
Publication date	Nov 6, 2018
Grant date	Nov 6, 2018

Abstract

Provided is a beer-taste beverage, including: (A) proline; and (B) dehydroascorbic acid, in which: a mass ratio of the component (B) to the component (A), [(B)/(A)], is from 0.001 to 1,000; the beer-taste beverage has a pH of from 2 to 5; and the beer-taste beverage has a content of ethanol of less than 1 mass %.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A flavored beverage, comprising:
(A) proline;
(B) 0.000005 to 0.14 mass % of dehydroascorbic acid, and
(J) 0.001 to 0.05 mass % of a sodium ion, wherein:
a mass ratio of the component (B) to the component (A), [(B)/(A)], is from 0.001 to 1,000;
the beer-taste beverage has a pH of from 2 to 5; and
the beer-taste beverage has a content of ethanol of less than 1 mass %.

2. The flavored beverage according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the component (B) is from 0.000005 mass % to 0.12 mass %.

3. The flavored beverage according to claim 1 , further comprising (C) one or two or more of polyphenols selected from the group consisting of a flavonol, a flavanone, a flavanol, and sugar adducts thereof.

4. The flavored beverage according to claim 3 , wherein a content of the component (C) is from 0.001 mass % to 0.5 mass %.

5. The flavored beverage according to claim 3 , wherein a mass ratio of the component (C) to the component (B), [(C)/(B)], is from 1 to 500.

6. The flavored beverage according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the component (A) is from 0.000001 mass % to 0.01 mass %.

7. The flavored beverage according to claim 1 , further comprising (D) at least one selected from the group consisting of a carboxylic acid, an inorganic acid, and salts thereof.

8. The flavored beverage according to claim 7 , wherein a content of the component (D) is from 0.0001 mass % to 1 mass %.

9. The flavored beverage according to claim 1 , which is a non-fermented beer flavored beverage.

10. The flavored beverage according to claim 1 , wherein a content of (E) ethanol is 0.00 mass %.

11. The flavored beverage according to claim 1 , wherein the beer flavored beverage has a content of (F) a carbon dioxide gas of from 1 v/v to 3 v/v in terms of a gas volume (GV).

12. The flavored beverage according to claim 1 , which is a beer flavored beverage packaged in a container.

13. The flavored beverage according to claim 12 , wherein the container is a metal can.

Assignees

• Kao Corp

Inventors

• Yoshimura Kenji
• Takatsu Hideyuki

Classifications

• A23V2250/2132

  Other phenolic compounds, polyphenols · CPC title

• A23L2/38

  Other non-alcoholic beverages (drinks from legumes A23L11/60) · CPC title

• A23V2250/064

  Proline · CPC title

• A23V2250/1614

  Sodium · CPC title

• A23L2/00

  Non-alcoholic beverages; Dry compositions or concentrates therefor (soup concentrates A23L23/10); Preparation or treatment thereof (preparation of non-alcoholic beverages by removal of alcohol C12H3/00) · CPC title