Packed coffee beverage containing furfuryl methyl sulfide

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11246325-B2
Application number	US-201816493765-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 14, 2018
Priority date	Mar 14, 2017
Publication date	Feb 15, 2022
Grant date	Feb 15, 2022

Abstract

A coffee beverage having, regardless of a liquid temperature of the beverage, reduced bitterness and little aftertaste is provided. The content of guaiacol and the content of furfuryl methyl sulfide in the beverage are adjusted to specific ranges.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A packed coffee beverage comprising:
a content of guaiacol of 100 to 550 μg/L;
a content of furfuryl methyl sulfide of 25 to 1,000 μg/L; and
a content of p-ethylphenol of 2 to 20 μg/L,

wherein the beverage further comprises at least one of the following:
(i) a content of furfuryl mercaptan of 1,800 to 5,000 μg/L;
(ii) a content of furfuryl methyl disulfide of 25 to 300 μg/L; and
(iii) a content of furfuryl thioacetate is of 25 to 300 μg/L.

2. The packed coffee beverage according to claim 1 , wherein the content of furfuryl methyl sulfide in the beverage is 150 to 500 μg/L.

3. The packed coffee beverage according to claim 1 , wherein the beverage is black coffee.

4. The packed coffee beverage according to claim 1 , wherein a Brix value of the beverage is 0.4 or more.

5. The packed coffee beverage according to claim 1 , wherein the beverage is packed in a re-sealable lidded container.

6. The packed coffee beverage according to claim 2 , wherein the beverage is black coffee.

7. The packed coffee beverage according to claim 2 , wherein a Brix value of the beverage is 0.4 or more.

8. The packed coffee beverage according to claim 2 , wherein the beverage is packed in a re-sealable lidded container.

9. A method of producing a packed coffee beverage, comprising:
(i) adjusting a content of guaiacol in the beverage to 100 to 550 μg/L;
(ii) adjusting a content of furfuryl methyl sulfide in the beverage to 25 to 1,000 μg/L;
(iii) adjusting a content of p-ethylphenol in the beverage to 2 to 20 μg/L;
(iv) adjusting at least one of the following in the beverage:
(a) a content of furfuryl mercaptan to 1,800 to 5,000 μg/L;
(b) a content of furfuryl methyl disulfide to 25 to 300 μg/L; and
(c) a content of furfuryl thioacetate to 25 to 300 μg/L, and

(v) packing the beverage.

Assignees

• Suntory Holdings Ltd

Inventors

• Yano Taro
• Sugino Ryosuke
• Ibusuki Daigo
• Iwasa Chihiro
• Ito Nobuhiro

Classifications

• A23F5/465 Primary

  Flavouring with flavours other than natural coffee flavour or coffee oil · CPC title

• A23L27/2052

  having oxygen or sulfur as the only hetero atoms · CPC title

• A23F5/24

  Extraction of coffee (isolation of coffee flavour or coffee oil A23F5/48); Coffee extracts (with reduced alkaloid content A23F5/20); Making instant coffee (methods of roasting extracted coffee A23F5/06) · CPC title

• A23F5/243 Primary

  Liquid, semi-liquid or non-dried semi-solid coffee extract preparations; Coffee gels; Liquid coffee in solid capsules (A23F5/246 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A23L27/2022

  containing sulfur · CPC title