Photodegradation resistant beverage

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9814248-B2
Application number	US-201214004241-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 9, 2012
Priority date	Mar 11, 2011
Publication date	Nov 14, 2017
Grant date	Nov 14, 2017

Abstract

The present invention relates to a beverage having excellent photodegradation resistance. More particularly, the present invention relates to a photodegradation resistant beverage comprising a fat-free milk solid content and fat content, the fat content comprising not less than 70% by mass vegetable fat and oil, and the vegetable fat and oil is selected from the group consisting of coconut oil, sunflower oil and a mixture thereof.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A photodegradation resistant beverage comprising a fat-free milk solid content and a fat content,
said fat content comprising not less than 70% by mass of vegetable fat and oil,
said vegetable fat and oil being selected from coconut oil, and a mixture of coconut oil and sunflower oil,
wherein an amount of said fat-free milk solid content is 4 to 10% by mass of said beverage,
wherein said fat-free milk solid content is derived from at least one material selected from the group consisting of raw milk, milk, whole powdered milk, powdered fat-free milk, milk whey, defatted milk, concentrated milk, defatted concentrated milk, butter, cream, unsalted butter, and casein,
wherein the photodegradation resistant beverage is in a transparent container being capable of transmitting not less than 70% of the light in a wavelength region from 380 nm to 750 nm,
wherein said beverage does not substantially contain an antioxidant, and
wherein said beverage resists photodegradation when stored at 10° C. under a condition of light irradiation at 2000 lux for 2 weeks or under a condition of light irradiation at 7500 lux for 4 days.

2. The beverage according to claim 1 , wherein an amount of said fat content is 1.5 to 5% by mass of said beverage.

3. The beverage according to claim 1 , wherein said fat content comprises milk fat.

4. The beverage according to claim 1 , wherein an amount of said fat-free milk solid content is 4 to 6% by mass of said beverage.

5. The beverage according to claim 1 , wherein a total amount of lauric acid and myristic acid in a constituent fatty acid of said coconut oil is not less than 50% by mass.

6. The beverage according to claim 1 , wherein the amount of said oleic acid in the constituent fatty acid of said sunflower oil is not less than 80% by mass.

7. The beverage according to claim 1 , further comprising coffee or fruit juice.

8. The beverage according to claim 1 , wherein production of an unpleasant flavor or unpleasant odor is suppressed.

9. The beverage according to claim 1 , wherein the amount of the antioxidant in said beverage is not more than 0.1% by mass of the whole beverage.

10. The beverage according to claim 9 , wherein said antioxidant is selected from L-ascorbic acid, catechin, rutin, tea extract and tocopherol.

11. The beverage according to claim 1 , wherein said beverage does not substantially contain 2-heptenal or 1-octene-3-ol.

Assignees

• Ogawa Ippei
• Imazawa Takeshi
• Yoshimura Yumiko
• Meiji Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ogawa Ippei
• Imazawa Takeshi
• Yoshimura Yumiko

Classifications

• A23F5/243

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

• A23L2/44

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• B65D85/80

  for milk · CPC title

• B65D85/70

  for materials not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• A23C11/04

  containing non-milk fats but no non-milk proteins (A23C11/08, A23C11/10 take precedence) · CPC title