Suntory Holdings Limited

Suntory Beverage & Food Asia Pte. Ltd.

Hideki Matsubayashi

Kenji Yamamoto

Hiroshi Watanabe

Lee Kian Hong

Wakana Taguchi

Provided is a food or beverage product having good taste with sharp astringent taste of cycloaspartylglycine in the food or beverage product reduced. The content of cycloaspartylglycine and the weight ratio of the content of glucose to the content of maltose ([glucose]/[maltose] weight ratio) in the food or beverage product are adjusted to fall within specific ranges.

Food and beverages containing cyclo(aspartyl-glycine), glucose, and maltose

The present invention aims to provide extracts available for use in acidic beverage production and containing 2,5-piperazinedione,3,6-bis(phenylmethyl)-,(3S,6S)-, which is a useful substance with an improving effect on learning motivation. When an acid treatment step is included in the production of extracts containing 2,5-piperazinedione,3,6-bis(phenylmethyl)-,(3S,6S)-, it is possible to obtain acidic extracts which cause no sedimentation even when added to beverages. The extracts of the present invention can be added to beverages and so on without impairing the taste inherent to foods and beverages, and can be used for production of acidic beverages preferred by most consumers.

Acidic extracts and beverages containing 2,5-piperazinedione,3,6-bis(phenylmethyl)-(3S,6S)-

Extracts or beverages whose ratio between the content of 2,5-piperazinedione,3,6-bis(phenylmethyl)-,(3S,6S)-(unit: &#x3bc;g/100 g) and Brix (Bx) is 6 (&#x3bc;g/100 g)/Bx or more are good in flavor and feeling on the tongue and further have a good appearance.

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Hideki Matsubayashi