Kao Corporation

Hitoshi Sato

Hirokazu Takahashi

Masahiro Fukuda

Yukiteru Sugiyama

Kenji Yamawaki

Keiji Shibata

Hideaki Ueoka

Eri Itaya

Shingo Koyama

Kenichi Shikata

Miwa Ogasawara

Hideo Ohminami

Yutaka Shoga

Iyori Shirakura

This invention relates to a tea extract, which is reduced in bitterness, sourness and coarse taste, has a good affinity with various beverages, and contains non-polymer catechins that are highly stable in a sterilized beverage to which the tea extract is added. A purified tea extract, including:

Tea extract

Provided is a method for producing a chlorogenic acids composition having a reduced caffeine content and good taste and favor, capable of efficiently recovering high purity of chlorogenic acids from a chlorogenic acids-containing composition. The method for producing a purified chlorogenic acids composition comprises a step A of bringing a chlorogenic acids-containing composition into contact with a cation exchange resin; a step B of bringing the liquid obtained in the step A into contact with an anion exchange resin; and a step C of bringing an eluent into contact with the anion exchange resin after the step B.

Method for manufacturing refined chlorogenic acids composition

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Narita, Japan

Hitoshi Sato