Suntory Holdings Limited

Suntory Flowers Limited

Takehiro Watanabe

Tomoya Misato

Masahiro Yamada

Toshiaki Azuma

Manabu Horikawa

Misa Ochiai

Eiichiro Ono

Keiko Shimamoto

Kazunari Iwaki

Tadayoshi Hirai

Katsuro Miyagawa

Koji Nagao

Soichiro Urai

Norihiko Kageyama

Tohru Yamagaki

Kohki Fujikawa

A novelgenus plant is provided that has a novel color tone unable to be previously produced. A candidategenus plant is selected as a parentgenus plant in the case carotenoid pigment is extracted from the petals thereof, and neoxanthin or a derivative thereof is present in the carotenoid pigment extract.

Mandevilla genus plant and production method of same

The purpose of the present invention is to: determine the structure of a novel steviol glycoside which is detected from species containing a large amount of Reb. C (also referred to as dulcoside B), and a trace amount of which is capable of influencing the quality of taste; and understand the taste characteristics of said steviol glycoside. The present invention provides a compound represented by formula (1) or a salt thereof, or a hydrate thereof.

Steviol glycoside and production method therefor, and sweetener composition containing same

genus plant and production method of same

Provided is a dietary fiber characterized in that bitterness and unpleasant aftertaste are restrained. The dietary fiber has terminal sugars and is characterized in that the ratio of aldoses relative to the total of the terminal sugars is 10% or less. Such a dietary fiber may be, for example, indigestible dextrin, polydextrose or the like. The dietary fiber may be used as a food additive (for example, a beverage additive).

Dietary fiber

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Soraku-gun, Japan

Takehiro Watanabe