Kao Corporation

Yoshikazu Ogura

Susumu Ohishi

Shinji Yamamoto

Yoshinobu Hayakawa

Yasushi Shioya

Tatsuya Kusaura

Masaki Iwasaki

Hirokazu Takahashi

Yoko Sugiura

Eri Itaya

Atsushi Konishi

Masahiro Fukuda

Naoki Hosoya

Eiichi Hoshino

Kiyoshi Kataoka

Kouichi Naitoh

Sayaka Domon

Kazuhiro Otsuka

Koichi Naitoh

Hidefumi Yamane

Hiroshi Hashimoto

Takeshi Yasumasu

Seiji Yamasaki

Chitoshi Shigeno

Yuko Kubo

Masami Shimizu

Yasushi Yamada

Yuji Matsui

Osamu Tabata

Yukiteru Sugiyama

Hitoshi Takaya

Takanobu Katayama

Nobuhiro Tatsumi

Jun Saito

Norihiko Satake

Koichi Naito

Shinichiro Takashima

Setsujiro Inaoka

Susumu Oishi

Ami Moritani

Kojirou Hashizume

Yasushi c/o Kao Corporation Res Lab Shioya

Yoshinobu c/o Kao Corporation Res Lab Hayakawa

Tatsuya c/o Kao Corporation Res Lab Kusaura

Shinji c/o Kao Corporation Res Lab Yamamoto

Provided is a concentrated coffee extract solution having a rich sweet aroma and a clear aftertaste. The concentrated coffee extract solution contains the following components (A) and (B):

Process for producing a concentrated coffee extract

A process for selectively removing caffeine from a caffeine-containing catechin composition, which includes dissolving the caffeine-containing catechin composition in a 9/1 to 1/9 by weight mixed solution of an organic solvent and water, and then bringing the resultant solution into contact with activated carbon alone or with activated carbon and also acid clay or activated clay; and a packaged beverage containing such a decaffeinated composition.

Green tea extract

Disclosed is a container-packed black coffee beverage which has an excellent hypertension ameliorating effect and can be ingested in an ordinary manner. A container-packed black coffee satisfying the following requirements (A) to (C): (A) a chlorogenic acid: 0.01 to 1% by mass; (B) hydroxyhydroquinone: 0.1% by mass or less relative to the mass of the chlorogenic acid; and (C) the chlorogenic acid/a coffee solid content &#x2267;0.025 (by mass).

Container-packed black coffee beverage

Provided is a concentrated coffee composition containing chlorogenic acids at a high concentration and having good taste or flavor. The concentrated coffee composition of the present invention contains the following components (A) and (B):

Concentrated coffee composition and method of producing same

The present invention provides refined roasted coffee beans having a Hunter L value of 10 to 30 and a hydroxyhydroquinone content of not higher than 30 mg/kg by contacting an aqueous solvent with raw material roasted coffee beans. The invention also provides a process for producing refined roasted coffee beans, which includes contacting raw material roasted coffee beans having a Hunter L value of 12 to 35, with coffee bean-derived extract-containing water selected from water containing an extract derived from roasted coffee beans having a Hunter L value of 40 or more and water containing an extract derived from raw coffee beans.

Refined roasted coffee beans, coffee composition, and method of making composition and soluble product

Concentrated coffee extract

A non-tea-based, packaged beverage with a green tea extract mixed therein contains the following ingredients (A) and (B): (A) 0.06 to 0.5 wt. % of non-polymer catechins, and (B) 9 to 13.5 mM of citric acid or a salt thereof. Its pH is from 3.4 to 4.2. The non-tea-based, packaged beverage contains catechins at a high concentration, is reduced in bitterness and astringency, is suited for long-term drinking, and is excellent in the stability of bitterness and astringency and also in the feeling as it passes down the throat, and moreover, its color tone remains stable over a long term even when packed in a clear package and stored at high temperatures.

Packaged beverages

Packaged beverage with caffeine-containing catechin composition

The present invention provides a packaged coffee beverage subjected to heat-sterilization, wherein

Packaged coffee beverage

Method for production of processed and roasted coffee bean

Provision of a packaged milk coffee beverage having excellent hypertensive effects. A packaged milk coffee beverage satisfying the following conditions (A) to (C):

Container-packed milk coffee beverage

Disclosed is a container-packed milk coffee beverage which has an excellent hypertension ameliorating effect and can be ingested in an ordinary manner. A container-packed milk coffee which has a pH falling within the range from 5 to 7 and satisfies the following requirements (A) to (C): (A) a chlorogenic acid: 0.01 to 1% by mass; (B) hydroxyhydroquinone: 0.08% by mass or less relative to the mass of the chlorogenic acid; and (C) the chlorogenic acid/a coffee solid content&#x2267;0.03 (by mass).

A vegetable drink composition containing (A) from 0.1 to 15% by weight of one or more substances selected from the group consisting of water-soluble acidic polysaccharide dietary fiber, water-soluble neutral polysaccharide dietary fiber, and indigestible oligosaccharide; (B) 65% by weight or more of water; and (C) one or more vegetable juices; which is subjected to a heat sterilization treatment; has a vegetable solid content of from 0.001 to 0.09% by weight, wherein said vegetable solid is a solid material having a particle size of 833 &#x3bc;m or smaller; and has a pH of from 3 to 5.

Vegetable drink composition

To provide a packaged high-catechin beverage in which a low-caffeine green tea extract is added. A packaged beverage containing from 0.03 to 1.0 wt % of non-polymer catechins, in which a low-caffeine green tea extract obtained by a method of brining a green tea extract into contact with a 91/9 to 97/3 by weight mixture of an organic solvent and water, activated carbon, and acid clay or activated clay is added.

Package drink

To provide a packaged coffee beverage, which contains chlorogenic acids at high concentration, has good flavor and taste, and is suppressed in the occurrence of sediment during long-term storage. A packaged coffee beverage subjected to heat sterilization treatment, the beverage comprising (A) monocaffeoylquinic acid, (B) feruloylquinic acid and (C) dicaffeoylquinic acid, wherein (a) a total content of the ingredients (A), (B) and (C) contained in dissolved states in the beverage is from 0.14 to 4% by weight based on the beverage, and the beverage comprises (b) 80% by weight or more of water, (c) magnesium and sodium at a Mg/Na weight ratio of from 0.04 to 1, (d) a coffee extract obtained from roasted coffee beans having an L value of form 16 to 25, and (e) from 0.0024 to 0.0122% by weight of brown color in terms of Food Yellow No. 4.

Packaged coffee drink

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Tokyo, Japan

Yoshikazu Ogura