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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2017
Applicant:
Sapporo Holdings Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sapporo Breweries Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12C 5/02 (2006.01); C12G 3/06 (2006.01); A23L 2/56 (2006.01); A23L 2/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12C 5/02 (2013.01); A23L 2/38 (2013.01); A23L 2/56 (2013.01); C12G 3/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided are a beverage having an unprecedented preferred aroma, and a method of improving an aroma of a beverage. The beverage according to one embodiment of the present invention has: a geranic acid content of 40 ppb or more; and a ratio of the geranic acid content to a geraniol content of 1.8 or more and 150.0 or less. The method of improving an aroma of a beverage according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: adjusting a geranic acid content of a beverage to 40 ppb or more; and adjusting a ratio of the geranic acid content to a geraniol content of the beverage to 1.8 or more and 150.0 or less.