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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Suntory Holdings Limited, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Norihiko Kageyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Keiko Shimamoto, Kyoto, JP;
Takehiro Watanabe, Kyoto, JP;
Tohru Yamagaki, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12G 3/06 (2006.01); C12C 12/00 (2006.01); A23L 2/38 (2021.01); A23L 2/54 (2006.01); C12C 5/02 (2006.01); C12G 3/00 (2019.01); A23L 2/52 (2006.01); C08B 30/18 (2006.01); A23L 33/21 (2016.01); A23L 2/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12G 3/06 (2013.01); A23L 2/382 (2013.01); A23L 2/52 (2013.01); A23L 2/54 (2013.01); A23L 2/56 (2013.01); A23L 33/21 (2016.08); C08B 30/18 (2013.01); C12C 5/02 (2013.01); C12C 12/00 (2013.01); C12G 3/00 (2013.01); C12G 2200/21 (2013.01);
Abstract
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).