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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yutaka Saito, Yokohama, JP;
Yuriko Anzai, Yokohama, JP;
Ryuichi Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Ichinose, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Japan Tobacco Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24D / ; A24B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
131352 ; 131194 ; 131274 ;
Abstract
A flavor-tasting article including a flavor-generating medium, and a heating source disposed physically separated from the flavor-generating medium to heat the flavor-generating medium to release a flavoring component therefrom. The flavor-generating medium includes a flavoring component-holding material formed of a heat-irreversibly gelled, heat-irreversibly coagulating glucan and a flavoring component held in the holding material. The flavor-generating material releases a sufficient amount of the flavoring component only through heating.