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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2002
Applicants:
Hirotaka Kaneda, Yaizu, JP;
Yoshio Okahata, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Hirotaka Kaneda, Yaizu, JP;
Yoshio Okahata, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Sapporo Breweries Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The food astringency evaluating method of the invention comprises a step in which an astringent component of a food is reacted with a peptide to form a complex, a step in which a prescribed measured value is obtained corresponding to the amount of formation of the complex, and a step in which the strength of astringency is determined from the obtained measured value based on a previously obtained correlation between strength of astringency and the prescribed measured value.