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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
May. 07, 2008
Masahiro Fukuda, Sumida-ku, JP;
Eri Itaya, Sumida-ku, JP;
Hirokazu Takahashi, Sumida-ku, JP;
Ryo Kusaka, Sumida-ku, JP;
Masahiro Fukuda, Sumida-ku, JP;
Eri Itaya, Sumida-ku, JP;
Hirokazu Takahashi, Sumida-ku, JP;
Ryo Kusaka, Sumida-ku, JP;
Kao Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A concentrated beverage composition for reconstitution is reduced in bitterness and astringency, adequate in both sweetness and sourness and improved in storage stability despite the inclusion of a high concentration of non-polymer catechins. The concentrated beverage composition for reconstitution contains (A) from 0.5 to 25.0 wt % of non-polymer catechins, (B) a carbohydrate, and (C) a hydroxycarboxylic acid, and meets the following conditions (D) and (E) as well as at least one condition selected from the following conditions (F1), (F2) and (F3):