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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
May. 02, 2012
Ami Ben-amotz, Gifu, JP;
Nobuo Mori, Gifu, JP;
Ami Ben-Amotz, Gifu, JP;
Nobuo Mori, Gifu, JP;
Nikken Sohonsha Corporation, Gifu, JP;
Abstract
In a step of producing a powder product of the alga belonging to the genus, a pH adjusting step is included in which an alga belonging to the genusis allowed to be in a basic state of pH 9.5 or higher. According to the method, it is possible to provide driedpowder containing β-carotene at a high content by suppressing degradation of β-carotene as an active ingredient while decreasing each of the total pheophorbide amount and the existing pheophorbide amount to a predetermined value or less, even if the total pheophorbide amount and the existing pheophorbide amount of the cultured algae belonging to the genusare higher in summer.