JP2006025610A - Balsamico vinegar-containing health drink - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide balsamico vinegar-containing health drink produced in order to offer vinegar having health promotion effect as agreeable health drink. <P>SOLUTION: The balsamico vinegar-containing health drink is produced through using balsamico vinegar particularly having more sugar, potassium and polyphenole than any other vinegar effective in health promotion to impart flavor peculiar to the balsamico vinegar to the drink so as to easily take the vinegar to attain expected functionality. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a health drink characterized by adding balsamic vinegar.

  In recent years, not only vinegar is used as a seasoning but also it is widely taken directly from the influence of the health food boom.

  It is known that vinegar contained in edible vinegar has various effects. For example, effects such as fatigue recovery effect, softening muscles, stabilizing blood pressure and preventing arteriosclerosis, and promoting in-body consumption of nutrients are disclosed (Patent Document 1).

  There are two types of vinegar: synthetic vinegar synthesized by chemical synthesis and brewed vinegar made by brewing. The brewed vinegar is further finely classified into grain vinegar, fruit vinegar, and other brewed vinegar (JAS standards and quality labeling standards).

  Examples of grain vinegar include rice vinegar such as black vinegar and brown rice vinegar and grain vinegar other than rice vinegar, and fruit vinegar is divided into apple vinegar, grape vinegar, and other fruit vinegar.

  Among them, balsamic vinegar, which is a kind of grape vinegar, contains much more sugars, potassium, and polyphenols than other vinegars, and it is used for the purpose of promoting health benefits derived from these ingredients. Is suitable.

  However, not only balsamic vinegar, vinegar has a strong acidity and astringent taste, and there is a strong resistance to drinking vinegar as it is. Therefore, the method of making it easy to drink like the vinegar drink (patent document 2) which divides vinegar with water or contains miraculin for relaxation of acidity is disclosed. In addition, paying attention to the health functionality of vinegar, health consisting mainly of a beverage composition containing salmon vinegar (Patent Document 3), a hard mushroom and herbs of edible moss, extracted with edible vinegar and organic acid Beverage vinegar (Patent Document 4), Beverages using brewed vinegar as a kind of acidulant and added specific glucan (Patent Document 5), seaweed mineral soft drink containing seaweed mineral and natural brewed vinegar (Patent Document 6), beverages with wine vinegar (Patent Document 7) and the like are disclosed.

  However, none of them focused on balsamic vinegar and did not disclose a method for effectively using balsamic vinegar.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-173029 JP-A-2-238871 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-173029 Japanese Patent Publication No. 4-30269 JP 2003-289837 A JP 2000-1225827 A JP-A-11-318403

  As described above, in order to continuously ingest vinegar having various health promoting effects, the sourness and astringent taste peculiar to vinegar can be softened, and can be easily drunk. Was demanded.

  The inventors of the present invention have made extensive studies to solve the above-mentioned problems. As a result, balsamic vinegar is added to a beverage to obtain a vinegar-containing health beverage, and the health promotion effect of vinegar is included in balsamic vinegar. It has led to a beverage with high added value that has both effects. The present invention has been achieved based on these findings.

  By ingesting the balsamic vinegar-containing health drink according to the present invention, it is possible to easily prepare a health drink having a savory fragrance and profound taste that balsamic vinegar has, and the vinegar has a fatigue recovery effect, muscle , Potassium, and polyphenols, which are especially abundant in balsamic vinegar compared to other vinegars, as well as health benefits such as softening, stabilizing blood pressure and preventing arteriosclerosis, and promoting the consumption of nutrients in the body The effect to play can be expected.

  The health drink containing balsamic vinegar according to the present invention is a health drink characterized by containing balsamic vinegar.

  The balsamic vinegar used in the present invention is obtained by simmering and concentrating grape juice, putting it in a wooden barrel and aging, and is completely different from general wine vinegar. In general, they are also commercially available, and these can be used without limitation in the present invention. Specific examples include balsamic vinegar from Adriano Grossori, Franco Fabi, Ponti and Manicali.

  The health drink according to the present invention is not particularly limited, but it can be obtained by adding an arbitrary amount of balsamic vinegar to a conventionally known beverage including a balsamic vinegar diluted with water, carbonated water or the like.

  Examples of conventionally known beverages include vinegared soft drinks, dairy soft drinks, milk drinks, coffee drinks, tea drinks, fruit juices or fruit juice-containing drinks. Examples of the milk include cow milk, soy milk and processed products thereof, and examples of the processed product include full-fat condensed milk, defatted condensed milk, full-fat powdered milk, defatted powdered milk, and fresh cream. These may be contained alone or in combination of two or more.

  Although the addition amount of balsamic vinegar to these beverages is not particularly limited, it can be 0.1 to 20 parts by weight, preferably 1 to 10 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the beverage. Of course, you may take balsamic vinegar as it is as a health drink.

  Moreover, the balsamic vinegar containing health drink which concerns on this invention can use together the conventionally utilized additive in the range which does not impair the effect of this invention. For example, sugars, milk ingredients, gelling agents, foaming materials, acidulants, seasonings, neutralizers, caramels, pigments, fragrances, purees, preservatives, extracts, pH adjustments widely used in the food field Examples thereof include agents, pastes, liquor, vitamins, other minerals, jelly beads, fruits cut into several mm squares, citrus fruits, and so on.

  Examples of sugars include sugar, fructose, glucose, starch syrup, reduced starch syrup, honey, isomerized sugar, invert sugar, oligosaccharide (isomaltooligosaccharide, reduced xylo-oligosaccharide, reduced gentio-oligosaccharide, xylo-oligosaccharide, gentio-oligosaccharide, nigero-oligosaccharide, theande-oligosaccharide Sugar, soybean oligosaccharide, etc.), trehalose, sugar alcohol (maltitol, erythritol, sorbitol, paratinite, xylitol, lactitol, etc.), sugar-bound starch syrup (coupling sugar), and the like. Conventionally known or future sweet ingredients can also be used in place of sugars. Specifically, sweet ingredients such as aspartame, acesulfame potassium, sucralose, aritem, neotame, licorice extract (glycyrrhizin), saccharin, saccharin sodium, stevia extract, stevia powder and the like may be used.

  The method for producing a health drink containing balsamic vinegar according to the present invention uses balsamic vinegar as one of the raw materials of the beverage, and only needs to be added and mixed together with other materials at the stage of production. Therefore, it can be easily produced industrially.

  By ingesting a health drink using the balsamic vinegar according to the present invention, it is possible to expect the effects of sugars, potassium, and polyphenols that are contained more in comparison with other vinegars. Specifically, the content of sugar per 100 ml of balsamic vinegar is 20.8 g (1.8 g of grain vinegar, 5.8 g of rice vinegar, 1.7 g of black vinegar), and 430.6 mg of potassium (also cereal vinegar 21 .7 mg, rice vinegar 35.6 mg, black vinegar 136.4 mg), polyphenol content 259.4 mg (cereal vinegar 6.4 mg, rice vinegar 18.7 mg, black vinegar 78.5 mg) (Agriculture, forestry and fisheries consumption technology center public relations magazine September, 2001 issue 59th). Potassium is involved in maintaining the function of nerves and muscles in vivo, maintaining the balance of osmotic pressure inside and outside cells, energy metabolism, regulating oxygen activity, etc. If insufficient, nerve and muscle dysfunction, numbness, weakness, Causes limb paralysis and arrhythmia, while potassium intake is preferably 3500 mg / day (over 15 years old) from the viewpoint of prevention of hypertension. Is a good amount. Polyphenols are well known for their ability to suppress antioxidant capacity and active oxygen. By making these balsamic vinegars that contain components useful for living organisms into health drinks that are easy to drink, health promotion is further promoted. Can do. Moreover, the fragrance and deep taste peculiar to balsamic vinegar can be easily imparted to beverages.

  Hereinafter, the content of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the following examples. However, the present invention is not limited to these. In addition, unless otherwise indicated, the part of the prescription described below shall mean a weight part. Items marked with “*” in the text represent products of Saneigen FFI Co., Ltd., and “*” in the text means a registered trademark of Saneigen FFI Co., Ltd.

Example 1 Soft drink containing balsamic vinegar <Prescription>
Fructose glucose liquid sugar 13.3
Balsamic vinegar (acidity 6%) 8.5
100 in water
The above raw materials were mixed and then divided into bottles and sterilized at 70 ° C. for 20 minutes to obtain a balsamic vinegar-containing soft drink. The obtained health drink had a flavor unique to balsamic vinegar and was a health drink that was easy to drink.

Example 2 Soft drink with milk containing balsamic vinegar <Prescription>
Milk 5
Nonfat dry milk 1.4
Sugar 6
Fructose glucose liquid sugar 2
Stabilizer (SM-1200 *) 0.2
Emulsifier (homogen * NO.1728 *) 0.1
Balsamic vinegar (acidity 6%) 6.7
Fragrance 0.1
(Yogurt flavor No.59737 *)
Citric acid 0.12
100 in water

  The above raw materials were mixed based on a known production method, subdivided into bottles and sterilized at 70 ° C. for 20 minutes to obtain soft drinks containing balsamic vinegar-containing milk. The resulting health drink was a delicious health drink that matched the acidity of balsamic vinegar and the flavor of milk.

Example 3 Balsamic Vinegar-Containing Milk Beverage <Prescription>
Milk 30
Sugar 7
Emulsifier (homogen * No.870 *) 0.1
Balsamic vinegar (acidity 6%) 1
Sodium bicarbonate 0.25
Perfume 0.03
(Milk cream flavor No.59377 *)
100 in water
The above raw materials were mixed based on a known production method, subdivided into bottles and sterilized at 85 ° C. for 30 minutes to obtain a balsamic vinegar-containing milk beverage. The resulting health drink was a delicious health drink that matched the acidity of balsamic vinegar and the flavor of milk.

Example 4 Balsamic vinegar-containing coffee <Prescription>
Sugar 3.5
Coffee extract C-100 * 6.5
Balsamic vinegar (acidity 6%) 2.5
Sodium bicarbonate 0.13
Fragrance 0.05
(Roasted coffee essence *)
100 in water

The raw materials were mixed based on a known production method, subdivided into cans and sterilized at 121 ° C. for 4 minutes to obtain balsamic vinegar-containing coffee. The resulting health drink was a delicious health drink because the unique flavor of balsamic vinegar gave the coffee a deep flavor.

Claims (1)

A health drink characterized by containing balsamic vinegar.