JP2014150795A - Soft drink - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To determine a content of a component material included in a soft drink produced of mainly natural water and utilize its physiological function fully.SOLUTION: Rare sugar is contained in natural water. By drinking a soft drink produced of mainly the natural water, effects by physiological function of the rare sugar, such as postprandial elevation of glycemia inhibitory action, adiposity inhibitory action, blood pressure elevation inhibitory action, and the like are expressed, therefore significant effect for maintaining health of human body is obtained. In addition, by setting a content of the rare sugar included in the soft drink to 0.5-2 wt.%, sweetness of the soft drink is suppressed at a proper level thereby improving refreshing feeling of the soft drink. Therefore, the soft drink is suitable for sport beverage, especially.

Description

  The present invention relates to a soft drink useful for health maintenance using natural water as a main raw material.

  Soft drinks are defined by the Food Sanitation Law, and all drinking water that does not have acidity is considered to be soft drinks, and there are many types of commercial products, such as `` natural water '' in which raw water is sterilized or other than water From “purified water” that contains almost no substances, to “health drinks” that contain substances useful for maintaining human health, “taste drinks” that satisfy people ’s tastes, and so on.

  On the other hand, in response to the recent increase in national health consciousness, many soft drinks used as “health drinks” have been proposed (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 to 4).

  What is shown by patent document 1 improves the flavor at the time of drinking by adding indigestible dextrin which is a dietary fiber to raw material water, and performing pH adjustment.

  Patent Document 2 shows that water-insoluble dietary fiber, which is a physiologically functional substance, is added to water, and the pH is adjusted to reduce the peculiar taste and odor of water-insoluble dietary fiber and ease of drinking. Is an improvement.

  Patent Document 3 discloses that the effect of the organic germanium can be obtained as much as possible from individual to individual by containing organic germanium, inositol, and taurine in purified water.

  The thing shown by patent document 4 is the biological function improvement composition which uses dietary fiber and a rare sugar as an active ingredient, Comprising: Using this for food-drinks is disclosed.

  JP 2003-164272 A   JP 2012-90545 A   JP 2007-143427 A   JP 2010-18528 A

By the way, in soft drinks used as such “health drinks”, the components contained in the soft drinks are effectively absorbed by the human body due to the drinking of the soft drinks, and the necessary physiological functions are exhibited. It is required to be.
Therefore, in the present invention, in soft drinks using natural water as the main raw material, the content of the component substances contained in the soft drinks is specified, and the purpose is to maximize the physiological functions of the component substances. It is a thing.

  In the present invention, the following configuration is adopted as a specific means for solving such a problem.

In the 1st invention of this application, in the soft drink which uses natural water as the main raw material, 0.5-2 weight% of rare sugar is contained in the whole soft drink, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  In the 2nd invention of this application, in the soft drink which concerns on the said 1st invention, dietary fiber is contained 0.5 to 3weight% of the whole soft drink, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  In the 3rd invention of this application, in the soft drink which concerns on the said 1st or 2nd invention, sodium or / and a citric acid are contained 0.5 to 5weight% of the whole soft drink, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  In 4th invention of this application, in the soft drink which concerns on the said 1st, 2nd or 3rd invention, glucose contains 10-15 weight% of the whole soft drink, and fructose contains 5-10 weight%. A featured soft drink.

  In the fifth invention of the present application, in the soft drink according to the first, second, third, or fourth invention, the rare sugar is at least one of D-allose, D-psicose, xylitol, and erythritol. It is characterized by being one.

  The sixth invention of the present application is characterized in that, in the soft drink according to the first, second, third or fourth invention, the dietary fiber is a water-soluble dietary fiber.

  In the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

  (A) Since the soft drink according to the first invention of the present application contains 0.5 to 2% by weight of rare sugar in the whole soft drink, the physiology of the rare sugar is obtained by drinking this soft drink. Functions derived from the functions, for example, postprandial blood glucose rise inhibitory action, fat accumulation inhibitory action, blood pressure rise inhibitory action and the like are manifested, and have a remarkable effect on the health maintenance of the human body. Moreover, in this case, by setting the content of the rare sugar in the entire soft drink to 0.5 to 2% by weight, the sweetness of the soft drink can be moderately suppressed and the refreshing feeling can be enhanced. It is suitable for use as a sports drink.

  (B) In the soft drink according to the second invention of the present application, in addition to the effect described in the above (a), the following specific effects are obtained. That is, since the soft drink according to the present invention contains 0.5 to 3% by weight of dietary fiber based on the whole soft drink, the effect derived from the physiological function of dietary fiber by drinking this soft drink. That is, an intestinal regulating action, a postprandial blood glucose level improving action and the like are expressed, and a remarkable effect is exerted on the health maintenance of the human body. Moreover, in this case, since the content of dietary fiber in the entire soft drink is set to 0.5 to 3% by weight, problems associated with dietary fiber intake, such as diarrhea and vomiting when consumed in large amounts However, it is possible to reliably obtain various effects derived from the physiological function of dietary fiber as described above without causing such side effects.

  (C) In the soft drink according to the third invention of the present application, in addition to the effects described in (a) or (b) above, the following specific effects are obtained. That is, the soft drink according to the present invention contains 0.5 to 5% by weight of sodium or / and citric acid in the whole soft drink, so that the sweetness of the rare sugar is obtained by this sodium or citric acid. Tightness can be tightened to provide a crisp drinking experience.

  (D) In the soft drink according to the fourth invention of the present application, in addition to the effects described in (a), (b) or (c), the following specific effects are obtained. That is, since the soft drink according to the present invention contains 10 to 15% by weight of glucose and 5 to 10% by weight of fructose in the whole soft drink, these three kinds of glucose, fructose and the above rare sugars. By this, health-oriented sweetness with reduced calories can be obtained, which is useful for maintaining the health of the human body.

  (E) In the soft drink according to the fifth invention of the present application, in addition to the effects described in (a), (b), (c), or (d), the following specific effects are obtained. That is, in the soft drink according to the present invention, at least one of D-allose, D-psicose, xylitol, and erythritol is contained as the rare sugar. Therefore, the soft drink is derived from the inherent physiological function of each of these rare sugars. The action is obtained, and diversification of the physiological function of soft drinks is promoted by selecting the kind of the rare sugar.

  (F) In the soft drink according to the sixth invention of the present application, in addition to the effects described in (a), (b), (c), or (d), the following specific effects are obtained. That is, since the soft drink of the present invention contains water-soluble dietary fiber as the dietary fiber, the above-mentioned effects derived from its physiological functions, that is, the intestinal regulating action, the postprandial blood glucose level improving action and the like can be obtained. At the same time, the properties of the water-soluble dietary fiber, that is, almost colorless and transparent and tasteless and odorless, it is possible to obtain a good drinking feeling without being conscious of the content of the water-soluble dietary fiber.

  The soft drink according to the present invention comprises natural water as a main raw material, to which the following various substances that have an effect of improving the physiological function of the human body are added, and corresponds to a “health drink”.

  As the additive substance, rare sugar, dietary fiber, sodium, glucose, fructose can be considered.

"Rare sugar"
Rare sugars are defined as monosaccharides and derivatives thereof that are present in abundance in nature. In this embodiment, D-psicose, D-allose, xylitol, and erythritol are assumed. In addition, it is known that there are about 50 kinds of rare sugars in nature, and among them, the above four kinds are provided in the present invention because they can be mass-produced. When mass production becomes possible, the present invention can be applied.

"Dietary fiber"
Dietary fiber includes water-insoluble dietary fiber and water-soluble dietary fiber. In the present invention, water-soluble dietary fiber is the target of application. In addition to the use of the intestinal regulating action derived from the physiological function of dietary fiber, the effect of improving postprandial blood glucose level, etc. Is based on the viewpoint that it can be used to obtain a good drinking comfort in soft drinks that are drunk directly. Specifically, high viscosity substances such as pectin, konjac manganese, and alginic acid, and low viscosity substances such as indigestible dextrin and polydextrose can be applied.

"sodium"
Since sodium is also contained in natural water which is the main raw material of the soft drink of the present invention, the addition amount is set in consideration of the natural water content. Incidentally, the natural water applied in this embodiment is confirmed to contain 12 mg / L sodium by analysis by flame atomic absorption spectrometry.

  Hereinafter, the soft drink according to the present invention will be described in detail by way of examples.

  Natural water obtained by treating groundwater by filtration, precipitation, and heat sterilization is used as raw water. This natural water has a pH of 7.0 (glass electrode method) and a sodium content of “12 mg / L”. To this natural water, 0.5 to 2% by weight of D-allose, one of the rare sugars, was added to obtain a “soft drink”.

  In this soft drink, since D-allose functions as a sweetener, when this is drunk, a faint sweetness is felt compared with the case where natural water is drunk as it is, and a drinking desire is evoked. .

  Using the same natural water as used in Example 1, 0.5 to 2% by weight of D-allose, one of the rare sugars, and 0.5 to 3 of indigestible dextrin as dietary fiber are used. The "soft drink" was obtained by adding each by weight%.

  In this soft drink, the sweet taste of D-allose is felt, and the indigestible dextrin is a water-soluble dietary fiber. A soft drink was obtained.

  Using the same natural water as used in Example 1, D-allose is 0.5-2% by weight, indigestible dextrin is 0.5-3% by weight, sodium is 3% by weight, Each was added to obtain a “soft drink”.

  In this soft drink, the sweetness of D-allose gives a sweet taste, and since the indigestible dextrin is a water-soluble dietary fiber, it feels smooth when drunk. Since sweetness was moderately suppressed and salt replenishment was possible, a soft drink particularly suitable as a sports drink was obtained.

  In addition, even if it replaces with sodium or adds citric acid with sodium, the soft drink similar to the above is obtained. The content in the case of adding both sodium and citric acid is set so that the total amount of both is 3% by weight of the total soft drink.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a soft drink that can maximize the physiological functions of component substances contained in natural water.

Claims (6)

A soft drink made from natural water,
A soft drink characterized by containing a rare sugar in an amount of 0.5 to 2% by weight based on the whole soft drink. In claim 1,
A soft drink characterized by containing 0.5 to 3% by weight of dietary fiber based on the total soft drink. In claim 1 or 2,
A soft drink containing sodium or / and citric acid in an amount of 0.5 to 5% by weight based on the whole soft drink. In claim 1, 2 or 3,
A soft drink characterized by containing 10 to 15% by weight of glucose and 5 to 10% by weight of fructose in the whole soft drink. In claim 1, 2, 3 or 4,
A soft drink characterized in that the rare sugar is at least one of D-allose, D-psicose, xylitol, and erythritol. In claim 1, 2, 3 or 4,
A soft drink characterized in that the dietary fiber is water-soluble dietary fiber.