JP2017093350A - Dietary composition - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a composition for improving the taste of acerola being a dietary composition containing acerola.SOLUTION: Provided is a dietary composition containing acerola high in palatability in which, by blending ceramide and powdered tea into a dietary composition containing acerola, the strong bitterness and astringency of the acerola are improved, and its sweetness, umami and rich taste are made satisfactory. Also provided is a dietary composition and a composition for improving taste in which the blending ratio between ceramide and powdered tea being 1:10 to 2,000. Also provided is a dietary composition and a composition for improving taste in which the blending ratio of the mixture among acerola, ceramide and powdered tea being 1:1 to 300.SELECTED DRAWING: None

Description

The present invention relates to a composition for eating and drinking and a composition for improving the taste of acerola.

Acerola is an evergreen shrub native to Central America from the West Indies and northern South America. Acerola fruit is known as a plant containing abundant vitamin C and polyphenols.

Acerola is used in foods and drinks such as ice cream and health foods for the purpose of ingesting its abundant vitamin C and polyphenols (Patent Documents 1 and 2). However, since acerola has a strong acidity, astringency, etc., it is difficult to take acerola alone, and it is necessary to improve the taste to use it in foods and drinks.

JP-A-5-344846 JP 2002-034509 A

An object of this invention is to provide the composition for eating and drinking characterized by containing acerola, ceramide, and matcha tea.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a composition for improving the taste of acerola, which contains ceramide and matcha tea.

As a result of intensive studies in view of the above problems, the present applicant has found that the use of ceramide and matcha tea has an excellent acerola taste improvement effect, leading to the present invention.

The outline of the present invention is as follows.
<1> A composition for eating and drinking comprising acerola, ceramide, and matcha tea.
<2> A composition for improving the taste of acerola, comprising ceramide and matcha tea.
<3> The composition according to <1> or <2>, wherein ceramide and green tea have a mixing ratio of 1:10 to 2000.
<4> The composition according to any one of <1> to <3>, wherein the mixture of acerola, ceramide, and matcha has a blending ratio of 1: 1 to 300.

According to the present invention, the composition for eating and drinking containing acerola is improved in its strong bitterness and astringency by blending ceramide and matcha tea, and sweetness, umami, and richness are improved. The composition for use can be obtained.

It is a figure showing the sensory evaluation result of Comparative Examples 1-3 and Examples 1-7.

Hereinafter, the composition of the present invention will be described. In addition, this invention is not limited to the following embodiment.

Acerola is a fruit tree belonging to the quintrauaceae family that lives in the tropics, and its fruit part is rich in vitamin C and polyphenols. The acerola used in the composition of the present invention may be the whole fruit including the seed part, or may be one obtained by subjecting the acerola to a usual process such as removal of the seed part or peeling. Acerola can use mature or green fruits. Various processed acerola products can be used in the composition of the present invention. For example, puree prepared from acerola, fruit juice, pulp that is a residue after squeezing fruit juice, and acerola crushed material obtained by crushing and crushing acerola, an acerola extract, etc. can be used. . The crushed product of acerola can be obtained by crushing the edible part and seed part of acerola or the edible part from which the seed part has been removed with a mixer or the like. Moreover, what crushed material gave the process of extraction processing, freeze-drying, etc. can also be used. An acerola extract can be obtained by extracting acerola with water, an organic solvent, or the like. There is no restriction | limiting in particular as content of the acerola mix | blended with the composition of this invention, According to various conditions, such as an objective, a shape, and a use object, the content can be suitably set in a wide range. For example, it is selected in the range of 0.0001 to 30% by mass, preferably 0.0005 to 20% by mass, more preferably 0.001 to 10% by mass, and particularly preferably 0.01 to 5% by mass. In the present invention, commercially available products may be used, and those manufactured by methods known in the art can also be used.

Ceramide is a kind of sphingolipid and is a general term for a group of compounds in which sphingosine and a fatty acid are amide-bonded. As ceramides, natural or synthetic ceramides are known, and they are used in various uses such as pharmaceutical uses as well as cosmetic uses for the purpose of improving functional deterioration of the stratum corneum.

The ceramide used in the composition of the present invention is derived from raw materials of animals, plants, microorganisms, etc., processed products obtained by crushing / pulverizing them, and processed by separation / extraction on them. Or those artificially synthesized. The method for extracting / separating ceramide from the raw material and the synthesis method are not particularly limited, and can be appropriately selected according to the purpose. Examples of the extraction method include a method in which an extraction solvent usually used by those skilled in the art, such as ethanol, water, and hydrous ethanol, is added, and the mixture is heated and extracted as necessary. Further, the crushing and pulverizing method for obtaining ceramide from the raw material is not particularly limited, and may be either wet or dry, and the pulverizing conditions and processing apparatus are not particularly limited, and a commercially available apparatus or the like can be used as appropriate. . Examples of the apparatus to be used include a high-pressure homogenizer, an ultrasonic pulverizer, an airflow pulverizer, a high-speed rotational impact pulverizer, a ball mill, or a bead mill. These treatments may be repeated a plurality of times as necessary so that the physical properties such as the particle diameter of the processed product are within a preferable range, or a plurality of treatments may be combined. In the present invention, among ceramides, ceramides derived from plants are preferable, and ceramides derived from rice are particularly preferable. There is no restriction | limiting in particular as content of the ceramide mix | blended with the composition of this invention, According to various conditions, such as an objective, a shape, and a use object, the content can be suitably set in a wide range. For example, it is selected in the range of 0.000001 to 30% by mass, preferably 0.000005 to 20% by mass, more preferably 0.00001 to 10% by mass, and particularly preferably 0.0001 to 5% by mass. In the present invention, commercially available products may be used, and those manufactured by methods known in the art can also be used.

Matcha used in the present invention is a kind of green tea derived from plants of the family Camellia, Prunus, and is a powder of tencha. Matcha has a higher content of amino acids such as chlorophyll, carotene, and theanine than sencha, but has fewer bitter components such as catechins. Matcha, like Sencha, is rich in polyphenols and is said to be effective in preventing cancer and in many lifestyle-related diseases such as diabetes. There is no restriction | limiting in particular as content of the green tea mix | blended with the composition of this invention, According to various conditions, such as an objective, a shape, and a use object, the content can be set suitably in a wide range. For example, it is selected in the range of 0.01 to 50% by mass, preferably 0.05 to 30% by mass, more preferably 0.1 to 20% by mass. In the present invention, commercially available products may be used, and those manufactured by methods known in the art can also be used.

The composition of the present invention may contain other components in addition to acerola, ceramide and matcha tea. As said other component, microorganisms, such as dietary fiber, such as protein, water-soluble dietary fiber, insoluble dietary fiber, minerals, a plant or a plant processed product, algae, lactic acid bacteria, yeast, etc. can be mix | blended, for example. In addition, sugars such as dextrin and starch, oligosaccharides, sweeteners, acidulants, colorants, thickeners, brighteners, excipients, vitamins, nutritional supplements, binding Agents, lubricants, stabilizers, diluents, extenders, emulsifiers, food additives, seasonings and the like. The content of these other components can be appropriately selected according to the form of the composition of the present invention.

The shape when ingesting the composition of the present invention is not particularly limited, and specific shapes include, for example, powders such as powders, granules, and fine particles, tablets (chewable), spheres, capsules, and caplets. And liquid form. The capsule oral composition includes soft capsules and hard capsules. In the case of an oral composition, powders such as powders, granules and fine granules are preferred. In particular, by making a powder beverage, the composition is excellent in stability, and unlike capsules and tablets, it is often once at a time. It is preferable because the composition can be ingested.

The mixing ratio (mass ratio) of the mixture of acerola, ceramide and matcha tea in the composition of the present invention is not particularly limited, and can be set as appropriate according to the conditions such as the purpose and intended use. ) = 1: 0.01-1000, preferably 1: 0.1-50, more preferably 1: 1-300.

The mixing ratio (mass ratio) of ceramide and matcha in the composition of the present invention is not particularly limited and can be appropriately set according to the conditions such as the purpose and the object of use. Is selected from 1: 0.5 to 5000, more preferably 1: 1 to 3000, and particularly preferably 1:10 to 2000.

When preparing the composition of the present invention, acerola, ceramide and matcha may be extracted, separated and synthesized or processed raw materials containing them as they are, but dextrin, silicon dioxide, etc. You may use what was mixed with the excipient | filler, the extender, the binder, the thickener, the emulsifier, etc., and shape | molded. Further, it may be used by dissolving or dispersing in a solvent such as water (purified water or the like), edible oil (corn oil or the like).

In the present invention, the mixing ratio (mass ratio) of acerola, ceramide, and matcha is not particularly limited, and can be set as appropriate according to conditions such as the purpose and use target. Acerola: ceramide: matcha = 1: 0.0001 to 100: 0.01-5000, preferably 1: 0.0005-50: 0.05-1000, particularly preferably 1: 0.001-50: 0.1-500 is selected.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be specifically described by way of examples. The present invention is not limited to these examples.

1. Manufacture of the composition for eating and drinking The composition for eating and drinking which has the mixing | blending shown in Table 1 below was prepared. Unless otherwise specified, the numerical value represents mass%.

2. Sensory Evaluation (1) Preparation of Samples For the samples of Comparative Examples 1 to 3 and Examples 1 to 7 described in Table 1 above, 2 g of each sample was mixed with 100 mL of water to obtain each test sample.

Seven healthy adults were randomly selected as subjects. For these seven subjects, a questionnaire was conducted on the evaluation items in Table 2 below, and sensory evaluation was performed.

For each sample, the average score of the subjects was calculated. The total score is shown as a main evaluation score in Table 3 and the graph of FIG.

As shown in Table 3 and FIG. 1, Comparative Example 1 containing acerola and not containing matcha tea and ceramide is in the range of 1 to 2 points for all items, and in particular, bitterness, astringency, gummy taste, The umami, richness, and touch were low. Moreover, although the comparative example 2 containing acerola and ceramide and the comparative example 3 containing acerola and matcha improve all items compared with only acerola, each item is a two-point level, and preference Sex did not improve much. On the other hand, Examples 1-7 containing acerola, ceramide, and matcha are all compared to Comparative Example 1 containing only acerola and Comparative Examples 2-3 added with any one of ceramide or matcha. It was excellent. In particular, it was found that the bitterness and astringency were improved as compared with Comparative Examples 1 to 3, the sweetness, umami and richness were good, and the palatability was excellent. In Examples 2 to 6, in which the mixture of ceramide and matcha was 1: 1 to 100 with respect to acerola, the evaluation was particularly high in all items, and by optimizing the mixing ratio of ceramide and matcha to acerola It was found that a composition having excellent palatability can be obtained.

From the above results, the composition of the present invention containing acerola, ceramide, and matcha has a good aroma, taste, touch and taste compared to the case of only acerola or the case of containing ceramide or matcha and acerola. It turned out that it is a composition excellent in property. Moreover, in the case of containing all of acerola, ceramide, and matcha, it was found that a composition having particularly excellent palatability can be obtained by setting the mixture of ceramide and matcha to 1: 1-300 with respect to acerola. That is, it was found that the palatability of the composition of the present invention is influenced not only by the combination of specific components but also by the blending ratio of each component.

According to this invention, since the taste of acerola can be improved by containing ceramide and matcha tea, a highly palatable composition can be provided.

Claims (2)

A composition for eating and drinking, comprising acerola, ceramide, and matcha tea. A composition for improving the taste of acerola, comprising ceramide and matcha tea.