JP4070794B2 - Deodorant chewing gum and method for producing the same - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a deodorant chewing gum that exhibits a safe and excellent deodorizing effect without deteriorating the original taste, aroma and texture, and a method for producing the same.

  Many chewing gums containing various plant tissues have been known so far. For example, ginseng, wolfberry, licorice, pigeon and cinnamon bark, cinnamon and chewing gum with cinnamon extract and vitamin C, chewing gum with sweet tea extract and licorice extract, chewing gum with herbal extract and maltose (See Patent Document 1), Chewing gum formed by mixing herb with powdered sugar, gum base, glucose, syrup (see Patent Document 2), blanched, dried in hot air, and crushed and sieved edible herbs into gum base An added chewing gum containing dried herbs (see Patent Document 3) is known. Moreover, the chewing gum containing the lyophilized leaf of the Labiatae plant is also known as what contains a Labiatae plant (refer patent document 4).

  However, chewing gum, which is formulated with ginseng, wolfberry, licorice, pigeon, cinnamon bark, cypress winter, candy tea, herbs, herbs, etc., as it is, has a unique smell and taste, so it may be uncomfortable for some users. In addition, it is hardly expected in terms of deodorizing effect.

In addition, the freeze-dried leaves of Lamiaceae plants are preserved with the natural flavor and fresh flavor of the perilla native, but at the same time, the deposits and impurities are not removed. Therefore, in addition to being unsanitary, it is inevitable that the strong odor and flavor peculiar to shiso are mixed with the odor and taste caused by other impure substances.
Furthermore, since it is difficult to selectively leave only polyphenols effective as a deodorizing component, an excellent deodorizing effect cannot be maintained for a long time.

  In addition, for Lamiaceae plants, salted red perilla leaves are extracted with a hydrophilic solvent under acidic and heated conditions, and this extract is fractionated by chromatography and then concentrated and powdered to give phenol having an antiallergic action. It is known to obtain a catechol-containing extract (see Patent Document 5), but the extract obtained in this way requires a complicated operation for its preparation and loses the original flavor and aroma of perilla For this reason, the additive component of chewing gum is not always satisfactory.

JP 61-229827 A (claims and others) JP-A-5-199842 (Claims and others) JP-A-8-154590 (Claims and others) Japanese Patent Publication No. 61-48897 (Claims and others) JP 2003-180286 A (Claims and others)

The present invention is formulated with a deodorant having a high safety and an excellent deodorizing effect without adversely affecting the original flavor, fragrance and texture prepared from the plant body of Lamiaceae The purpose of the present invention is to provide a deodorant chewing gum .

The present inventors re-add the active ingredients lost during the steam treatment to the powder obtained by drying and crushing after deodorizing and sterilizing by treating the Lamiaceae plant tissues such as leaves with steam. Accordingly, without damaging the original flavor and aroma when incorporated into chewing gum, it found that deodorant is obtained exhibits excellent deodorizing effect, leading to completion of the present invention based on this finding.

That is, the present invention is a powder obtained by drying and pulverizing a mixture of at least one Lamiaceae plant tissue deodorized and sterilized by steam treatment and a polyphenol component-containing liquid obtained as a residual liquid during the steam treatment. After deodorizing and sterilizing the deodorant chewing gum characterized by blending , and Lamiaceae plant tissue with water vapor, the tissue treated in this way is obtained as a residual liquid during the water vapor treatment by adding polyphenol-containing liquid, then supplemented with polyphenols lost by contact with steam, provides a dry, pulverized, and sieved, deodorant chewing gum, characterized in that blending in the chewing gum manufacturing how To do.

The powdery deodorant used in the present invention is produced from a Lamiaceae plant tissue as a raw material. Examples of this Lamiaceae plant include peppermint, spearmint, apple mint, pineapple mint, water mint, lemon mint, and Japanese. Mint, Basil Mint, Curly Mint, Ginger Mint, Pepper, Rosemary, Thyme, Oregano, Sweet Basil, Holy Basil, Lemon Basil, Bush Basil, Anise Basil, Cinnamon Basil, Hyssop, Stone Root, Lavender, Mother Wort, Hoa Hound, Lemon Balm, Penny royal, bergamot, catnip, marjoram, peony, sage, clary sage, savory, cumistin, perilla, egoma, moray, tangin, ugon, skull cap, cara Cement, Gypsy's wort, can be cited cause, tea bush, patchouli, self-heel, skull cap, the edible plants, such as Uddobetoni.
The tissue means each part constituting the plant, and includes leaves, petioles, stems, roots, flowers, etc., but leaves are particularly preferable.

This manufacturing a powdered deodorant, first after removing contaminants by washing well the Labiatae plant organization, and cut as it is or in a suitable size, steaming. This water vapor treatment may be either a wet method or a dry method, but is usually performed by charging the tissue into a distillation kettle and blowing water vapor.

  And by this steam treatment, the essential oil which causes the unpleasant odor in the tissue body is removed and deodorized, and at the same time, the adhering bacteria are sterilized. This water vapor treatment is performed in a range of 30 minutes to 5 hours, depending on the type or site of the tissue.

By this steam treatment, the essential oil in the tissue is removed and deodorized, but at the same time, a part of the polyphenol component, which is an effective deodorizing component, is lost and the deodorizing effect is lowered. It is necessary to add again the polyphenol component which has been washed away in the liquid as described later.
The amount of the polyphenol component added again is selected in such a range that the total amount of the polyphenol component after addition is at least 3.5% by mass, preferably 4 to 10% by mass, based on the total mass of the deodorant . The amount of the polyphenol compound is based on a colorimetric determination method using the Prussian blue method .

This deodorant can be performed if necessary seasoned, perfuming, coloring. This treatment may be carried out after deodorization and sterilization treatment with water vapor and before drying, or after drying.

This seasoning, flavoring, coloring is, for example, sweeteners such as sucrose, glucose, maltose, sorbitol, maltitol, erythritol, aspartame, stevia, glycyrrhizin, sucralose, mint flavor, citrus flavor, soft fruit flavor, Dairy flavorings, flavored beverage flavorings, vanilla / chocolate flavorings, spice flavorings, nut flavorings, vegetable flavorings, livestock / fishery flavorings, seasoning flavorings, alcoholic flavorings, menthol, eucalyptus oil, maple, Flavors such as honey, gardenia yellow, marigold, paprika, turmeric, carrot, red radish, red cabbage, red beet, perilla, red corn, purple corn, grape peel, hibiscus Pigment, purple potato pigment, onion pigment, cacao pigment, bear Command dyes, cochineal, lac color, gardenia blue dye, spirulina blue pigment, carried out by the addition of chlorophyll dyes, copper chlorophyllin pigment, such as Sodium.
The content of these seasoning, flavoring or coloring additives is selected in the range of 5 ppm to 10% by mass based on the total mass of the deodorant , depending on the intended use.

The powdery deodorant is preferably to no particle size i.e. 150μm to Zentsu any of sieve of 10 mesh 100 to mesh those with a particle size of 1.7 mm.

The powdery deodorant, for example Lamiaceae plant organization, for example, perilla leaves, are contacted with water vapor in the manner described above, removal and deodorization of attached dirt, after sterilized, dried predetermined size It can be produced by re-adding the high polyphenol-containing liquid which has been crushed into water and washed away during the steam treatment, further dried, crushed and sieved. Prior to or after drying after deodorization and sterilization during the production process, one or more of seasoning, flavoring, and coloring can be applied as necessary.

  In addition, when the high polyphenol-containing liquid obtained at the time of the above steam treatment does not contain any obstacles when used as a deodorant such as filth, Without separation from the high polyphenol-containing liquid, it can be directly sent to a drying and pulverizing process to be powdered.

Powdery deodorant thus obtained will have a high safety and excellent deodorizing effect.
The deodorant chewing gum of the present invention is 0.01 to 5.0% by mass, preferably 0.1 to 2.0% by mass, based on the total mass of the chewing gum, based on the total mass of the chewing gum. It is obtained by adding the above powdery deodorant at a ratio in the range .
That is, the deodorant chewing gum of the present invention is obtained, for example, by contacting a Lamiaceae plant tissue with water vapor, deodorizing and sterilizing, and then treating the tissue body treated in this way as a residual liquid during the water vapor treatment. After adding the polyphenol-containing liquid and replenishing the polyphenol lost due to contact with water vapor, the deodorant prepared by drying, crushing and sieving is added to the chewing gum base at a predetermined ratio, and according to the usual method It can be manufactured by processing.

Thus , according to the present invention, there is provided a deodorant chewing gum including a deodorant having high safety and excellent deodorant from which an unpleasant odor is removed without using a complicated operation. Is done.

Next, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to examples, but the present invention is not limited to these.
In addition, the measurement of the polyphenol content in each case and the measurement of deodorizing property were performed with the following method.

(1) Measurement of polyphenol content A 100 ml Erlenmeyer flask is charged with 50 ml of distilled water, 100 μl of a sample is added thereto, and further 3 ml of 0.1 M iron (III) ammonium sulfate aqueous solution is added. Then, after 20 minutes, 3 ml of 8 mM potassium hexacyanoferrate (III) aqueous solution was added, and after 20 minutes, the absorbance at a wavelength of 720 nm was measured. As a control, 100% of 50% methanol was added instead of the sample.
Next, based on the calibration curve obtained by adding (+)-catechin 1 mg / ml or 0.1 mg / ml, the total polyphenol content (%) was calculated according to the following formula.
Total polyphenol content (%) = [quantitative value (mg / ml) /5.0] × 100

(2) Deodorant measurement 10 mg of deodorant powder was placed in a 30 ml vial, 5.0 ml of a phosphate buffer (pH 7.0) previously kept at 37 ° C. was added, and the bottle was sealed. Next, 50 μl of a 10 ng / μl dilution of methyl mercaptan (corresponding to 500 ng of methyl mercaptan) was added to the vial and allowed to incubate at 37 ° C. for 10 minutes. Then, 5 ml of headspace gas in the vial was withdrawn with a gas tight syringe, A GC-MS (GC: Agilent 6890A MS: Agilent 5973N) equipped with a nitrogen cold trap device (Gerstel CIS) and a gas analysis HP-PLOTQ column (30 m × 0.32 mm × 20 μm), trap conditions: −120 ° C., 30 Second, splitless, temperature conditions: initial temperature 50 ° C. (hold 1.5 minutes) → 20 ° C. temperature rise / minute → 120 ° C. (hold 5 minutes), flow rate: 1.8 ml / min, the amount of methyl mercaptan was measured .
This methyl mercaptan peak detection is performed by the SIM method in which specific MS fragment ions 47 and 48 derived from the components are selected and detected, and only 1 / 15M phosphate buffer (pH 7.0) is used as a control in a vial. The methyl mercaptan deodorization rate was calculated according to the following formula using the sample charged in
Methyl mercaptan deodorization rate = (%) [(C−S) / C] × 100
C: Mercaptan amount in the control headspace S: Methyl mercaptan amount in the sample headspace

Reference example 1
After removing foreign matter by washing 5.3 kg of peppermint herbal medicine, it was dried with hot air, charged in a 5000 ml distillation kettle, and passed through water vapor for 120 minutes for deodorization and sterilization. The liquid accumulated in the bottom of the still was added to the deodorized peppermint leaves, dried with hot air, and then powdered using a mill. Then passed through a 60 mesh sieve, by collecting the passed fraction was prepared powdery deodorant 700 g.

Reference example 2
In the same manner as in Reference Example 1, 1.0 kg of dried rosemary leaves were treated with steam to deodorize and sterilize. Then added again the still residual liquid deodorizing processed rosemary leaves, hot air drying in the same manner as in Reference Example 1, after performing the powdered to prepare a powdery deodorant through sieve of 60 mesh.

Comparative Reference Example 1
The same peppermint leaves as in Reference Example 1 were washed with water to remove foreign matters, then deodorized and sterilized with water vapor in the same manner as in Reference Example 1, further subjected to hot air drying, and passed through a 60-mesh sieve to obtain powder. the deodorant was prepared.

Comparative Reference Example 2
100 g of fresh peppermint leaves were washed with water to remove foreign matters, and then blanched at 100 ° C. for 5 minutes. Then the leaves were dried in hot air, after trituration with mill, by passing the sieve of 60 mesh to prepare a deodorant.

Comparative Reference Example 3
A commercially available peppermint leaf powder was used as it was to prepare a deodorant sample.

  A sugarless chewing gum having the formulation shown in Table 1 was produced using a method commonly used for the production of chewing gum, and its polyphenol content and deodorization rate were measured. The results are shown in Table 6.

In the same manner as in Example 1 , sugarless chewing gums having the formulations shown in Table 2 were produced. Table 6 shows the polyphenol content and the deodorization rate.

Comparative Example 1
In the same manner as in Example 1 , sugarless chewing gums having the formulations shown in Table 3 were produced. Table 6 shows the polyphenol content and the deodorization rate.

Comparative Example 2
In the same manner as in Example 1 , sugarless chewing gums having the formulations shown in Table 4 were produced. Table 6 shows the polyphenol content and the deodorization rate.

Comparative Example 3
In the same manner as in Example 1 , sugarless chewing gums having the formulations shown in Table 5 were produced. Table 6 shows the polyphenol content and the deodorization rate.

Examples 1 and 2 and Comparative Example 1 were conducted by 10 panelists (girls: 18, 22, 30, 38, 45, boys; 20, 25, 35, 42, 55) . The chewing gum manufactured in 2 and 3 was subjected to a sensory test for taste, aroma, and texture. As a result, a case where 5 or more people were good was evaluated as ◯, a case where 1 or more and 4 or less people were good was evaluated as △, and a case where none was good was rated as ×. The results are shown in Table 7.

  The powdery deodorant composition of the present invention is useful as a deodorant component added to chewing gum.

Claims (6)

It is characterized by blending a powder obtained by drying and pulverizing a mixture of at least one Lamiaceae plant tissue deodorized and sterilized by steam treatment and a polyphenol component-containing liquid obtained as a residual liquid during the steam treatment. deodorant chewing gum to. The deodorant chewing gum according to claim 1, wherein the polyphenol content is at least 3.5% by mass. The deodorant chewing gum according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the chewing gum is a dried and crushed product having a particle size of 100 mesh (150 µm) to 10 mesh (1.7 mm). The deodorant chewing gum according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the Labiatae plant tissue is seasoned, flavored, and colored prior to drying after deodorizing and sterilizing with water vapor. The deodorant chewing gum according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the Labiatae plant tissue is seasoned, flavored, or colored after deodorization with water vapor, sterilization treatment and drying treatment. After deodorizing and sterilizing the plant tissue body by bringing it into contact with water vapor, the polyphenol-containing liquid obtained as a residual liquid during the water vapor treatment is added to the tissue body treated in this way, and lost by contact with water vapor. A method for producing a deodorant chewing gum , characterized in that after the replenished polyphenols are dried, crushed and sieved , the chewing gum is blended .