JPH05252919A - Production of functional beverage - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To carry out the alkalinization of a beverage, addition of a mineral, etc., without using the electrolysis and obtain the subject beverage without any bitterness by hardening a specific calcium and a magnesium compounds with an adhesive and bringing a beverage into contact with the resultant solid substance. CONSTITUTION:An adhesive (e.g. gypsum, an alkyl cellulose or a fusible polymer) is added to harden two components of a calcium compound (preferably calcium hydroxide) assuming the alkalinity by dissolving in water and a magnesium compound (preferably magnesium hydroxide) assuming the alkalinity by dissolving in water. The resultant solid substance is then placed in a flow passage of a beverage, which is passed therethrough. Thereby, the objective beverage is obtained.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention is applied to various drinks such as drinking water, cooking water, soft drinks such as juice, carbonated drinks, sports drinks, tea, tea, coffee, dairy drinks and alcoholic drinks. Thus, the present invention relates to a method for producing a functional beverage, which can perform alkali ionization of a beverage, addition of minerals, and reduction of a cluster (molecular group) into a low molecular weight compound, which is therefore healthy and more delicious.

[0002] It is said that modern people are leaning toward acidity due to uneven diet, and there is a growing demand for the intake of alkaline foods. In addition to calcium and magnesium, the intake of other trace minerals is decreasing. Therefore, many functional health foods that supplement these have recently been marketed. Therefore, functional beverages are positioned as one field of functional health foods.

Regarding the reduction of molecular weight of clusters,
The cluster teacher was established by Kazuhiro Matsushita, director of the Water Research Institute of Seimei Co., Ltd., and it is said that the taste of water depends on the amount of mineral components, but the taste of water is different even though the minerals are the same. I wondered why there is, and found a cluster index by using a nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus (NMR-O ¹⁷ ). This is the conclusion that water that is said to be delicious because it captures the movements of molecules has a faster movement of clusters (molecular groups), that is, a large proportion of small clusters. Ordinary tap water clusters have 13 to 14 water molecules, and the theoretically smallest cluster is 5. It has been scientifically shown that the smaller the water clusters, the better the taste and the faster the absorption and excretion upon drinking. Lowering the molecular weight of clusters is one of the functions of functional beverages.

[0004]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, if it is limited to drinking water, as a method for alkali ionization and cluster low molecular weight,
Electrolysis of water was the most effective method. The principle is that by electrolyzing tap water from which harmful substances have been removed with activated carbon in advance, a large number of cations such as calcium ions and magnesium ions are contained on the negative electrode side across the semipermeable membrane, mainly with chlorine ions. Alkaline ion water containing a small amount of anions, on the positive electrode side, on the contrary, it has few cations and is separated into acidic water containing many anions. Household electrolysis-type alkaline ionized water conditioners that use this method as a device are commercially available. The electrolysis-type alkaline ionized water purifier has the ability to raise tap water having a pH of about 7 to pH 9 to 10, and increase minerals such as calcium ions and magnesium ions by 20 to 30%. The number of water clusters can also be reduced to 6 to 7, which was the most effective method in the conventional home.

The description of the electrolysis-type alkaline ionized water conditioner has been given above, but it is not completely satisfactory because it has the following problems.

1. Acidic water, which is required in the process of producing alkaline ionized water, is generated, so this must be drained.
You will waste water. Naturally, it cannot be used for beverages other than water.

2. The electrolysis tank is easily clogged, so it cannot withstand long-term use. The semipermeable membrane becomes clogged, making it impossible to exchange cations and anions. In addition, sludge adheres to the electrodes, making it impossible to energize, and blocking of the flow path also occurs.
Some fast ones close completely in half a year. Some new products have an automatic backwash (electrode replacement) function, but the clogging time is only slightly delayed, and it has not been a fundamental solution.

3. The solute of harmful substances from the electrodes due to electrolysis is inevitable. 4. In addition to the clogging of the electrolysis tank, the structure of the device itself is complicated (piping system, electronic circuit, automatic control equipment, etc.), which causes many failures and makes maintenance difficult. Moreover, maintenance is almost impossible on the user side.

5. Since the harmful substances cannot be removed only by the electrolysis tank, a water purifier cartridge must be installed in front of the flow path of the electrolysis tank. 6. The acidic water is discarded, and the piping system is thin and complicated, resulting in a large pressure loss, and therefore the water output is small.

7. Water piping and electric wiring are mixed in the device, and there is a risk of electrical leakage because it is a water-related product,
The code is also a hindrance. 8. Product price is high in terms of cost, cartridge replacement,
Maintenance costs are high due to electricity costs.

[0011] Another conventional technique is to use calcium derived from living organisms such as coral stone and burnt volley as a calcium source to be used by filling a water purifier of filter medium filtration type (some of which are also called water activators). However, the pH of the filtered water is at most 1
Since it rises, it is insufficient as the level of alkaline ionized water. The same applies to the one filled with solid calcium carbonate.

Although a method of directly adding calcium hydroxide can be considered for producing alkaline ionized water, it is difficult to control the amount of dissolution, that is, the pH, and above all, it has a strong bitterness and is not suitable for beverages. Most of the compounds that are alkaline when dissolved in water have a strong bitterness and cannot be used in beverages.

[0013]

There are many problems that cannot be solved in the electrolysis type alkaline ionized water conditioner, and it is considered that the method by electrolysis has a limit. Therefore, we applied a filter type water purifier form of filter medium filtration method without electrolysis,
We have attempted to develop a completely new filler as a filter medium that can perform alkaline ionization of beverages, add minerals, reduce the molecular weight of clusters, and make the beverage taste even better without becoming bitter.

[0014]

The present inventors have made the following discoveries as a result of earnest research. 0.1% of a calcium compound that dissolves in water to become alkaline or a magnesium compound that dissolves in water to become alkaline separately
When dissolved in water to a concentration, both the calcium compound and the magnesium compound have a strong bitterness and are not very usable as drinking water. However, bitterness will not be felt when adding one kind each of a calcium compound which becomes alkaline when dissolved in water and a magnesium compound which becomes alkaline when dissolved in water and is dissolved in water to a total concentration of 0.1%. .. Especially mixing ratio 10/1
The effect is large when added together in the range of 1/10. Almost no bitterness was felt even with an aqueous solution having an alkalinity of about pH 10.

Even when two or more calcium compounds are used or two or more magnesium compounds are used, the effect of eliminating bitterness is the same as in the case of using one kind each. Therefore, it was considered that this finding could be applied to the method for producing a functional beverage of the present invention.

Here, the mixed aqueous solution of the calcium compound which is dissolved in water and exhibits alkalinity and the magnesium compound which is dissolved in water and exhibits alkalinity has not only an alkali ionization ability but also a low molecular weight cluster when analyzed by NMR. It has become clear that it also has the ability.

When the calcium compound and the magnesium compound are solidified by adding an adhesive and brought into contact with the beverage, the calcium ion and the magnesium compound are dissolved in contact with the beverage directly to dissolve the calcium ion and the magnesium compound. And magnesium ions can be gradually eluted. Therefore, alkali ionization and cluster depolymerization can be performed continuously over a long period of time.

As a method for bringing the solid matter into contact with the beverage liquid, a batch method in which the solid matter is simply immersed in the liquid and the liquid is stirred, or a continuous method in which the solid matter is installed in a liquid flow path There is. Among the continuous methods, there is a filtering medium filtering method, a method of filling the solid material as a filtering medium, and a method of taking the form of a filter type water purifier. The solid material may be used alone or in a plurality, and may have any size.
When the filtering medium filtering method is adopted, the solid matter may be filled alone or may be filled together with other filtering medium. If it is filled with other filter media, it is possible to combine the ability to remove harmful substances in one filter type water purifier. The solid matter may be used by forming another layer with another filter medium, or may be used as a mixture with another filter medium.

Calcium compounds which are alkaline when dissolved in water include calcium hydroxide, calcium oxide,
Examples thereof include calcium silicate and calcium carbonate, and among them, calcium hydroxide has the highest alkali ionization ability. Magnesium hydroxide, magnesium oxide, and magnesium silicate are examples of magnesium compounds that exhibit alkalinity when dissolved in water, and among them, magnesium hydroxide has the highest alkali ionization ability. Therefore, in the case of producing a functional beverage using a solidified product obtained by adding an adhesive to calcium hydroxide and magnesium hydroxide, the alkali ionization ability and the cluster molecular weight reduction ability are the highest.

In addition to the calcium compound and the magnesium compound, it is preferable to add other minerals, inorganic components and organic components effective for the human body to form the solid product, and it is rather preferable.

Examples of the adhesive for producing the solid material include gypsum, calcined gypsum, alkyl cellulose, hydroxyalkyl cellulose, polyvinyl acetate and polyvinylpyrrolidonga, which may be used alone or in combination of two or more kinds. You may use it. As a characteristic, a poorly soluble water-soluble substance that gradually dissolves in water is preferably used. In addition, it is necessary to be highly safe, and it is more preferable if it is certified as a food additive. It should also be almost tasteless and odorless.
Although water is mainly used as a solvent for the adhesive, some alkylcellulose, hydroxyalkylcellulose, polyvinyl acetate, etc. are insoluble or hardly soluble in water. These are dissolved in alcohol before use. Alternatively, an aqueous alcohol solution may be used as the solvent.
Ethanol is preferably used as the alcohol. In addition, it is also possible to control it so that it becomes hard and hard or it becomes insoluble by performing a heat treatment after solidifying with an adhesive to make a solid. Calcium hydroxide and magnesium hydroxide are chemically converted into calcium oxide and magnesium oxide by heat treatment. The solubility of the solid matter can be controlled in various ways by changing the kind of the adhesive agent, blending and using a plurality of adhesive agents, or heat treating after solidifying. The larger the contact area with the liquid, the larger the elution amount of the solid substance. Therefore, if the same volume is used, the elution efficiency will be better if a large number of small size substances are used. However, it is necessary to determine the optimum size in consideration of the flow path resistance due to the solid matter. The solid matter may be crushed or crushed to make it smaller.

A polymer that can be heat-sealed may be used as the adhesive. This is a method in which a heat-fusible polymer powder is mixed with the calcium compound and the magnesium compound and heated to solidify. As the heat fusion polymer, there are vinyl type and acrylic type.

As a device for bringing the solid matter into contact with the beverage liquid, a batch type device in which the solid substance is immersed in the liquid and the liquid is stirred, and a continuous type device in which the solid substance is installed in the liquid flow path There is. Among continuous devices, there is a filter medium filtration system, a device for filling the solid matter as a filter medium, and a device in the form of a filter type water purifier. The solid may be used alone or in a plurality, and may have any size. In the case of a filter-type water purifier type device of a filtering medium filtering system, the solid matter may be filled alone or may be filled together with other filtering medium. If it is filled with other filter media, it is possible to combine the ability to remove harmful substances in one filter type water purifier. The solid matter may be used by forming another layer with another filter medium, or may be used as a mixture with another filter medium.

[0024]

EXAMPLE The solid material used in the method for producing a functional beverage of the present invention was prepared according to the following formulation. (Example 1) -calcined gypsum 12 parts by weight-calcium hydroxide 6 parts by weight-magnesium hydroxide 2 parts by weight-water 12 parts by weight These components were mixed well by stirring, and the thickness was about 5 mm in a shallow tray. Then, the mixture was poured into the container at room temperature for about 1 day. Next, take out the solidified solid from the tray and about 5m
I split it by hand so that it would be an m-square.

(Example 2) 12 parts by weight of calcined gypsum 0.2 parts by weight of ethyl cellulose 6 parts by weight of calcium hydroxide 3 parts by weight of magnesium hydroxide 13 parts by weight of water The same as the following (Example 1). (Comparative Example 1) 12 parts by weight of calcined gypsum 8 parts by weight of calcium hydroxide 12 parts by weight of water Same as (Example 1) below. (Comparative Example 2) 12 parts by weight of calcined gypsum 8 parts by weight of magnesium hydroxide 12 parts by weight of water The same as the following (Example 1) (Comparative Example 3) ・ Boiled boley powder ONLY (Example 1), (Example 1) 2), (Comparative Example 1), (Comparative Example 2) divided into about 5 mm square solids and (Comparative Example 3) roasted Boley powder alone are filter media type filter type water purifiers (inner diameter 100 mmφ, The entire volume was filled into a height of 150 mm), and water was flowed by adjusting the outlet flow rate of the water purifier to 2 l / min. The raw water used was water purified by activated carbon. The water temperature was controlled to be constant at about 20 ° C.

(Comparative Example 4) An electrolysis type alkaline ionized water conditioner (manufactured by Nippon Intec Co., Ltd., product name Ange) was adjusted to an outlet flow rate of 2 l / min and water was flowed.

Continuous water was passed through all of the above Examples and Comparative Examples, and the cumulative water flow rate was 500 l, 3000 l, 6000.
The pH, taste and NMR-O ¹⁷ value at time point 1 were examined.
The pH is measured using a pH meter, and the taste is 3
It was decided by the agreement of the panelists. The experimental results are shown in Table 1. The NMR-O ¹⁷ value is the frequency (HZ).
It is expressed in units, but the value divided by about 11 corresponds to the number of clusters.

[0028]

[Table 1]

From Table 1, when calcium hydroxide and magnesium hydroxide were combined and solidified with an adhesive, p
It has high H and is persistent, and bitterness is hardly felt from beginning to end. Moreover, it has been clarified that the water cluster can have a lower molecular weight than that obtained by using the electrolysis type alkaline ionized water conditioner. It was clarified that the alkali ionization sustainability was further enhanced when a small amount of ethyl cellulose was used as an adhesive in the addition of calcined gypsum. When calcium hydroxide or magnesium hydroxide alone was solidified, all had strong bitterness and were not suitable for beverages. When commercially available biologically derived calcium is used, its alkali ionization ability is low and its utility value is poor. The performance of the product of the present invention was equal to or higher than that of the electrolytic alkaline water conditioner.

[0030]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, it has become possible to very easily make functional drinks such as alkali ionization of various drinks, addition of effective minerals and other components to the human body, and reduction of liquid cluster molecular weight.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A minimum of two components, at least one component selected from calcium compounds exhibiting alkalinity when dissolved in water and at least one component selected from magnesium compounds exhibiting alkalinity when dissolved in water. A method for producing a functional beverage, which comprises contacting a beverage with a solid product obtained by adding an adhesive to these components and hardening the mixture. 2. A combination of at least one component selected from the group consisting of calcium hydroxide, calcium oxide, calcium silicate and calcium carbonate and at least one component selected from the group consisting of magnesium hydroxide, magnesium oxide and magnesium silicate. As a minimum, a method for producing a functional beverage, which comprises contacting a beverage with a solid matter obtained by adding an adhesive to these components and hardening the mixture. 3. A method for producing a functional beverage, characterized in that a total of two components of calcium hydroxide and magnesium hydroxide is minimized, and an adhesive is added to these components to solidify the solid to contact the beverage. 4. The function according to claim 1 or claim 2 or claim 3, wherein the adhesive is at least one component selected from the group of gypsum, calcined gypsum, alkyl cellulose, hydroxyalkyl cellulose, polyvinyl acetate and polyvinylpyrrolidone. Sex beverage manufacturing method 5. The method for producing a functional beverage according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the adhesive is a fusible polymer. 6. A functional beverage manufacturing apparatus in which the solid matter is installed in a beverage flow channel.