JPH078223A - Health drink containing gardenia extract - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain the subject health drink containing gardenia extract, water- soluble vegetable fiber, cyclodextrin and sugars, having suppressed bitter and harsh taste of gardenia extract, effective for inhibiting the absorption of fat and useful for preventing obesity, etc. CONSTITUTION:This health drink containing gardenia extract, exhibiting fat- absorption inhibiting action in vivo, giving suppressed bitter and harsh taste of gardenia extract to the palate in drinking, having improved functionality and useful for dietetic treatment, etc., is produced by adding gardenia extract powder to water, dissolving a water-soluble vegetable fiber such as water-soluble and hardly digestible pineapple fiber into the solution, adding cyclodextrin and sugars, stirring the mixture, heating at 60 deg.C, removing solid substances by filtration, adding deficient amount of water, bottling the product, closing the bottle and sterilizing the content with steam at 90 deg.C for 30min.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a health drink, and more specifically, it contains an extract extracted from the fruits of gardenia (Rubiaceae), which has a function of suppressing absorption of fat in the body after drinking, as an active ingredient. Related to healthy drinks.

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2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, many health drinks have been developed and commercialized, and for example, there are those containing mainly vegetable fiber, those containing oligosaccharides, those containing mineral components, and the like. However, among healthy drinks, no drink has been developed or commercialized that suppresses fat absorption to prevent obesity, which causes various diseases.

By the way, gardenia extract is an extract extracted from the mature fruits of gardenia japonica evergreen shrub gardenia and contains irioid glycosides such as geniposide and gardenoside, and has been used as a natural pigment for food since ancient times. Has been done. Then, in 1984, Dr. Ominami of Ehime University confirmed that gardenia extract has an anti-obesity effect (see JP-A-61-1618).

Although the mechanism of the anti-obesity action of gardenia extract has not been fully clarified, the time required for the food containing fat to pass through the gastrointestinal tract is shortened by the action of irioid glycosides such as geniposide. It is believed that fat absorption is inhibited. And, this has been clarified in the result of the animal experiment when the gardenia extract was administered to mice, and the gardenia extract contained 50
It has a fat absorption inhibitory effect of about 10%, and it has been confirmed to be effective in preventing obesity and the like.

Therefore, a beverage containing gardenia extract may be produced as a beverage for suppressing fat absorption to prevent obesity. In this case, a means for masking the bitterness of gardenia extract by blending a sweetener is conceivable. . However, the addition of sweeteners such as sucrose is effective because the bitterness masking effect of sugar is relatively low, although it may be used in a small amount for the purpose of seasoning or seasoning for the purpose of suppressing absorption of fat in vivo. is not.

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Therefore, the present invention has an object to enable the gardenia extract having the above-mentioned useful fat absorption inhibitory effect to be utilized as a health drink, and further, as a beverage. The purpose is to improve the aspect.

[0007]

The present invention has been made based on the above-mentioned conventional technique to solve the conventional problems and achieve the above object, and the gist thereof is gardenia extract. Another object of the present invention is to provide a health drink containing gardenia extract, which contains water-soluble plant fiber and further contains cyclodextrin and sugar.

Cyclodextrin (hereinafter sometimes abbreviated as "CD") is a maltooligosaccharide in which glucose molecules are cyclically linked, and α-C having 6 glucose molecules.
D, 7 β-CD, and 8 γ-CD are well known. Among these pure cyclodextrins, β-
CD is the best in its inclusion function and economy.

Since these cyclodextrin products are produced by reacting starch with a CD-forming enzyme, the production process is almost the same as that of starch syrup and glucose.
It is extremely safe and has been approved for use as a natural food additive (standard for natural food additives), and there is no restriction on the purpose or amount of use. Cyclodextrin is known to have a function of reducing bitterness substances and malodorous substances for foods due to its inclusion function.

Cyclodextrin is a host molecule having a hydrophobic cavity in the molecule and incorporates various guest molecules depending on the cavity diameter to form an inclusion complex. Said function is due to the inclusion complex formed, which makes the guest substance have different properties.

The cyclodextrin used in the present invention can be used alone or in combination by appropriately selecting the aforementioned α-CD, β-CD and γ-CD.
Of course, a linear cyclodextrin mixture may be used.
Further, cyclodextrin or liquid cyclodextrin having improved solubility may be used.

The saccharides used in the present invention include
Oligosaccharides, saccharose, maltose, reduced starch saccharified products, sugar alcohols, or liquid cyclodextrins are used. As the water-soluble plant fiber used in the present invention, dietary fiber such as pine fiber, polydextrose, mannan extra and the like can be used. The water-soluble plant fiber reduces the bitterness, astringency and the like of gardenia extract.

The health drink according to the present invention comprises the gardenia extract, water-soluble plant fiber, cyclodextrin, sugars, etc. as described above.
Gardenia extract is 0, 05 to 0 to 5 parts by weight, preferably 0 to 25 parts by weight, and water-soluble plant fiber is
3,0-10,0 parts by weight, preferably 6,0 parts by weight, cyclodextrin 1,0-5,0 parts by weight, preferably 3,0 parts by weight, saccharides 5,0-20,0 parts by weight Part, preferably 9.0 parts by weight. Furthermore,
You may mix | blend the taste improver, such as an acidulant and a vitamin, with this health drink suitably.

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The health drink according to the present invention has a structure in which gardenia extract is encapsulated by cyclodextrin with the above-mentioned structure, and further has a fat absorption inhibitory effect in vivo due to the incorporation of water-soluble plant fiber, which makes the gardenia extract unique to drinking. It significantly reduces the bitterness, and eliminates the astringent taste, making the taste rounder. In addition, the blending of sugars will improve the sensory aspects such as taste and aroma.

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Example: Gardenia extract powder 30 mg in 90 ml of water
In addition, 50 mg of water-soluble and indigestible fiber pine fiber was dissolved. Liquid cyclodextrin (20% cyclodextrin, 50% oligosaccharide)
Was mixed with 920 mg and stirred. And this liquid 60 °
Heated to C, filtered off solids, added deficient water to bring the total to 100 ml and bottled. Then, the bottle was sealed and steam sterilized at 90 ° C. for 30 minutes to produce a healthy beverage for diet. When the health drink was sampled, it had no bitterness and astringent taste, and the taste had a mellow sweetness.

In the above embodiment, (A). When liquid cyclodextrin containing no oligosaccharide (cyclodextrin 20%, oligosaccharide 0%) is used, and (B). The case where 50 mg of pine fiber was not used was manufactured as a comparative example, and the result of the comparative sensory test revealed that the healthy beverage according to the present invention was obviously superior in palatability as compared with (A) and (B) above. It turned out that

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INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY As described above, the present invention provides a gardenia extract as a health drink containing a gardenia extract, characterized by containing cyclodextrin and saccharides in addition to water-soluble plant fiber. Therefore, it has been possible to provide a useful beverage having a fat absorption inhibitory action and an antiobesity action. Further, the health drink according to the present invention is composed of only materials that have already been confirmed to be sufficiently safe, so there is no problem in food hygiene, and it is possible to provide a drink excellent in sensory aspect. Came to.

Particularly, in the present invention, in terms of palatability, as a result of adding water-soluble plant fiber, which was not found to be effective when used alone, to cyclodextrin and sugar, the bitterness, astringency, etc. possessed by gardenia extract. The unpleasant taste of was able to be suppressed almost completely.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A health drink containing gardenia extract, which contains gardenia extract and water-soluble plant fiber, and further contains cyclodextrin and saccharides. 2. The gardenia extract according to claim 1, wherein gardenia extract powder and water-soluble and indigestible plant fiber are added to water, and liquid cyclodextrin containing an oligosaccharide is further added. Healthy drink.