Patent ID: 11903394
Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
Field: Food chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A green tea extract, comprising:
non-polymer catechins,
caffeine, and
fine particles, as an insoluble component of the green tea extract, obtained by a process comprising extraction of raw tea leaves with hot water,
wherein
(A) a mass ratio of caffeinelnon-polymer catechins is 0.180 or less, and a content of the non-polymer catechins in solids is from 20 mass % to 60 mass %, and
the green tea extract satisfies requirements (B) and (C) when subjected to concentration adjustment so as to have a concentration of the non-polymer catechins of 175 mg/100 mL:
(B) the fine particles contained in the green tea extract subjected to the concentration adjustment have an average particle size of from 0.2 μm to 3 μm; and
(C) the green tea extract subjected to the concentration adjustment has a turbidity of at least 30 NTU.