Patent ID: 7323205
Filing Date: 2008-01-29
Classification: A23F

Abstract:
1. A process for the production of a packaged green tea beverage containing non-polymer catechins at a concentration of 0.05 to 0.5 wt. %, which comprises bringing an aluminosilicate, which has an iron release rate of not greater than 0.8 mg/kg to a catechin-containing solution, into contact with a green tea mixture of a green tea extract and a concentrate of green tea extract, wherein the packaged green tea beverage is a packaged green tea beverage with a concentrate of a green tea extract mixed therein, comprising: (a) 0.05 to 0.5 wt. % of non-polymer catechins in which the weight ratio [(A)/(B)] of (A) non-epicatechins to (B) epicatechins is from 0.54 to 9.0; (b) 10 to 30 mg/kg of aluminum ions; and (c) 10 to 30 mg/kg of silicon ion.