Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a non-alcohol beer-taste beverage excellent in robust feeling of drinking and also excellent in foam quality. The means for solving the problems is a non-alcohol beer-taste beverage containing a wort fermented liquid, having a malt use ratio of 50% or more, a real extract concentration of 6 w/v % or more, and a ratio of bitterness value (BU) to real extract concentration (w/v %) (bitterness value/real extract) of 2.0 to 3.8.

Abstract: This is to provide a composition containing a decomposition product of yeast cell body residue useful as an emulsifier substitute, an emulsion stabilizer substitute or a milk-like substitute, and a method for producing the same, and use thereof. Provided is a composition containing a cell wall lysing enzyme-decomposition product of yeast cell body residue, wherein the decomposition product contains 5% by mass or more of lipid based on a dry mass of the decomposition product.

Abstract: A low-alcohol beverage of the present invention is a citrus-savored low-alcohol beverage having an alcohol concentration of 3.0 v/v % or less, the low-alcohol beverage containing 0.1 to 2.5 v/v % gin converted to 100% of alcohol.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a low-alcohol beer-taste beverage having an excellent beer-like flavor at the top, and an enhanced complex taste derived from brewing. The means for solving the problem is a non-alcoholic beer-taste beverage containing an aroma composition containing 0.0475 ppb or more of myrcene, 0.000475 ppb or more of ?-ionone, 5.8125 ppb or more of linalool, 0.7025 ppb or more of citronellol, 0.115 ppb or more of geraniol, and 0.09 ppb or more of ?-eudesmol.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a method for suppressing sourness and astringency of a low-alcohol beer-taste beverage, and enhancing an alcohol feeling and a complex taste derived from brewing. The means for solving the problems is a low-alcohol beer-taste beverage containing an aroma composition containing: 0.49 ppm or more of ethyl acetate, 0.83 ppm or more of isobutanol, 0.065 ppm or more of isoamyl acetate, and 4.35 ppm or more of isoamyl alcohol.

Abstract: A beverage comprising an unsaturated fatty acid, comprising: 2.5 to 500 ppb of sabinene and/or 5 to 5000 ppb of ?-terpinene. A method of masking a light-deterioration odor in a beverage comprising an unsaturated fatty acid, by blending sabinene and/or ?-terpinene in such an amount that the content of the sabinene and/or ?-terpinene in the beverage are the amounts noted above.

Abstract: The present invention provides packaged beverage containing an edible aqueous solution and a hydrophobic droplet containing a hydrophobic aroma component, wherein the aqueous solution and the hydrophobic droplet are separated, and also provides a method for producing a packaged beverage in which an edible aqueous solution and a hydrophobic droplet containing a hydrophobic aroma component are separated, the method including: packing the aqueous solution in a container main body and subsequently adding a hydrophobic liquid composition containing a hydrophobic aroma component, or packing the hydrophobic liquid composition in the container main body and subsequently adding the aqueous solution, and then sealing the container main body.

Abstract: A replaceable component for a dispense head includes a first pipe disposed to pass through an inside of a dispense head, a pressing portion capable of pressing a valve body of a beverage supply valve in a beverage container, and a sealing member. The sealing member includes a first sealing portion capable of coming in contact with a beverage outlet of the beverage container, and a membrane connected to the first sealing portion and inhibiting a beverage from adhering to the dispense head.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid supply system with which it is possible to perform quality control of a liquid provided by the system.

Abstract: There are provided a liquid supply system and a liquid loss reduction method capable of reducing a liquid loss caused when a liquid storage container is replaced. A liquid supply system (101) that transfers a liquid in a storage container (10) through a supply pipe (30), and dispenses the liquid from a dispensing outlet in a dispensing device (50). The liquid supply system includes a spout prevention unit (110) that is installed in the supply pipe, has a predetermined internal volume, and prevents a pressurized gas from being spouted from the dispensing outlet, a liquid-absence detection device (120) that is installed between the storage container and the spout prevention unit, and detects absence of the liquid in the storage container, and a control device (130) that is electrically connected to the liquid-absence detection device, and gives instructions for closing a flow path in the dispensing device in response to the detection of the absence of the liquid in the storage container.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a new technology that enables reducibility to be maintained for a prolonged period of time. [Solution] A composition having reducing ability, comprising a substance having reducing ability and a wet ball mill-treated product of yeast cell wall and/or a hydrothermal reaction-treated product of yeast cell wall.

Abstract: A management apparatus MA includes a pressure sensor 12 configured to detect a pressure of a gas cylinder 110 that supplies carbon dioxide gas to a beverage barrel 120 so as to supply the beverage from the beverage barrel 120 to the beverage server 150, and a control unit 20 configured to notify exchange of the gas cylinder 110 based on an output from the pressure sensor 12.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a novel technology that can promote the production of interleukin-6, and to provide a novel technology that can promote the production of interleukin-10. [Solution] Provided are an interleukin-6 production promoter that comprises a crude yeast cell wall hydrolysate, and an interleukin-10 production promoter that comprises a crude yeast cell wall hydrolysate.

Abstract: A liquid sales management device is to be added to a liquid supply system supplying a liquid within a storage container to a dispensing device through a supply pipe with the liquid pressurized in order to cool the liquid in the dispensing device, and dispensing the cooled liquid to a drinking container. The liquid sales management device includes an actual flow rate determining unit that determines an actual measured flow rate of the liquid dispensed into the drinking container from the dispensing device, a cleaning mode detection unit that detects a cleaning mode in the liquid supply system, and a consumption flow rate acquisition unit that determines an actual consumption of the liquid based on the number of cycles of the cleaning mode, a known liquid amount consumed in one cycle of the cleaning mode in the liquid supply system, and the actual measured flow rate.

Abstract: A dispensing head includes a fastening portion fastened to a mouth of a beverage container, a connecting portion to which a gas coupling connected to a gas cylinder via a gas tube is connected, a gas channel configured to cause the connecting portion and the beverage container to communicate with each other, a dispensing portion configured to dispense a beverage injected from the beverage container by a pressure of a gas supplied to the beverage container via the gas channel, and an operation inhibition mechanism configured to inhibit an operation for connecting the gas coupling to the connecting portion in a state in which the fastening portion is not fastened to the mouth.

Abstract: Provided is a lactic acid bacteria growth promoter which has a growth promotion effect on lactic acid bacteria. The lactic acid bacteria growth promoter includes at least one peptide selected from the group consisting of: a first peptide having a total number of residues of not more than 9 and comprising a hydrophobic amino acid residue at the C-terminus; and a second peptide having a total number of residues of not more than 9. The ratio of the total number of hydrophobic amino acid residues and proline residues to the total number of residues is not less than 2/3.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a novel technique with which it is possible to reduce acetic acid irritation and difficulty to drink derived from acetic acid which may be sensed during drinking of an acetic acid-containing beverage. [Solution] This beverage contains acetic acid in an amount of 10-800 ppm and gluconic acid in an amount of 50-2000 ppm, and has an acidity due to citric acid of 0.1-0.4 g/100 ml.

Abstract: The present invention can provide a composition capable of improving an unpleasant taste caused by high-intensity sweeteners, in which the yeast odor is improved and/or the masking effect of the unpleasant taste caused by high-intensity sweeteners is sufficiently performed. A composition for improving the unpleasant taste caused by high-intensity sweeteners, comprising an extract of yeast cell walls degraded by a cell wall lytic enzyme, in which the degraded extract contains 50 mass% or more of carbohydrates to the dry mass of the degraded extract.

Abstract: A blood-viscosity measurement blood collection tube includes a bottomed tube provided with an opening at one end in a length direction and a bottom at the other in the length direction, and a sealing plug. The sealing plug includes a sealing part fitted in the opening of the bottomed tube in a hermetically sealed state, a cap part, and a thin connecting part. The sealing part includes a vertically penetrated insertion hole. The sealing part of the sealing plug is fitted in the opening of the bottomed tube, and an inner space of the bottomed tube is in a negative pressure state. The cap part is configured to be removed from the sealing plug by breaking the connecting part with an external force applied to the cap part, and the insertion hole is exposed at an upper surface of the sealing part when the cap part has been removed.

Abstract: A blood-viscosity measurement method uses a collection tube includes a bottomed tube having an opening at one end in a length direction and a bottom at the other end in the length direction. A sealing plug includes a sealing part fitted in the opening of the bottomed tube in a hermetically sealed state, a cap part, and a thin connecting part. The sealing part includes a vertically penetrated insertion hole and fitted in the opening of the bottomed tube. The method includes collecting blood using a negative pressure state of the inner space, applying an external force to the cap portion to break the connecting part and removing the cap part to expose the insertion hole at an upper surface of the sealing part, and obtaining blood viscosity by causing a viscosity-measurement falling body to fall from the insertion hole, and measuring a fall terminal velocity of the falling body.