Abstract: A new hops plant particularly distinguished by having a cylindrical plant shape, alpha acid content of 7.4% in dry matter, a ratio content of beta to alpha of 0.5, a content of cohumulone to alpha acids of 33%, and a flowery, rose flavor, is disclosed.

Abstract: A new hops plant particularly distinguished by having a cylindrical plant shape, alpha acid content of 13.4% in dry matter, a ratio content of beta to alpha of 0.6, a content of cohumulone to alpha acids of 32%, and a flowery and fruity flavor, is disclosed.

Abstract: A new hops plant particularly distinguished by having a conical plant shape, alpha acid content of 4.2% in dry matter, a ratio content of beta to alpha of 1.1, a content of cohumulone to alpha acids of 48%, and a fruity, grape and citrus flavor, is disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a microorganism belonging to the genus Enterobacter, wherein the microorganism has an ability to assimilate glycerol to produce hydrogen gas and 1,3-propanediol, and wherein the microorganism is capable of assimilating glycerol in the presence of 10 mass % glycerol.

Abstract: Provided are a beverage having an effectively improved flavor, and methods for the same. A method of producing a beverage according to the present invention is a method of producing a beverage using a raw material solution, the method including: washing barley without germinating the barley; discarding a wash solution after the washing of the barley; and preparing the raw material solution using a raw material containing the washed and ungerminated barley.

Abstract: A microorganism suitable for production of hydrogen that is a Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum strain with an accession number of FERM BP-10793, or its mutants.

Abstract: A barley plant including a mutant LOX-1 protein and that is deficient in lipoxygenase activity

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a bacterial strain belonging to Lactobacillus brevis subspecies brevis, which has more potent antiallergic activity than the known lactic acid bacteria strains and produces ?-aminobutyric acid (GABA). It is another object of the present invention to provide beverages and foods containing cells of the aforementioned bacterial strain belonging to Lactobacillus brevis subspecies brevis, as well as antiallergic agents containing them as an active ingredient. The present invention provides a bacterial strain belonging to Lactobacillus brevis subspecies brevis, which: is capable of growing in effervescent alcoholic beverages, produces ?-aminobutyric acid (GABA), and has antiallergic activity.

Abstract: Provided are a sparkling beverage product exhibiting excellent foam properties, and a method related thereto. A sparkling beverage product according to the present invention includes: a sparkling beverage; and a container for holding the sparkling beverage, in which: an empty portion inside the container is filled with carbon dioxide gas and nitrogen gas so that the following condition (a) or (b) is satisfied: (a) a pressure of the carbon dioxide gas is 200 kPa or more, and a ratio of a pressure of the nitrogen gas to the pressure of the carbon dioxide gas is 0.5 or more; or (b) a pressure of the carbon dioxide gas is 170 kPa or more and less than 200 kPa, and a ratio of a pressure of the nitrogen gas to the pressure of the carbon dioxide gas is 1.0 or more.

Abstract: Provided are a plant raw material liquid and a beverage that are reliably prevented from containing an alcohol and have excellent flavor, and a method related thereto. A method according to the present invention includes bringing a first plant raw material liquid into contact with inactivated yeast to produce a second plant raw material liquid to be used for production of a beverage. The method may also further include producing the beverage using the second plant raw material liquid.

Abstract: A method including bringing a grain raw material liquid into contact with a yeast to effectively improve foam properties of a sparkling beverage, a grain raw material liquid, and a sparkling beverage are provided. The method includes bringing a first grain raw material liquid into contact with a yeast to produce a second grain raw material liquid to be used for production of a sparkling beverage. The yeast may be an inactivated yeast. The method may further include producing the sparkling beverage using the second grain raw material liquid.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method of producing a foaming alcoholic beverage such as beer, low-malt beer, and a beer-flavored foaming alcoholic beverage obtained by producing, without using any kind of barley (e.g., barley, wheat, malt), a pre-fermentation liquid using at least a syrup containing sources of carbon, sources of nitrogen, hops and water as raw materials and fermenting the pre-fermentation liquid with use of brewers' yeasts, wherein germinated grains are used; to thereby increase fermentability and attain superior flavor and improved foam quality. It is also an object of the present invention to provide an alcoholic beverage manufactured by the aforementioned method.

Abstract: The present invention provides an agent for inhibition of alcoholic hepatopathy comprising cells of a strain belonging to Lactobacillus brevis, or treated product thereof as an active ingredient. The agent for inhibition of alcoholic hepatopathy of the present invention is safe for living body and can be used as a component in foods and beverages.

Abstract: A barley plant including a mutant LOX-1 protein and that is deficient in lipoxygenase activity.

Abstract: The present invention provides an intestinal tract protective agent comprising a polyphosphoric acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient.

Abstract: A selection method for barley lipoxygenase-1 deficient barley, comprising a step of distinguishing the barley lipoxygenase-1 deficient barley by whether or not the guanine at the splicing donor site of the 5th intron of the barley lipoxygenase-1 gene is mutated to a different base; and a method for production of malt alcoholic beverages using a material for malt alcoholic beverages derived from barley obtained by the selection method.

Abstract: The present invention provides a microorganism belonging to the genus Enterobacter, wherein the microorganism has an ability to assimilate glycerol to produce hydrogen gas and 1,3-propanediol, and wherein the microorganism is capable of assimilating glycerol in the presence of 10 mass % glycerol.

Abstract: Provided are a sparkling beverage having effectively improved foam properties and a method of producing the same. The sparkling beverage has improved foam properties through an increase in content of a hydrophobic polypeptide or contains a hydrophobic polypeptide in an amount of 1.1 g/L or more. When the sparkling beverage is a sparkling alcoholic beverage, a method of producing the sparkling alcoholic beverage includes: a pre-fermentation step (10) of preparing a pre-fermentation solution using a raw material containing barley; and a fermentation step (20) of conducting alcoholic fermentation by adding a yeast to the pre-fermentation solution, in which foam properties of the sparkling alcoholic beverage are improved by treating the barley with a protease.

Abstract: A continuous swallowing movement measuring device includes pressure sensors placed in a line along a direction of an up and down movement of a thyroid cartilage when a food is swallowed, a first one of the pressure sensors placed at a top position of the thyroid cartilage, a second one of the pressure sensors placed along the direction to measure swallows included in a continuous swallowing movement. The device also includes a tool for wearing the pressure sensors and for fixing the pressure sensors to touch an anterior region of a neck of a subject. The tool includes a fixing unit fixes the pressure sensors. The tool also includes a supporter of the pressure sensors supports the fixing unit. Further, the tool includes a holding band holds the supporter of the pressure sensors on the anterior region of the neck of the subject.

Abstract: The present invention provides an alcoholic beverage with improved a foam stability. A processing method of an alcoholic beverage with improved foaming properties comprising a process for processing a pre-fermentation, wherein a pea protein which was extracted and was obtained from green peas is added to a pre-fermentation liquid. The alcoholic beverage with improved foaming properties can be applied to the processing method of the alcoholic beverage with improved foaming properties by fermenting the pre-fermentation liquid which created raw materials containing malts or by fermenting the pre-fermentation liquid created using a syrup containing sources of carbon, sources of nitrogen, hops, a coloring matter, an improving substance for a generating of foam and for the foam stability and water as raw materials with a brewers' yeast.