Patents Assigned to Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.
  • Patent number: 10245291
    Abstract: This invention provides the use of a microorganism capable of improving both lipid metabolism and sugar metabolism. Specifically, the invention relates to: a lipid metabolism and/or sugar metabolism improver comprising, as an active ingredient, a bacterial cell selected from bacteria belonging to the genus Lactobacillus and the genus Bifidobacterium, a treated product of the bacterial cell, or a mixture thereof, having dual-agonistic activities to peroxisome proliferator activated receptor (PPAR)? and peroxisome proliferator activated receptor (PPAR)?; to a food or a beverage comprising the improver; and to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the improver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.
    Inventors: Futoshi Nakamura, Nobuhisa Ashida, Yu Ishida, Shigeru Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20180360063
    Abstract: The present invention provides an effective means for improving the dispersibility of sediments or aggregates of microbial cells generated at the time of production and during storage of a food or beverage product containing microbial cells such as lactic acid bacteria. The present invention provides a beverage that contains microbial cells comprising (A) microbial cell powder and (B) polyglycerin fatty acid ester composed of polyglycerin having a polymerization degree of 3 to 10 and fatty acid having 10 to 18 carbon atoms connected by ester bonds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicants: ASAHI SOFT DRINKS CO., LTD., ASAHI GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Shibata, Tetsuo KOIZUMI, Toru YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20180327787
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a sucrose unassimilating yeast which has a flocculation ability and has much of a proven performance of food production. The present invention pertains to a yeast strain expressed by accession number: NITE BP-1587.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: ASAHI GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki MASUDA, Taku KATO
  • Patent number: 10059964
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a sucrose unassimilating yeast which has a flocculation ability and has much of a proven performance of food production. The present invention pertains to a yeast strain expressed by accession number: NITE BP-1587.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: ASAHI GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Masuda, Taku Kato
  • Patent number: 10030274
    Abstract: This invention provides a means for screening for lactic acid bacteria having immunoregulatory functions in a simple and rapid manner. This invention provides a method for screening for or producing lactic acid bacteria having immunoregulatory functions comprising determining the number of the test lactic acid bacteria bound to the uromodulin (Umod) protein, lactic acid bacteria obtained by such method, and an immunoregulatory composition comprising such lactic acid bacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: ASAHI GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD.
    Inventors: Sae Hyakutake, Tatsuhiko Hirota, Shinji Fukuda, Hiroshi Ohno, Naoyuki Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20170119828
    Abstract: This invention provides the use of a microorganism capable of improving both lipid metabolism and sugar metabolism. Specifically, the invention relates to: a lipid metabolism and/or sugar metabolism improver comprising, as an active ingredient, a bacterial cell selected from bacteria belonging to the genus Lactobacillus and the genus Bifidobacterium, a treated product of the bacterial cell, or a mixture thereof, having dual-agonistic activities to peroxisome proliferator activated receptor (PPAR)? and peroxisome proliferator activated receptor (PPAR)?; to a food or a beverage comprising the improver; and to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the improver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: ASAHI GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD.
    Inventors: Futoshi NAKAMURA, Nobuhisa ASHIDA, Yu ISHIDA, Shigeru FUJIWARA
  • Publication number: 20170006889
    Abstract: Provided is a thirst-quencher-like acidic milk-based beverage and a method for producing the same, of which white turbidity typical of milk-based beverages is suppressed, which provide milkiness characteristic of milk-based beverages, and which has the appearance desired of sports drinks. The acidic milk-based beverage contains milk, a stabilizer of milk protein, and water, and the solid non-fat content thereof is 0.15 to 0.4 mass %, and the pH is not higher than 4.0. In particular, by controlling the lightness L to 25 to 47 in the Hunter Lab color space, the beverage made be useful as a thirst quencher beverage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicants: ASAHI SOFT DRINKS CO., LTD., ASAHI GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuka ISHIMORI, Tetsuo KOIZUMI
  • Patent number: 9504720
    Abstract: This application provides a substance containing disrupted cells of an anti-inflammatory lactic acid bacterium and having an effect of preventing or improving arthritis in a subject, a composition containing the substance and the preparation method thereof, and a method for enhancing the effect of preventing and improving arthritis with the use of the substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kikuji Itoh, Shigeru Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 9468657
    Abstract: This invention provides an effective means or method for improving lipid metabolism, and a means or method for treatment or prevention of diseases or disorders associated with the lipid metabolism disorder. Specifically, this invention relates to an agent for improving the lipid metabolism comprising, as active ingredients, broken cells of a lactic acid bacterium, and to a method for enhancing an effect of a lactic acid bacterium for improving the lipid metabolism comprising a step of breaking the lactic acid bacterium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.
    Inventors: Futoshi Nakamura, Yu Ishida, Shigeru Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 9339055
    Abstract: An inducer of T cell apoptosis and a health food for inducing T cell apoptosis comprising as an active ingredient of a lactic acid bacterium belonging to the genus Lactobacillus or the genus Bifidobacterium are disclosed. Particularly preferred lactic acid bacteria belonging to the genus Lactobacillus or the genus Bifidobacterium are Lactobacillus acidophilus L-92 (FERM BP-4981), Lactobacillus amylovorus CP1750 (FERM BP-10532), Bifidobacterium catenulatum CP2829 (FERM BP-10533) and Bifidobacterium longum CP760 (FERM BP-10531). The inducer of T cell apoptosis of the invention is useful in the prevention and cure of a disease such as an organ-specific autoimmune disease or type I allergy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: ASAHI GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeru Fujiwara, Hiroki Kanzato, Satoshi Hachimura
  • Publication number: 20160108437
    Abstract: A method for producing raw sugar and ethanol which includes the steps of: heating and clarifying a plant origin sugar juice; concentrating the clear sugar juice so that the Brix value of the clear sugar juice is 15 to 50%; cooling the syrup to a fermentation temperature; fermenting the syrup, thereby selectively converting the saccharide components other than sucrose in the syrup into ethanol; and concentrating the fermented solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicants: SHINKO SUGAR MILL CO., LTD., ASAHI GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi OHARA, Kazutoshi KITAI, Hidenori HIDAKA, Megumi SHIOURA, Yosuke HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20160108438
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a sucrose unassimilating yeast which has a flocculation ability and has much of a proven performance of food production. The present invention pertains to a yeast strain expressed by accession number: NITE BP-1587.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: ASAHI GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki MASUDA, Taku KATO
  • Patent number: 9193635
    Abstract: Disclosed is a processing method whereby microorganisms, particularly waste yeast, can be turned into a processed material having high added value. Also disclosed is said processed material. Further disclosed is a production method for a reducing mixture derived from microorganisms which has an oxidation-reduction potential of 0 mV or less, said method being characterized by processing microorganisms or components thereof with superheated steam in the absence of oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanori Kitagawa, Chikako Iwabuchi, Daiki Honma, Yoshio Maekawa
  • Publication number: 20150111270
    Abstract: A method for producing sugar and ethanol including the steps of: heating and cleaning a sugar liquid derived from a plant; fermenting the cleaned liquid which has been adjusted to suitable temperature to selectively convert sugar components other than sucrose in the cleaned liquid into ethanol; and concentrating the obtained fermented liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: ASAHI GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD.
    Inventor: Satoshi Ohara
  • Patent number: 9005683
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a yeast containing glutamic acid at a high concentration. In the method for culturing a yeast, a yeast in a stationary growth phase is subjected to liquid culture under the conditions that the pH of a liquid medium is 7.5 or higher and lower than 11. After the pH of the liquid medium for the yeast in a stationary growth phase is adjusted to 7.5 or higher and lower than 11, the yeast is further cultured, whereby a yeast with a high glutamic acid content can be produced. In the invention, as the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae or Candida utilis can be used. Therefore, by using the yeast with a high glutamic acid content obtained by the above-said method and the extract obtained by extraction from the yeast, a seasoning composition and a food or drink with a high glutamic acid content can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ichiro Shibuya, Hiroaki Okano, Yoshitomo Kanaoka, Nobuchika Takesue
  • Patent number: 8999693
    Abstract: A method for producing ?-glucanase and xylanase which includes the step of culturing a microorganism classified under the genus Trichoderma using a liquid culture medium which contains (a) a pulp derived from paper which has not been subjected to heat treatment nor alkali treatment as a carbon source, and (b) an ammonia nitrogen or an amino nitrogen as a nitrogen source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuro Fukuda
  • Patent number: 8951326
    Abstract: Provided is a high-value added fertilizer using a microorganism or a component of a microorganism and especially a fertilizer capable of promoting the bearing of fruit trees and fruit vegetables. A reducing fertilizer obtained by subjecting a mixture of a microorganism or a component of a microorganism with phosphoric acid component and/or potassium component to a hydrothermal reaction treatment is capable of promoting the growth the roots, especially, the root hairs of fruit trees and also promoting the enlargement of their fruits. In particular, because of the reducing characteristic, the reducing fertilizer of the present invention has an excellent affinity for cells constituting the roots, and enables phosphoric acid component and potassium component, which are useful fertilizer components, to be absorbed effectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanori Kitagawa, Yoshio Maekawa
  • Publication number: 20140250961
    Abstract: Provided is a high-value added fertilizer using a microorganism or a component of a microorganism and especially a fertilizer capable of promoting the bearing of fruit trees and fruit vegetables. A reducing fertilizer obtained by subjecting a mixture of a microorganism or a component of a microorganism with phosphoric acid component and/or potassium component to a hydrothermal reaction treatment is capable of promoting the growth the roots, especially, the root hairs of fruit trees and also promoting the enlargement of their fruits. In particular, because of the reducing characteristic, the reducing fertilizer of the present invention has an excellent affinity for cells constituting the roots, and enables phosphoric acid component and potassium component, which are useful fertilizer components, to be absorbed effectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanori Kitagawa, Yoshio Maekawa
  • Patent number: 8647845
    Abstract: Provided is a method for efficiently producing sugar and simultaneously efficiently producing ethanol. A method for producing sugar characterized by comprising a pretreatment step in which a plant-origin sugar solution is fermented by a microorganism having no sucrose-degrading enzyme and a step for producing sugar from the fermented sugar solution. A method for producing sugar characterized by comprising a pretreatment step in which a plant-origin sugar solution is fermented by a microorganism in the presence of a sucrose-degrading enzyme inhibitor and a step for producing sugar from the fermented sugar solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignees: Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd., Incorporated Administrative Agency National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
    Inventors: Satoshi Ohara, Yoshifumi Terajima, Akira Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 8573029
    Abstract: A configuration capable of suppressing a variation in the measurement result of a falling body viscometer is proposed. Provided is a method of sending a falling body of a falling body viscometer when sending the falling body loaded in a loading unit of a loading holder into a measured substance, in which the falling body of the falling body viscometer is sent out in a manner such that the falling body is sent out from the loading unit by pressing the falling body using an extruding pin, thereby suppressing a variation in the measurement result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kimito Kawamura, Motoyuki Tagashira, Eiji Tamura