Patents Assigned to Kenzo Kurihara
  • Taste-modifying method and bitterness-decreasing method
    Patent number: 5785984
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a protein-lipid complex which modifies the taste of a food, pharmaceutical or cosmetic, particularly has the effect of decreasing the bitterness thereof; and a method for modifying the taste of a food, pharmaceutical or cosmetic with the complex, particularly a method for decreasing the bitterness thereof with the complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignees: Kao Corporation, Kenzo Kurihara
    Inventors: Kenzo Kurihara, Mitsuyoshi Kashiwagi, Takeshi Yasumasu, Yuki Mitsui, Setsujiro Inaoka, Yoshihisa Katsuragi