Patents Assigned to Suntory Holdings Limited
  • TEA AROMATIZING COMPOSITION HAVING FLORAL AROMA
    Publication number: 20220183314
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an aromatizing material having excellent floral aroma. The tea aroma composition comprises linalool, geraniol, and 2-methylbutanal, and has a weight ratio of 2-methylbutanal content to total linalool and geraniol content which is adjusted to be in the range of from 0.010 to 0.215.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Daisaku Yonezawa, Makoto Otsuka, Takashi Mukai, Takeshi Nakajima, Keita Kikuchi, Yuji Hirayama, Taisuke Osanai, Taishu Hamaba
  • METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID-CONTAINING BACTERIA
    Publication number: 20220186279
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a novel method that can quantify diaminopimelic acid-containing bacteria in a test sample. The present invention relates to a method of quantifying diaminopimelic acid-containing bacteria in a test sample, including a step of quantifying the diaminopimelic acid-containing bacteria, using, as an index, the amount of diaminopimelic acid derived from the diaminopimelic acid-containing bacteria in the test sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Yosuke Sato, Naoki Kasajima, Toshihiko Fukuda, Masayuki Ida
  • STEVIA PLANT HAVING LESS ABILITY TO FORM POLLENS
    Publication number: 20220177901
    Abstract: The present invention provides a stevia plant having a low ability to form pollens as compared with the wild type stevia species. The present invention also provides a method of producing such a stevia plant having a low ability to form pollens, and an extract or a steviol glycoside purified product obtainable from such a plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Tadayoshi HIRAI, Kazunari IWAKI, Kentaro OCHIAI
  • METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TEA AROMA COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20220174974
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a tea aroma composition wherein the excellent aroma of tea leaves is enhanced. In the method for producing a tea aroma composition, tea leaves are treated by steam distillation to collect a distillate and then the obtained distillate is subjected to distillative concentration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Daisaku Yonezawa, Makoto Otsuka, Takashi Mukai, Takeshi Nakajima, Keita Kikuchi, Yuji Hirayama, Taisuke Osanai, Taishu Hamaba
  • LINALOOL-CONTAINING BEVERAGE
    Publication number: 20220159997
    Abstract: The present invention address the problem of providing a beverage having a citrus flavor while having off-flavors suppressed. The present invention provides a beverage containing 5 ppm or less of linalool and 0.25 to 30 ppm of chitosan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuki Tomiyasu, Daigo Ibusuki
  • TEA BEVERAGE HAVING IMPROVED QUALITY OF TASTE EXHIBITED BY SUGAR AND SWEETENER
    Publication number: 20220159988
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a tea beverage that contains: (a) a natural sugar in an amount corresponding to sweetness intensity X1; (b) a high-sweetness-degree sweetener in an amount corresponding to sweetness intensity X2; and (c) less than 50 mg/100 ml of sodium. The high-sweetness-degree sweetener includes at least one high-sweetness-degree sweetener b1 selected from the group consisting of rebaudioside M, rebaudioside D, rebaudioside N, rebaudioside O, rebaudioside E, Momordica grosvenori extract, mogroside V, and thaumatin, and the tea beverage satisfies 0.1<(X1+X2)?20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoji ASAMI, Tadahiro OHKURI, Akiko FUJIE, Koji NAGAO, Yoshiaki YOKOO
  • INTOXICATION DEGREE DETERMINATION SYSTEM, INTOXICATION DEGREE DETERMINATION METHOD, AND INTOXICATION DEGREE DETERMINATION PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20220157411
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a question creating section 21 configured to create a question for a drinking user to answer; an output section 11 configured to present the user with the question; an input section 11 configured to receive an operation by the user of inputting an answer to the question; and a computation section 22 configured to determine an intoxication degree of the user's on the basis of the answer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuichi Suzuki, Mitsuhiro Zeida, Toshinobu Hasegawa, Koichi Endo, Sonoko Kaneda, Motoshige Takagi, Aiko Nakagawa
  • Beer-taste beverage
    Patent number: 11330831
    Abstract: A beer-taste beverage containing (A) ?-octanolactone, (B) 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF), (C) trans-oaklactone, and (D) 4-ethylguaiacol, wherein the components satisfy the following (1) and (2): (1) a concentration ratio of the component A to the component B, A/B (ppb/ppb), is 0.009 or more; and (2) a concentration ratio of the component C to the component D, C/D (ppb/ppb), is 0.1 or more. In the beer-taste beverage of the present invention, rich sweetness and a smoky feel are given in an excellent balance, and off-flavors distinctively owned by the beer-taste beverages or a degradation odor generated with the change over time is masked (reduced), so that a new taste can be provided as a luxury product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Takako Inui, Anna Shimmura
  • NOVEL MANDEVILLA GENUS PLANT AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF SAME
    Publication number: 20220132763
    Abstract: A novel Mandevilla genus plant is provided that has a novel color tone unable to be previously produced. A candidate Mandevilla genus plant is selected as a parent Mandevilla genus plant in the case carotenoid pigment is extracted from the petals thereof, and neoxanthin or a derivative thereof is present in the carotenoid pigment extract.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicants: SUNTORY FLOWERS LIMITED, SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: MASAHIRO YAMADA, Tomoya Misato, Takehiro Watanabe, Toshiaki Azuma, Manabu Horikawa
  • FRUIT JUICE BEVERAGE HAVING IMPROVED QUALITY OF TASTE EXHIBITED BY SUGAR AND SWEETENER
    Publication number: 20220125076
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a fruit juice beverage that contains: (a) a natural sugar in an amount corresponding to sweetness intensity X1; (b) a high-sweetness-degree sweetener in an amount corresponding to sweetness intensity X2; and (c) less than 70 mg/100 ml of sodium. The high-sweetness-degree sweetener includes at least one high-sweetness-degree sweetener b1 selected from the group consisting of rebaudioside M, rebaudioside D, rebaudioside N, rebaudioside O, rebaudioside E, Momordica grosvenori extract, mogroside V, and thaumatin, and the fruit juice beverage satisfies 0.1<(X1+X2)?20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoji ASAMI, Tadahiro OHKURI, Akiko FUJIE, Koji NAGAO, Yoshiaki YOKOO
  • Plant having blue flower color and breeding method therefor
    Patent number: 11299742
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a breeding method for a plant having a blue flower color with a simpler blue color development controlling technique, without requiring complex mechanisms for blue color development that have been previously presented and techniques reproducing such mechanisms. Delphinidin-based anthocyanins, in which the both 3? and 5?-positions of the anthocyanin B-ring have been glycosylated, and flavone glycosides or flavonol glycosides as copigment are made to coexist in the cells of flower organ such as petals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Naonobu Noda, Masayoshi Nakayama, Mitsuru Douzono, Satoshi Hongo, Ryutaro Aida, Yukihisa Katsumoto
  • Beverage containing catechin compound(s) and RebD and/or RebM
    Patent number: 11284638
    Abstract: Catechin compound(s)-containing beverages having reduced bitterness and astringency of catechin compound(s) while maintaining tea-like preferable flavors, methods of production thereof, and the like are provided. The content of catechin compound(s) in a beverage is adjusted to within a certain range, the total content of RebM and RebD in the beverage is adjusted to within a certain range, and the weight ratio of the total content of RebD and RebM to the content of the catechin compound(s) is adjusted to within a certain range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Makoto Nakajima, Yasuyuki Kobayashi
  • Beverage containing tea polymerized polyphenol and RebD and/or RebM
    Patent number: 11284630
    Abstract: Tea polymerized polyphenol-containing beverages having reduced bitterness and astringency of tea polymerized polyphenols while maintaining tea-like preferable flavors, methods of production thereof, and the like are provided. The content of tea polymerized polyphenols in a beverage is adjusted to within a certain range, the total content of RebM and RebD in the beverage is adjusted to within a certain range, and the weight ratio of the total content of RebD and RebM to the content of the tea polymerized polyphenols is adjusted to within a certain range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Makoto Nakajima, Yasuyuki Kobayashi
  • High rebaudioside C-content stevia plant
    Patent number: 11284576
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a Stevia plant having a high content of rebaudioside C. The present invention provides a high rebaudioside C-content type, non genetically modified Stevia plant that has a higher content of rebaudioside C than wild-type Stevia varieties, more specifically at least 20% higher content. The present invention further provides: a method for producing such a high rebaudioside C-content type, non genetically modified Stevia plant; and dried leaves obtained from such a plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Kazunari Iwaki, Eiichiro Ono, Tadayoshi Hirai, Katsuro Miyagawa
  • BEER-TASTE BEVERAGE
    Publication number: 20220087290
    Abstract: A beer-taste beverage containing 3-mercaptohexan-1-ol (3MH), wherein the mass ratio of the content of 3MH to the content of an ?-acid (3MH (ppt)/?-acid (ppm)) is 180 or more. According to the present invention, a beer-taste beverage having excellent flavors, capable of giving a rich, grapefruit-like aroma and having lowered disagreeable bitterness originated from hops can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Suntory Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Abe, Takako Inui
  • COMPOSITION FOR COMPETITIVE INHIBITION OF OREXIN RECEPTORS
    Publication number: 20220088004
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a novel composition for competitively inhibiting an orexin receptor, which can inhibit binding of orexin to its receptor, and a method of inhibiting binding of orexin to its receptor. The present invention relates to, for example, a composition for competitively inhibiting an orexin receptor, containing pyrroloquinoline quinone or a salt thereof as an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Shota Itoga, Hiroshi Watanabe, Jiro Takano
  • REBAUDIOSIDE D-RICH STEVIA PLANT
    Publication number: 20220087124
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high rebaudioside D-content stevia plant comprising rebaudioside D at higher content as compared with the wild type stevia species. The present invention also provides a method of producing such a high rebaudioside D-content stevia plant, and a dried leaf and an extract obtainable from such a plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Tadayoshi HIRAI, Kazunari IWAKI, Katsuro MIYAGAWA
  • BROUSSONETINE-RICH STEVIA PLANT
    Publication number: 20220078989
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high broussonetine-content stevia plant comprising broussonetine at higher content as compared with the wild type stevia species. The present invention also provides a method of producing such a high broussonetine-content stevia plant, and a dried leaf and an extract obtainable from such a plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Tadayoshi HIRAI, Kazunari IWAKI, Katsuro MIYAGAWA
  • FLAVORED WATER HAVING IMPROVED SUGAR AND SWEETENER TASTE
    Publication number: 20220071239
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a flavored water including (a) a natural sugar in an amount equivalent to a sweetness intensity X1, (b) a highly sweet sweetener in an amount equivalent to a sweetness intensity X2, and (c) less than 40 mg/100 ml of sodium. The highly sweet sweetener includes at least one highly sweet sweetener b1 selected from the group consisting of Rebaudioside M, Rebaudioside D, Rebaudioside N, Rebaudioside O, Rebaudioside E, Siraitia grosvenorii fruit extract, Mogroside V, and thaumatin. 0.1<(X1+X2)?20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoji ASAMI, Tadahiro OHKURI, Akiko FUJIE, Koji NAGAO, Yoshiaki YOKOO
  • EFFERVESCENT BEVERAGE IN WHICH QUALITY OF TASTE RESULTING FROM SUGARS AND SWEETENERS IS IMPROVED
    Publication number: 20220071238
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an effervescent beverage in which the quality of taste resulting from sugars and sweeteners is improved, and a method for producing the effervescent beverage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoji ASAMI, Tadahiro OHKURI, Akiko FUJIE, Koji NAGAO, Yoshiaki YOKOO