Patents by Inventor Eiji Emoto

Eiji Emoto has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11540530
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a novel oil-and-fat composition usable as an oil-and-fat sensation imparting material that can impart an oil-and-fat sensation to food and drink at a more natural and moderate intensity or can enhance or improve the oil-and-fat feeling in food and drink, and that can further enhance the flavor or texture that can be sensed in the oral cavity, such as a richness of taste, depth of taste, voluminous feeling, and feeling on the tongue; and a novel manufacturing method therefor. The present invention pertains to an oil-and-fat composition that has a moisture content of less than 1.0 mass % and that includes: component A that is three types of free fatty acids comprising free palmitic acid, free oleic acid, and free stearic acid; and component B that is two types of unsaturated aldehydes comprising 2-decenal and 2-octenal, wherein 0.002-0.2 parts by mass of component B is contained with respect to 100 parts by mass of component A, and at least 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: TAKASAGO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Kato, Haruki Otaguro, Eiji Emoto, Tadahiro Hiramoto
  • Publication number: 20200359644
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a novel oil-and-fat composition usable as an oil-and-fat sensation imparting material that can impart an oil-and-fat sensation to food and drink at a more natural and moderate intensity or can enhance or improve the oil-and-fat feeling in food and drink, and that can further enhance the flavor or texture that can be sensed in the oral cavity, such as a richness of taste, depth of taste, voluminous feeling, and feeling on the tongue; and a novel manufacturing method therefor. The present invention pertains to an oil-and-fat composition that has a moisture content of less than 1.0 mass % and that includes: component A that is three types of free fatty acids comprising free palmitic acid, free oleic acid, and free stearic acid; and component B that is two types of unsaturated aldehydes comprising 2-decenal and 2-octenal, wherein 0.002-0.2 parts by mass of component B is contained with respect to 100 parts by mass of component A, and at least 8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: TAKASAGO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke KATO, Haruki OTAGURO, Eiji EMOTO, Tadahiro HIRAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180242625
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a powdery flavoring agent, including (1) a step of treating a milk-derived material with at least any one of a lactic acid fermentation treatment and an enzymatic reaction treatment to prepare a paste flavoring agent, (2) a step of adding an excipient to the paste flavoring agent obtained in step (1) to prepare a freeze-drying raw material liquid having a fat content in a dried solid content of 40% by mass or less, a solid content based on the excipient occupying the dried solid content of 70% by mass or less, and a water content of 20% by mass or more and less than 50% by mass, and (3) a step of subjecting the freeze-drying raw material liquid obtained in the step (2) to specific treatments to obtain the powdery flavoring agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: TAKASAGO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu KONO, Eiji EMOTO, Tadahiro HIRAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170027203
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dried-fishes extract having excellent flavor and a production method therefor. In particular, the present invention provides a dried-fishes extract containing at least 150 ppm inosinic acid and at least 150 ppm anserine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: TAKASAGO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukio WASHIZU, Eiji EMOTO, Tadahiro HIRAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170027204
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dried-fishes extract having excellent flavor, and a method for manufacturing the same. Specifically, the present invention provides a dried-fishes extract comprising at least 3.5 ppm of 4-methylveratrole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: TAKASAGO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukio WASHIZU, Eiji EMOTO, Tadahiro HIRAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9399754
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a flavor enhancer for beer and beer-like beverage and beverage of a roast material, which includes (1) heating a grinded matter of a cereal, (2) treating the grinded matter with protease, and (3) recovering an extract; and a flavor enhancer for beer and beer-like beverage and beverage of a roast material obtainable by the process. The flavor enhancer of the invention can be used for enhancing the full body and enhancement of beer and beer-like beverage and beverage of a roast material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: TAKASAGO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Kawamata, Eiji Emoto, Osamu Nozaki
  • Patent number: 8993016
    Abstract: To provide a flavor enhancer having, in a good balance, a raw milk feeling which gives a flavor of a fresh milk, a rich feeling of the raw milk, a natural feeling, and a preference property. That is the flavor enhancer for food or drink, which comprises, as an effective component, a treated product which is obtained by subjecting a total milk protein to a lactic acid fermentation treatment and protease treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Takasago International Corporation
    Inventors: Yukio Washizu, Eiji Emoto, Masaharu Kono
  • Publication number: 20100112129
    Abstract: To provide a flavor enhancer having, in a good balance, a raw milk feeling which gives a flavor of a fresh milk, a rich feeling of the raw milk, a natural feeling, and a preference property. That is the flavor enhancer for food or drink, which comprises, as an effective component, a treated product which is obtained by subjecting a total milk protein to a lactic acid fermentation treatment and protease treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: TAKASAGO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukio Washizu, Eiji Emoto, Masaharu Kono
  • Publication number: 20090317511
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a flavor enhancer for beer and beer-like beverage and beverage of a roast material, which includes (1) heating a grinded matter of a cereal, (2) treating the grinded matter with protease, and (3) recovering an extract; and a flavor enhancer for beer and beer-like beverage and beverage of a roast material obtainable by the process. The flavor enhancer of the invention can be used for enhancing the full body and enhancement of beer and beer-like beverage and beverage of a roast material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: TAKASAGO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Kawamata, Eiji Emoto, Osamu Nozaki