Food products containing a fruit component

Abstract

A fruit juice-containing food product containing following components (a) and (b) in addition to a fruit component and a base having sweetness; and a method for reinforcing a flavor of a fruit juice-containing food product. (a) one or more refreshing feeling substances selected from the group consisting of menthol, menthone, camphor, pulegol, isopulegol, pulegone, cineol, mint oil, peppermint oil, spearmint oil, eucalyptus oil, and fractions there of. (b) one or more cool feeling substances selected from the group consisting of 3-l-menthoxypropane-1,2-diol, N-ethyl-p-menthane-3-carboxamide, 3-l-menthoxy-2-methylpropane-1,2-diol, p-menthane-3,8-diol, 2-l-menthoxyethane-1-ol, 3-l-menthoxypropane-1-ol, 4-l-menthoxybutane-1-ol, cyclic carboxamides, acyclic carboxamides,N,2,3-trimethyl-2-isopropyl butanamide, a menthoxy alkanol (alkyl group having 2 to 6 carbons), a menthoxy alkyl ether (alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbons), and a menthoxy alkanediol (alkyl group having 3 to 6 carbons).

Description

technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a fruit-containing component food with a sweetened base, hereinafter referred to as "juice-containing food", which does not have the heavy sweetness caused by the sweetened base, and provides both at the time of ingestion and after ingestion. Refreshing sensation and high palate acceptability. Background technique [0002] As products containing fruit juice foods, various products are known, which include: fruit juice drinks such as soft drinks and alcoholic drinks; fruit confectionary products such as candy, chewing gum and chocolate; fruit dairy products such as milk products, milk drinks, yogurt, sherbet or Ice cream, they are widely present in the market. In these juice-containing foods, base agents such as sorbitol, glycerin, propylene glycol, sodium saccharin, aspartame, xylose, maltose, glucose, sucrose, maltitol, erythritol, Xylitol, sucralose, glycyrrhizin, dipotassium glycyrrhizinate, stevia, fructooligosacc...

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Problems solved by technology

As a result, there was a problem of not being able to obtain a pleasant body sensation due to the bitterness produced by menthol

Moreover, it has not been described in the previous literature that a fruit juice-containing food such as a fruit juice containing food without the influence of heavy sweetness residue caused by a sweetening base added thereto is obtained by using menthol and a menthyl ester of an organic acid at the same time. drinks