US 12,376,614 B2
Method for producing hop processed product
Takako Inui, Ibaraki (JP); and Hiroo Matsui, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED, Osaka (JP)
Filed by SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED, Osaka (JP)
Filed on Aug. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/878,314.
Application 17/878,314 is a division of application No. 16/099,860, abandoned, previously published as PCT/JP2016/064333, filed on May 13, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0378074 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. A23L 33/105 (2016.01); A61K 36/185 (2006.01); A61K 36/85 (2006.01); A61P 3/06 (2006.01); A61P 39/06 (2006.01); C12C 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC A23L 33/105 (2016.08) [A61K 36/185 (2013.01); A61K 36/85 (2013.01); A61P 3/06 (2018.01); A61P 39/06 (2018.01); C12C 3/00 (2013.01); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
 
1. A method for producing a hop processed product, comprising:
a providing step comprising providing harvested hop raw materials;
an evaluating step comprising evaluating hues of hop flowers within the harvested hop raw materials with respect to a value of a* in accordance with a CIE Lab color space;
a selecting step comprising selecting hop flowers (E⋅M) showing hues with a value of a* less than −0.5 in accordance with a CIE Lab color space wherein said hues are evaluated in the evaluating step to obtain a raw material hop flowers, wherein the raw material hop flowers comprise the hop flowers (E⋅M) in an amount of 50% or more by weight, based on the total weight of the hop flowers in the raw material hop flowers; and
a processing step comprising processing the raw material hop flowers to obtain a hop processed, wherein the step of processing comprises processing the raw material hop flowers into a hop processed product selected from the group consisting of hop pellets, powder hops and hop extracts.