PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lemon grass extraction having excellent flavor without a nasty smell and applied to food and drink.SOLUTION: The lemon grass extraction is obtained by a production method including a step 1 of obtaining a distillate made of an essential oil and an aqueous solution portion from the lemon grass through fractionating by steam distillation a step 2 of obtaining an extract by extracting the lemon grass after the steam distillation and a step 3 of obtaining an extract by mixing the distillate obtained in the step 1 and the extract obtained in the step 2.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】異臭のない香味の優れ、飲食品に適用可能なレモングラスエキスを提供することである。【解決手段】レモングラスから水蒸気蒸留により分画して精油と水溶液部分とからなる留出物を得る工程1と、前記水蒸気蒸留後のレモングラスを抽出して抽出物を得る工程2と、工程1の留出物と工程2の抽出物とを混合してエキスを得る工程3、を含む製造方法により得られるレモングラスエキス。【選択図】なし
