PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a food and drink, a cherry leaf extract which is contained in the food and drink and can improve the flavor of a spice and a production method of the flavor improver.SOLUTION: The flavor of a food and drink is improved or enhanced by adding a minimum amount of an extract obtained by extracting leaves of cherry with carbon dioxide in a liquid, subcritical or supercritical state and the ethanol aqueous solution in the presence of an ethanol aqueous solution of 5-99.5 w/w%.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】飲食品及びそれに含まれる香料の香味を改善可能な桜葉抽出物とその製造方法の提供。【解決手段】桜の葉を5~99.5(w/w)%のエタノール水溶液の存在下で、液化状態または亜臨界もしくは超臨界状態の二酸化炭素とエタノール水溶液で抽出することによって得られる抽出物を、極少量添加することで飲食品の香味を改善もしくは増強する。【選択図】なし
