ARIJIT GUHA MAZUMDER,PULIKKOTTIL JOSE DAVID,ANDREW SCOTT
申请号：
IN599/KOL/2009
公开号：
IN2009KO00599A
申请日:
2009.04.08
申请国别(地区):
IN
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要：
The fortification of tea using any of the commonly known iron salts results in complexation of iron with tea polyphenols when tea is brewed, leading to discoloration of the brew and making it unpalatable. Tea beverage prepared from such tea lacks the normal tea appearance and taste and as such would not be accepted by consumers as a regular tea beverage. This invention overcomes this problem by identifying iron salts and provides process for manufacture of iron fortified tea using the identified iron salts, wherein the identified iron salt does not interact with the tea polyphenols, when beverage is made. The fortified tea manufactured has appearance similar to regular tea and the tea beverage prepared from such iron fortified tea by the same process as used for regular tea has and taste similar to beverage prepared from regular tea with the additional benefit of iron enrichment to the consumers. This invention is applicable to fortification of both black tea and green tea.
