JP2014079215A - Container-packed beverage, apparatus for manufacturing reduction beverage, and method for manufacturing reduction beverage - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a container-packed beverage having a negative redox potential to be sustained for prevention of oxidation, with improved taste and flavor.SOLUTION: An apparatus for manufacturing a reduction beverage includes an insulation container 3 made of electrical insulator having a low electric conductivity which is accommodated in an outer container 2 having an internal space for accommodation, and quartz diorite porphyrite slurry 5 having a negative redox potential or water having a redox potential reduced to negative which is accommodated in a space 4 having a predetermined capacity formed between the internal surface of the outer container 2 and the external surface of the insulation container 3. A beverage (a beverage D to be processed) is accommodated in the insulation container 3 for a predetermined time, so that a reduction beverage R having a redox potential reduced to negative is accommodated in a closed container.

Description

The present invention uses a quartz diorite granite slurry or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential, lowers the oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) of the beverage negatively, and stores it in a sealed container, thereby reducing the oxidation-reduction potential. This invention relates to a packaged beverage, a reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus, and a reduced beverage manufacturing method capable of maintaining the state, maintaining the original beverage taste and flavor, and maintaining the same.

In the production and distribution process of beverages, oxidation proceeds due to the influence of oxygen, and there is a concern about quality deterioration such as discoloration, alteration, and deterioration of beverages. Therefore, conventionally, in the case of packaged beverages distributed in the market, especially soft drinks, vitamin C (L-ascorbic acid), etc., mainly in order to prevent discoloration, alteration and deterioration and maintain quality. It is known that it is effective to add an antioxidant.
However, when antioxidants such as vitamin C (L-ascorbic acid) are added to beverages due to the taste and scent of the substance itself, the taste and flavor of the beverage may be impaired and coloring may be caused. was there.
Also, in alcoholic beverages such as beer, gas replacement is performed in the manufacturing process, or deoxygenated water (degasified water) from which dissolved oxygen has been removed is used for all water used in the manufacturing process. However, oxygen management that removes all oxygen in the production process, such as the influence of oxygen contained in the raw material, is very difficult and increases the production cost, so that it has not sufficiently prevented the beverage from being oxidized.

  By the way, the present inventors first utilized the antioxidant action (reduction action) of the quartz porphyry gelled product obtained by gelling fine powder of quartz porphyry including quartz diorite and barleystone. Development of a biological function activator (Patent Literature 1 to Patent Literature 3) for the purpose of preventing or reducing oxidation in the living body, and preventing oxidation of drinking water and existing beverages contained inside the container The beverage container (Patent Document 4) was developed for the purpose of lowering the temperature, and patents were obtained for Patent Documents 2 to 4.

JP 2001-151682 A JP 2002-68720 A JP 2002-68944 A JP 2007-297087 A

However, Patent Document 1 to Patent Document 3 are inventions related to biologically active substances that are blended in bath additives, pack agents, toothpaste additives, and used as pharmaceuticals, herbal medicines, and cosmetics, while Patent Document 4 The invention of a beverage container is based on the idea that the oxidation-reduction potential of a beverage is lowered negatively using the antioxidant action (reduction action) of a quartz porphyry gelled product and is distributed in the market. This is not disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1 to Patent Document 4.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and the state in which the oxidation-reduction potential is negative can be maintained, oxidation can be prevented, and the beverage taste and flavor can be improved. An object of the present invention is to provide a beverage, a reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus, and a reduced beverage manufacturing method.

  The container-packed beverage according to the first aspect of the present invention is such that a beverage having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is accommodated in a sealed container so as to maintain a negative oxidation-reduction potential.

  Here, the “beverage” of the “beverage having a negative oxidation-reduction potential” is not particularly limited as long as it is a drinkable liquid. For example, drinking water, soft drinks (lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and (Excluding dairy products, containing less than 1% alcohol), alcoholic beverages, dairy beverages and the like.

  In addition, as “sealed containers”, metal cans and metal bottle cans such as aluminum and steel, molded containers (PET bottles, etc.) composed of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) and PS (polystyrene), metal foil, Packaging containers such as paper containers and glass bottles combined with plastic films are used. Among these, an aluminum container, a PET container, and a glass container that can maintain the redox potential of the beverage in a lower state for a longer period are preferable. Furthermore, the thing which coated the surface which prevents a solute etc. is desirable. According to the inventor's experiment, this “sealed container” may be a dense structure in which hydrogen atoms do not jump out of the container. Of course, the inner or outer surface of the sealed container may be coated with a dense material that does not allow hydrogen atoms to jump out of the container.

  The container-packed beverage of the invention of claim 2 is a beverage, a soft drink (a beverage having a taste or a fragrance with a liquid content containing less than 1% alcohol, excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products), an alcoholic beverage , Any one or two or more beverages of milk beverages and / or drinks contained therein and a beverage having a negative oxidation-reduction potential are mixed, and the result of mixing results in a negative oxidation-reduction potential. It is housed in a sealed container to maintain.

  Here, “drinking water, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, beverages with a taste or fragrance that contain less than 1% alcohol), alcoholic beverages, and milk beverages “One or more beverages and / or beverages contained therein” are beverages, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, tasted as drinkable liquids containing less than 1% alcohol. Or scented beverages), alcoholic beverages, milk beverages, one or more beverages, or drinking water, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, containing less than 1% alcohol) Beverages with a taste or aroma in drinkable liquids), alcoholic beverages, beverages contained in one or more of milk beverages, or drinking water, soft drinks (lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products) Except for Alcor Beverage) that has flavor or fragrance in the liquid of the drink containing minute less than 1% is that alcoholic beverages, any one or more of the beverage and drinking product contained in these dairy beverages.

Examples of the “drinking water” include potable water such as tap water and groundwater.
The “soft drink” is not particularly limited as long as it is a drinkable liquid product containing less than 1% alcohol, except for lactic acid bacteria drinks, milk and dairy products, and has a taste or aroma. Carbonated beverages consisting of carbonated beverages, fruit beverages that contain fruit beverages, natural fruit juices, fruit juice beverages, and fruit beverages, beverages that are extracted from hot and roasted coffee beans, and then extracted with hot water or water Soy milk that is made from coffee, tea-based beverages including oolong tea beverages, black tea beverages, mugi tea beverages, and blended tea beverages, mineral water collected from groundwater as raw water, and soybean juice that has been boiled and simmered with soy beans , Vegetable drinks made by grinding vegetables, sports drinks that replenish moisture and minerals lost from the body, milk drinks that are not affected by dilution, drinks made mainly from cocoa beans Cocoa beverages, energy drinks, and the like containing pharmaceuticals and quasi-drugs.
The type of “alcoholic beverage” is not particularly limited as long as it is a beverage containing ethanol (alcohol, ethyl alcohol). For example, sake, shochu, fruit seeds, beer, wine, whiskey, brandy, gin , Vodka, tequila, rum, etc., and drinks containing 1% or more of alcohol, and the production method includes three kinds of fermented liquor, distilled liquor, and mixed liquor.
Examples of “milk beverages” include milk beverages, dairy products, lactic acid bacteria beverages, lactic acid bacteria milk beverages, and dairy beverages.
“Drinking water, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, beverages with a taste or fragrance that contain less than 1% alcohol), alcoholic beverages, milk beverages, or any one of Examples of the “drinks contained in two or more” include tea extracts contained in tea beverages that are soft drinks, concentrated and reduced fruit juices and fructose glucose liquid sugars contained in fruit beverages.

  The packaged beverage of the invention of claim 3 is a beverage, a soft drink (a beverage with a taste or a fragrance that is a drinkable liquid containing less than 1% alcohol, excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products), dairy Mix any one of beverages and alcoholic beverages with beverages that have a negative oxidation-reduction potential, and the result of the mixture is maintained in a sealed container to maintain a negative oxidation-reduction potential and maintain an antioxidant function. It is made.

  The soft drink of the packaged beverage of the invention of claim 4 is a carbonated beverage comprising a carbonated beverage, a fruit beverage which is a beverage containing a fruit beverage, a natural juice, a fruit juice beverage or a pulp beverage, and roasted coffee beans Coffee beverages consisting of beverages extracted from ground powder with hot water or water, tea-based beverages including oolong tea beverages, tea beverages, mugi tea beverages, blended tea beverages, mineral water collected from raw groundwater, soybeans Soy milk, a soy milk drink that has been ground and boiled with water, a vegetable drink made by grinding vegetables, a sports drink that replenishes moisture and minerals lost from the body, a milk drink that is not affected by dilution, It is one of the cocoa beverages made from cacao beans as the main ingredient and nutritional beverages including pharmaceuticals and quasi drugs.

The sealed container of the container-packed beverage of the invention of claim 5 is any one of an aluminum container, a PET (polyethylene terephthalate) container, and a glass container.
In particular, aluminum containers such as aluminum cans and aluminum bottles have low hydrogen permeability and can maintain the redox potential of beverages in a low state for a longer period of time, and are used on a large scale as containers for a variety of beverages. The preferred capacity is more preferable because it is available at a very low price. Also, since PET containers such as PET bottles having a desired capacity can be obtained at a very low price, their use is preferable. In particular, according to experiments conducted by the present inventors, it has been confirmed that the hydrogen permeability needs to be blocked or very low in order to maintain the redox potential.

  The beverage with a negative oxidation-reduction potential of the packaged beverage of the invention of claim 6 is contacted with quartz diorite slurry or water with a negative oxidation-reduction potential through an insulator having poor electrical conductivity. As a result, the oxidation-reduction potential is lowered negatively.

  The “insulator” is not particularly limited as long as it is a polymer material generally used as an insulator with poor electrical conductivity. For example, PE (polyethylene), PET (polyethylene terephthalate) or nylon And the like made of synthetic resin. In particular, PE (polyethylene) and PET (polyethylene terephthalate) are preferable in terms of price because they can be obtained with a desired capacity at a very low price. In addition, the “insulator” in the case of carrying out the present invention includes an ion exchange membrane, an electrolyte membrane, a permeable membrane, etc. in addition to an insulator having poor electrical conductivity such as a synthetic resin container such as a polymer material. The “insulator” includes a surface formed by an ion exchange membrane, an electrolyte membrane, a permeable membrane, etc. that does not move electrons, a pipe, a container, and the like.

“Quartz diorite rocks” are silica (SiO ₂ ), aluminum (Al), iron (Fe), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), potassium (K), carbon (C), strontium (Sr). This is a silica diorite gelled product with a negative oxidation-reduction potential, which is formed by gelation of a fine powder of quartz diorite containing zinc (Zn). For example, the fine powder of quartz porphyry quartz diorite It is possible to obtain a gel-like quartz diorite slurry by adding distilled water and wetting with a ball mill or the like.

  The beverage with a negative oxidation-reduction potential of the container-packed beverage according to claim 7 contains an insulator container in an external container in which a space that can be accommodated is formed, and is insulated from the inner surface of the external container. A predetermined volume is formed in the insulator container in which quartz diorite slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is accommodated in a space of a predetermined volume formed between the outer surface of the body container. By being accommodated for a period of time, the oxidation-reduction potential is lowered negatively.

As an “external container”, a conductive container made of a conductor having a good electrical conductivity, such as a metal container, as long as a space is formed therein, an insulating material having a poor electrical conductivity, such as a glass container. An insulator container made of a body may be used, but a conductor container made of a conductor having a good electric conductivity is advantageous in that the redox potential of a beverage can be lowered to a larger negative value in a short time. It is. In particular, metal containers such as aluminum containers and aluminum alloy containers which are not easily rusted are suitable. Moreover, what formed the aluminum film in the other metal container may be used.
In addition, the “insulator container” is not particularly limited as long as it has a poor electrical conductivity and is generally called an insulator. For example, a polymer material such as PET (polyethylene terephthalate), A synthetic resin container such as PE (polyethylene) or nylon can be used. In particular, since PET (polyethylene terephthalate) and PE (polyethylene) are available in a desired capacity at a very low price, the use of such materials is preferred.
The “insulator” of the “insulator container” in the case of carrying out the present invention includes an ion exchange membrane, an electrolyte membrane, in addition to an insulator having poor electrical conductivity such as a synthetic resin container such as a polymer material. In addition, the “insulator container” includes a container formed of an ion exchange membrane, an electrolyte membrane, a permeable membrane, and the like. The inventor has obtained some conclusion that it is desirable that the insulator container is a negatively charged insulator, but the reason cannot be explained.

The water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential means that water supplied through a filter is brought into contact with minerals including quartz diorite and the water is electrolyzed to separate hydrogen gas and oxygen gas. Then, the generated hydrogen gas bubbles are refined and mixed with the supplied water, and the redox potential is negatively large.
Here, the mineral matter containing quartz diorite, for example, quartz diorite, Ioishi, Tomuro stone, magnetite ore, feldspar, tourmaline, amphibole, graphite silica, pyroxene, amphibole, andesite, ceramic ball, etc. These are a combination of several types of natural ores and ceramics, each of which is laminated via a partition plate through which water can flow. When used as a pottery using a plurality of materials, crushed stones such as porcelain stone, kaolin, kibushi clay, feldspar for oxidation firing, eye clay, porcelain earth, etc. can be used. Furthermore, rocks such as barley stone that elute a large amount of minerals can be used alone or in a composite form regardless of whether they are igneous rocks, sedimentary rocks, or metamorphic rocks.

  In addition, the above filter is used for impurities contained in external water supply, such as rust, mud / sand, dust, chlorine compounds, pigments, odors, trihalomethane, heavy metals (iron, zinc, manganese, etc.), pesticides, organic compounds, radiation Any material, bacteria, virus, etc. can be used as long as it can block all or part of the passage, and can prevent adhesion to the electrode of the gas generating unit disposed downstream, for example, filamentous fiber, nonwoven fabric, sand, clay, Filter media such as magnetite, ferrite magnet, activated carbon, ceramics, ion exchange resin, ion exchange fiber, hollow fiber membrane, ultrafiltration membrane (UF membrane), and reverse osmosis membrane (RO membrane) are used. This filter medium may be used in an appropriate combination of two or more. When a plurality of different types of filter mediums are used, in order to perform efficient filtration, a filter medium with a low filtration performance is filtered from a filter medium with a low filtration performance. It is desirable to dispose the filter medium so that water sequentially passes through the head.

  The beverage having a negative oxidation-reduction potential of the container-packed beverage of the invention of claim 8 is a quartz diorite granite slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or an oxidation-reduction in an external container in which a space that can be accommodated is formed. An insulator container containing water having a negative potential is disposed so as to be embedded in a beverage stored in the outer container, and is stored in the outer container for a predetermined time, thereby redoxing the container. The potential is lowered negatively.

  The outer container which formed the space which can be accommodated in the inside in the container-packed drink of invention of Claim 9 is made into the conductor container which consists of a conductor with a good electrical conductivity.

  Here, examples of the “conductor container” include a metal container, and among them, an aluminum container or an aluminum alloy container which is not easily rusted is suitable.

  The apparatus for producing a reduced beverage according to the invention of claim 10 accommodates an insulator container in an outer container in which a space that can be accommodated is formed, and is formed between the inner surface of the conductor container and the outer surface of the insulator container. In a reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus comprising a quartz diorite granule slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential in a predetermined volume of space, the beverage is predetermined in the insulator container. By storing for a period of time, the redox potential is lowered negatively, and the beverage in which the redox potential is lowered negatively is accommodated in a sealed container.

As an “external container”, a conductive container made of a conductor having a good electrical conductivity, such as a metal container, as long as a space is formed therein, an insulating material having a poor electrical conductivity, such as a glass container. An insulator container made of a body may be used, but a container capable of lowering the redox potential of a beverage to a larger negative value in a short time is desirable. In particular, a dense metal container such as an aluminum container or an aluminum alloy container which is not easily rusted is suitable. Of course, another metal container formed with an aluminum film may be used.
In addition, the “insulator container” is not particularly limited as long as it has a poor electrical conductivity and is generally called an insulator. For example, a polymer material such as PET (polyethylene terephthalate), A synthetic resin container such as PE (polyethylene) or nylon can be used. In particular, since PET (polyethylene terephthalate) and PE (polyethylene) are available in a desired capacity at a very low price, the use of such materials is preferred.
The “insulator” of the “insulator container” in the case of carrying out the present invention includes an ion exchange membrane, an electrolyte membrane, in addition to an insulator having poor electrical conductivity such as a synthetic resin container such as a polymer material. In addition, the “insulator container” includes a container formed of an ion exchange membrane, an electrolyte membrane, a permeable membrane, and the like.

  The “beverage” contained in the container and negatively lowering the oxidation-reduction potential is not particularly limited as long as it is a drinkable liquid. For example, drinking water, soft drink (lactic acid bacteria beverage, (Alcohol content is less than 1% excluding milk and dairy products), alcoholic beverages, dairy beverages and the like.

Furthermore, the “quartz diorite granite slurry” includes silicic acid (SiO ₂ ), aluminum (Al), iron (Fe), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), potassium (K), carbon (C), strontium ( Sr), a silica diorite gelled product with a negative oxidation-reduction potential, which is obtained by gelation of a fine powder of quartz diorite containing zinc (Zn). For example, it is distilled into a fine powder of quartz diorite. By adding water and wetting with a ball mill or the like, a gel-like quartz diorite slurry can be obtained.

  And as "sealed containers", metal cans and metal bottle cans such as aluminum and steel, PE (polyethylene), PET (polyethylene terephthalate) and PS (polystyrene) molded containers (such as PET bottles), Packaging containers such as paper containers and glass bottles combined with metal foil and plastic film are used. Among these, an aluminum container, a thick PET container, and a glass container that can maintain the oxidation-reduction potential of the beverage for a longer period are preferable. Furthermore, the thing which coated the surface which prevents a solute etc. is desirable. According to the inventor's experiment, this “sealed container” may be a dense structure in which hydrogen atoms do not jump out of the container. Of course, the inner or outer surface of the sealed container may be coated with a dense material that does not allow hydrogen atoms to jump out of the container.

Further, the water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential means that water supplied through a filter is brought into contact with minerals including quartz diorite and the water is electrolyzed to separate hydrogen gas and oxygen gas. Then, the generated hydrogen gas bubbles are refined and mixed with the supplied water, and the redox potential is negatively large.
Here, the mineral matter containing quartz diorite, for example, quartz diorite, Ioishi, Tomuro stone, magnetite ore, feldspar, tourmaline, amphibole, graphite silica, pyroxene, amphibole, andesite, ceramic ball, etc. These are a combination of several types of natural ores and ceramics, each of which is laminated via a partition plate through which water can flow. When used as a pottery using a plurality of materials, crushed stones such as porcelain stone, kaolin, kibushi clay, feldspar for oxidation firing, eye clay, porcelain earth, etc. can be used. Furthermore, rocks such as barley stone that elute a large amount of minerals can be used alone or in a composite form regardless of whether they are igneous rocks, sedimentary rocks, or metamorphic rocks.

  In addition, the above filter is used for impurities contained in external water supply, such as rust, mud / sand, dust, chlorine compounds, pigments, odors, trihalomethane, heavy metals (iron, zinc, manganese, etc.), pesticides, organic compounds, radiation Any material, bacteria, virus, etc. can be used as long as it can block all or part of the passage, and can prevent adhesion to the electrode of the gas generating unit disposed downstream, for example, filamentous fiber, nonwoven fabric, sand, clay, Filter media such as magnetite, ferrite magnet, activated carbon, ceramics, ion exchange resin, ion exchange fiber, hollow fiber membrane, ultrafiltration membrane (UF membrane), and reverse osmosis membrane (RO membrane) are used. This filter medium may be used in an appropriate combination of two or more. When a plurality of different types of filter mediums are used, in order to perform efficient filtration, a filter medium with a low filtration performance is filtered from a filter medium with a low filtration performance. It is desirable to dispose the filter medium so that water sequentially passes through the head.

  An apparatus for producing a reduced beverage according to an eleventh aspect of the present invention is an outer container in which a space that can be accommodated is formed, and an insulator that is accommodated in the outer container and that reduces the oxidation-reduction potential negatively by accommodating the beverage for a predetermined time. A quartz diorite granite slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential in a predetermined volume of space formed between the container, the inner surface of the outer container and the outer surface of the insulator container. And a container for storing the beverage in which the oxidation-reduction potential has been lowered negatively in the insulator container in a sealed container.

  The apparatus for producing a reduced beverage according to the invention of claim 12 is an insulation in which a quartz diorite slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is contained in an external container having a space that can be accommodated therein. A reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus arranged to embed a body container in a beverage stored in the external container, wherein the beverage is stored in the external container for a predetermined time to reduce the oxidation-reduction potential negatively. The beverage in which the oxidation-reduction potential is negatively lowered is accommodated in a sealed container.

  In the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus according to the thirteenth aspect of the present invention, the beverage is stored therein for a predetermined time to lower the oxidation-reduction potential negatively, and a space that can be sent out in a state where the oxidation-reduction potential is lowered negatively is formed. An external container and a quartz diorite slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential are contained in a predetermined space of a predetermined volume embedded in the beverage in the external container. An insulator container and an accommodating part for accommodating the beverage whose oxidation-reduction potential has been lowered negatively in the outer container in an airtight container.

  In the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus according to the fourteenth aspect of the present invention, the outer container in which the space is formed is a conductor container made of a conductor having a good electric conductivity.

  Here, examples of the “conductor container” include a metal container, and among them, an aluminum container or an aluminum alloy container which is not easily rusted is suitable.

  The apparatus for producing a reduced beverage according to the invention of claim 15 is characterized in that the beverage in which the oxidation-reduction potential has been lowered negatively contains drinking water, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, and an alcohol content of less than 1%. Beverages with a taste or aroma in drinkable liquids), alcoholic beverages, milk beverages, and / or two or more beverages and / or beverages contained in these and mixed and accommodated in a sealed container is there.

  Here, “drinking water, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, beverages with a taste or fragrance that contain less than 1% alcohol), alcoholic beverages, and milk beverages “One or more beverages and / or beverages contained therein” are beverages, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, tasted as drinkable liquids containing less than 1% alcohol. Or scented beverages), alcoholic beverages, milk beverages, one or more beverages, or drinking water, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, containing less than 1% alcohol) Beverages with a taste or aroma in drinkable liquids), alcoholic beverages, beverages contained in one or more of milk beverages, or drinking water, soft drinks (lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products) Except for Alcor Beverage) that has flavor or fragrance in the liquid of the drink containing minute less than 1% is that alcoholic beverages, any one or more of the beverage and drinking product contained in these dairy beverages.

Examples of the “drinking water” include potable water such as tap water and groundwater.
The “soft drink” is not particularly limited as long as it is a drinkable liquid product containing less than 1% alcohol, except for lactic acid bacteria drinks, milk and dairy products, and has a taste or aroma. Carbonated beverages consisting of carbonated beverages, fruit beverages that contain fruit beverages, natural fruit juices, fruit juice beverages, and fruit beverages, beverages that are extracted from hot and roasted coffee beans, and then extracted with hot water or water Soy milk that is made from coffee, tea-based beverages including oolong tea beverages, black tea beverages, mugi tea beverages, and blended tea beverages, mineral water collected from groundwater as raw water, and soybean juice that has been boiled and simmered with soy beans , Vegetable drinks made by grinding vegetables, sports drinks that replenish moisture and minerals lost from the body, milk drinks that are not affected by dilution, drinks made mainly from cocoa beans Cocoa beverages, energy drinks, and the like containing pharmaceuticals and quasi-drugs.
The type of “alcoholic beverage” is not particularly limited as long as it is a beverage containing ethanol (alcohol, ethyl alcohol). For example, sake, shochu, fruit seeds, beer, wine, whiskey, brandy, gin , Vodka, tequila, rum, etc., and drinks containing 1% or more of alcohol, and the production method includes three kinds of fermented liquor, distilled liquor, and mixed liquor.
Examples of “milk beverages” include milk beverages, dairy products, lactic acid bacteria beverages, lactic acid bacteria milk beverages, and dairy beverages.
“Drinking water, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, beverages with a taste or fragrance that contain less than 1% alcohol), alcoholic beverages, milk beverages, or any one of Examples of the “drinks contained in two or more” include tea extracts contained in tea beverages as soft drinks, concentrated and reduced fruit juices contained in fruit beverages, and fructose glucose liquid sugars.

The closed container of the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus according to the sixteenth aspect of the present invention is any one of an aluminum container, a PET (polyethylene terephthalate) container, and a glass container.
In particular, aluminum containers such as aluminum cans and aluminum bottles have low hydrogen permeability and can maintain the redox potential of beverages at a low level for a longer period of time, and are used on a large scale as containers for various beverages. The preferred capacity is more preferable because it is available at a very low price. A PET container such as a PET bottle is also preferable because it can be obtained at a very low price. In particular, according to experiments conducted by the present inventors, it has been confirmed that the hydrogen permeability needs to be blocked or very low in order to maintain the redox potential.

  The method for producing a reduced beverage according to the invention of claim 17 comprises contacting the beverage with quartz diorite granite slurry or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential through an insulator having poor electrical conductivity, thereby oxidizing the beverage. The reduction potential is lowered negatively and stored in a sealed container.

Here, “silica diorite granite slurry” includes silicic acid (SiO ₂ ), aluminum (Al), iron (Fe), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), potassium (K), carbon (C), strontium ( Sr), a silica diorite gelled product with a negative oxidation-reduction potential, which is obtained by gelation of a fine powder of quartz diorite containing zinc (Zn). For example, it is distilled into a fine powder of quartz diorite. By adding water and wetting with a ball mill or the like, a gel-like quartz diorite slurry can be obtained.

  The “insulator” is not particularly limited as long as it has poor electrical conductivity and is generally called an insulator. For example, PE (polyethylene), PET (polyethylene terephthalate) or nylon And the like made of synthetic resin. In particular, PET (polyethylene terephthalate) is preferred because it can be obtained at a very low price with a desired capacity. The “insulator” in the case of carrying out the present invention includes an ion exchange membrane that does not move electrons, in addition to an insulator having poor electrical conductivity such as a synthetic resin container such as a polymer material, It includes surfaces formed by electrolyte membranes, osmotic membranes, pipes, containers, and the like.

  Furthermore, the kind of “beverage” that lowers the oxidation-reduction potential negatively is not particularly limited as long as it is a liquid that can be used for drinking. , Containing less than 1% alcohol), alcoholic beverages, dairy beverages, and the like.

  And, as "sealed containers", usually metal cans and metal bottle cans such as aluminum and steel, molded containers (PET bottles, etc.) containing PE (polyethylene), PET (polyethylene terephthalate) and PS (polystyrene) as components. ), Packaging containers such as paper containers and glass bottles combined with metal foil or plastic film are used. Among these, an aluminum container, a PET container, and a glass container that can maintain the redox potential of the beverage in a lower state for a longer period are preferable. In particular, it is desirable that the surface is coated to prevent solutes and the like. According to the inventor's experiment, this “sealed container” may be a dense structure in which hydrogen atoms do not jump out of the container. Of course, the inner or outer surface of the sealed container may be coated with a dense material that does not allow hydrogen atoms to jump out of the container.

Further, the water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential means that water supplied through a filter is brought into contact with minerals including quartz diorite and the water is electrolyzed to separate hydrogen gas and oxygen gas. Then, the generated hydrogen gas bubbles are refined and mixed with the supplied water, and the redox potential is negatively large.
Here, the mineral matter containing quartz diorite, for example, quartz diorite, Ioishi, Tomuro stone, magnetite ore, feldspar, tourmaline, amphibole, graphite silica, pyroxene, amphibole, andesite, ceramic ball, etc. These are a combination of several types of natural ores and ceramics, each of which is laminated via a partition plate through which water can flow. When used as a pottery using a plurality of materials, crushed stones such as porcelain stone, kaolin, kibushi clay, feldspar for oxidation firing, eye clay, porcelain earth, etc. can be used. Furthermore, rocks such as barley stone that elute a large amount of minerals can be used alone or in a composite form regardless of whether they are igneous rocks, sedimentary rocks, or metamorphic rocks.

  In addition, the above filter is used for impurities contained in external water supply, such as rust, mud / sand, dust, chlorine compounds, pigments, odors, trihalomethane, heavy metals (iron, zinc, manganese, etc.), pesticides, organic compounds, radiation Any material, bacteria, virus, etc. can be used as long as it can block all or part of the passage, and can prevent adhesion to the electrode of the gas generating unit disposed downstream, for example, filamentous fiber, nonwoven fabric, sand, clay, Filter media such as magnetite, ferrite magnet, activated carbon, ceramics, ion exchange resin, ion exchange fiber, hollow fiber membrane, ultrafiltration membrane (UF membrane), and reverse osmosis membrane (RO membrane) are used. This filter medium may be used in an appropriate combination of two or more. When a plurality of different types of filter mediums are used, in order to perform efficient filtration, a filter medium with a low filtration performance is filtered from a filter medium with a low filtration performance. It is desirable to dispose the filter medium so that water sequentially passes through the head.

  The method for producing a reduced beverage according to the invention of claim 18 accommodates an insulator container in an outer container in which a space that can be accommodated is formed, and is formed between the inner surface of the outer container and the outer surface of the insulator container. A quartz diorite granite slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is accommodated in a predetermined volume of the space, and the beverage is stored in the insulator container for a predetermined time. Is a beverage that has been lowered negatively and is stored in a sealed container.

As an “external container”, a conductive container made of a conductor having a good electrical conductivity, such as a metal container, as long as a space is formed therein, an insulating material having a poor electrical conductivity, such as a glass container. An insulator container made of a body may be used, but a conductor container made of a conductor having a good electric conductivity capable of lowering the oxidation-reduction potential of the beverage to a larger negative value in a short time is more suitable. In particular, metal containers such as aluminum containers and aluminum alloy containers which are not easily rusted are suitable.
In addition, the “insulator container” is not particularly limited as long as it has a poor electrical conductivity and is generally called an insulator. For example, a polymer material such as PET (polyethylene terephthalate), A synthetic resin container such as PE (polyethylene) or nylon can be used. In particular, since PET (polyethylene terephthalate) and PE (polyethylene) are available in a desired capacity at a very low price, the use of such materials is preferred.
The “insulator” of the “insulator container” in the case of carrying out the present invention includes an ion exchange membrane, an electrolyte membrane, in addition to an insulator having poor electrical conductivity such as a synthetic resin container such as a polymer material. In addition, the “insulator container” includes a container formed of an ion exchange membrane, an electrolyte membrane, a permeable membrane, and the like.

  The method for producing a reduced beverage according to the invention of claim 19 is an insulation in which quartz diorite granite slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is contained in an external container having a space that can be accommodated therein. Beverage containing a body container and having the insulator container embedded in the beverage contained in the outer container, and the beverage being stored in the outer container for a predetermined time, thereby reducing the redox potential negatively And it is housed in a sealed container.

  In the method for producing a reduced beverage according to the twentieth aspect of the invention, the outer container in which the space is formed is a conductor container made of a conductor having a good electric conductivity.

  Here, examples of the “conductor container” include a metal container, and among them, an aluminum container or an aluminum alloy container which is not easily rusted is suitable.

  The method for producing a reduced beverage according to the invention of claim 21 is characterized in that the beverage in which the oxidation-reduction potential is negatively reduced is a drinking water, a soft drink (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, containing less than 1% alcohol) Beverages having a taste or fragrance in a liquid product), alcoholic beverages, milk beverages, and / or two or more beverages and / or drinks contained in these beverages and containing them in a sealed container .

  Here, “drinking water, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, beverages with a taste or fragrance that contain less than 1% alcohol), alcoholic beverages, and milk beverages “One or more beverages and / or beverages contained therein” are beverages, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, tasted as drinkable liquids containing less than 1% alcohol. Or scented beverages), alcoholic beverages, milk beverages, one or more beverages, or drinking water, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, containing less than 1% alcohol) Beverages with a taste or aroma in drinkable liquids), alcoholic beverages, beverages contained in one or more of milk beverages, or drinking water, soft drinks (lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products) Except for Alcor Beverage) that has flavor or fragrance in the liquid of the drink containing minute less than 1% is that alcoholic beverages, any one or more of the beverage and drinking product contained in these dairy beverages.

Examples of the “drinking water” include potable water such as tap water and groundwater.
The “soft drink” is not particularly limited as long as it is a drinkable liquid product containing less than 1% alcohol, except for lactic acid bacteria drinks, milk and dairy products, and has a taste or aroma. Carbonated beverages consisting of carbonated beverages, fruit beverages that contain fruit beverages, natural fruit juices, fruit juice beverages, and fruit beverages, beverages that are extracted from hot and roasted coffee beans, and then extracted with hot water or water Soy milk that is made from coffee, tea-based beverages including oolong tea beverages, black tea beverages, mugi tea beverages and blended tea beverages, mineral water collected from groundwater as raw water, and soy juice beverages that have been ground and boiled with soybeans. , Vegetable drinks made by grinding vegetables, sports drinks that replenish moisture and minerals lost from the body, milk drinks that are not affected by dilution, drinks made mainly from cocoa beans Cocoa beverages, energy drinks, and the like containing pharmaceuticals and quasi-drugs.
The type of “alcoholic beverage” is not particularly limited as long as it is a beverage containing ethanol (alcohol, ethyl alcohol). For example, sake, shochu, fruit seeds, beer, wine, whiskey, brandy, gin , Vodka, tequila, rum, etc., and drinks containing 1% or more of alcohol, and the production method includes three kinds of fermented liquor, distilled liquor, and mixed liquor.
Examples of “milk beverages” include milk beverages, dairy products, lactic acid bacteria beverages, lactic acid bacteria milk beverages, and dairy beverages.
“Drinking water, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, beverages with a taste or fragrance that contain less than 1% alcohol), alcoholic beverages, milk beverages, or any one of Examples of the “drinks contained in two or more” include tea extracts contained in tea beverages as soft drinks, concentrated and reduced fruit juices contained in fruit beverages, and fructose glucose liquid sugars.

The closed container of the method for producing a reduced beverage according to the invention of claim 22 is any one of an aluminum container, a PET (polyethylene terephthalate) container, and a glass container.
Among them, aluminum containers such as aluminum cans and aluminum bottles have a low hydrogen permeability and can maintain the redox potential of beverages at a low level for a longer period of time, and are used on a large scale as containers for various beverages. The preferred capacity is more preferred because it is available at a very low price. A PET container such as a PET bottle is also preferable because it can be obtained at a very low price. In particular, according to experiments conducted by the present inventors, it has been confirmed that the hydrogen permeability needs to be blocked or very low in order to maintain the redox potential.

  The packaged beverage according to the invention of claim 1 is such that a beverage having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is contained in a sealed container so as to maintain a negative oxidation-reduction potential.

  The present inventor has obtained a large negative ORP value (oxidation-reduction potentiometer; Horiba, pH / ORP meter, F53) of a silica diorite granite slurry obtained by gelling a fine powder of quartz diorite, which is a kind of quartz porphyry. , Takemura Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd., digital pH.ORP tester) As a result of earnest experimental research on the reduction action (antioxidation action), contact with quartz diorite slurry, quartz diorite rock or its gelled product and hydrogen gas By bringing water whose oxidation-reduction potential is negatively increased by mixing (hereinafter, referred to as water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential) to the beverage through an insulator having poor electrical conductivity such as a synthetic resin container, A state in which the redox potential of the beverage decreases and the negative value increases, and further, the beverage in which the redox potential decreases negatively is accommodated in a sealed container, so that the redox potential is negative. And the present invention has been completed based on this finding.

The experimental study of the present inventor will be described. A silica gel diorite slurry obtained by adding distilled water to a fine powder of quartz diorite and mixing with a ball mill or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is covered. Put it in a metal container with a tap, put a drink such as tap water, soft drinks, alcoholic beverages, etc. in a synthetic resin container in it, cover it, and measure the change over time in the ORP value of the drink. The ORP value of the beverage placed in the resin container initially showed a positive value, but gradually decreased and the negative value increased. Furthermore, the state in which the oxidation-reduction potential was negative was maintained by taking out the beverage in which the oxidation-reduction potential decreased negatively from the synthetic resin container, transferring it to the packaging container, and sealing it.
Also, drinks such as tap water, soft drinks and alcoholic drinks are placed in a metal container with a lid, and quartz diorite slurry or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is contained in the drink in the metal container. When a plastic resin container was put in and covered, and the change over time of the ORP value of the drink was measured, the ORP value of the drink put in the metal container showed a positive value at first, but gradually It went down and the negative value increased. Furthermore, the state in which the oxidation-reduction potential was negative was maintained by taking out the beverage whose oxidation-reduction potential had decreased negatively from the metal container, transferring it to the packaging container, and sealing it.

As described above, the beverage is obtained by bringing the quartz diorite slurry showing a large negative ORP value or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential into contact with the beverage through an insulator having poor electrical conductivity such as a synthetic resin container. The scientific basis for lowering the ORP value is unknown, but when a quartz diorite granite slurry or water with a negative oxidation-reduction potential is placed in a metal container and brought into contact with the beverage, such effects are obtained. Was not obtained at all. Therefore, when considering electromagnetically, quartz diorite granite slurry having a negative ORP value or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is brought into contact with a beverage through an insulator having a poor electrical conductivity such as a synthetic resin container. By doing so, it is presumed that the redox potential of the beverage was led negatively. Insulators with poor electrical conductivity, such as quartz diorite slurry or synthetic resin containers containing water with negative redox potential, act as ion exchange membranes, electrolyte membranes, osmotic membranes, etc. It is also estimated that the redox potential of the beverage became negative only by the movement of ions. At this time, there was almost no change in pH of the beverage in which the oxidation-reduction potential became negative.
That is, according to the inventor's speculation, by bringing a quartz diorite slurry or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential into contact with a beverage through an insulator having a poor electrical conductivity, in other words, A structure that is weak in electrical properties but rich in directionality from an electromagnetic viewpoint by sandwiching an insulator with poor electrical conductivity between a rock slurry or water with a negative redox potential and a beverage. Then, electrostatic induction occurs between quartz diorite slurry or water with negative oxidation-reduction potential and beverage across the insulator, and the quartz diorite slurry has a strong negative electric field, and the electrostatic phenomenon is realized. As a result, electricity gradually flows between the drink and the quartz diorite slurry or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential, and as a result, the drink gradually acts on a negative charge having a negative electromotive force. Of reduction potential is considered to be lowered to negative. Alternatively, the flow of ions (hydrogen ions, other ions, etc.) occurs between the quartz diorite granite slurry or water with a negative oxidation-reduction potential and the beverage with the insulator in between, resulting in no movement of electrons. In particular, it is considered that the beverage side gradually acts on a negative charge having a negative electromotive force, and its oxidation-reduction potential falls negatively. In addition, considering the equipotential surface, it is impossible electromagnetically, and the exact rationale is unknown. However, only phenomenology will be described below for phenomenology.

  In addition, according to the inventor's experimental research, when the beverage contains polyphenols such as catechin, vitamins such as vitamin A, vitamin C and vitamin E, and antioxidants such as minerals, the redox potential of the beverage Has been confirmed to be a larger negative value, and therefore, these antioxidants are activated by the negative charge action (reducing power) having a negative electromotive force, and thus the oxidation-reduction potential has a larger negative value. It is presumed that it was led to the value of.

  Then, by bringing the quartz diorite slurry or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential into contact with the beverage through an insulator having poor electrical conductivity such as a synthetic resin container, an electric field (electromagnetic field), charging / electrostatic, The beverage itself has a negative charge effect (reducing power) of negative electromotive force by lowering the redox potential of the beverage due to electromagnetic action such as discharge reaction, etc., thereby filling and sealing the packaging container It is considered that the state in which the redox potential is negative continues even after.

  Therefore, a beverage whose oxidation-reduction potential has been lowered negatively by bringing the quartz diorite slurry or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential into contact with the beverage via an insulator having poor electrical conductivity, such as a synthetic resin container, That is, according to the packaged beverage of the present invention in which a beverage having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is contained in a sealed container so as to maintain a negative oxidation-reduction potential, the state in which the oxidation-reduction potential is negative continues and Therefore, the taste and flavor of the original beverage can be improved. In addition, since oxidation is prevented, addition of an antioxidant is unnecessary or the amount added can be reduced, and the original flavor is impaired by the taste and aroma possessed by the antioxidant itself. This can also prevent the taste and flavor of the original beverage.

  The container-packed beverage according to the invention of claim 2 is a beverage, a soft drink (a beverage having a taste or a fragrance with a liquid content containing less than 1% alcohol, excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products), alcohol Any one or two or more beverages and / or beverages and / or beverages contained therein and / or beverages contained therein are mixed with a beverage having a negative oxidation-reduction potential, and the result of mixing is a negative oxidation-reduction potential. In order to maintain the above, it is housed in a sealed container.

  The present inventor has conducted extensive experimental research on a reduction action (antioxidation action) showing a large negative ORP value of a silica diorite granite slurry obtained by gelling a fine powder of quartz diorite, which is a kind of quartz porphyry. As a result, by bringing quartz diorite slurry or water with a negative redox potential into contact with the beverage through an insulator with poor electrical conductivity, such as a synthetic resin container, the redox potential of the beverage decreases. The negative value is increasing, and beverages with reduced redox potential and drinking water, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, containing less than 1% alcohol) Beverages with a taste or aroma in liquid form), alcoholic beverages, dairy beverages and / or two or more beverages and / or beverages contained therein are mixed, the result of the mixing is also negative Redox A position, also, by accommodating them in a sealed container, found that the state redox potential is negative persists, in which to complete the present invention based on this finding.

  The experimental study of the present inventor will be described. A silica gel diorite slurry obtained by adding distilled water to a fine powder of quartz diorite and mixing with a ball mill or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is covered. Put it in a metal container with a tap, put a drink such as tap water, soft drinks, alcoholic beverages, etc. in a synthetic resin container in it, cover it, and measure the change over time in the ORP value of the drink. The ORP value of the beverage placed in the resin container initially showed a positive value, but gradually decreased and the negative value increased. Further, the beverage having a negatively reduced oxidation-reduction potential is taken out of the synthetic resin container, and is a drinking liquid, a soft drink (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, and a drinkable liquid containing less than 1% alcohol. Beverages with a taste or aroma), alcoholic beverages, dairy beverages and / or beverages and / or drinks contained in these beverages, the redox potential is also negative. If it became a value, even if it moved to the packaging container and sealed, the state in which the oxidation-reduction potential was negative continued.

  Also, drinks such as tap water, soft drinks and alcoholic drinks are placed in a metal container with a lid, and quartz diorite slurry or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is contained in the drink in the metal container. When a plastic resin container was put in and the lid was covered and the ORP value of the beverage was measured over time, the ORP value of the beverage placed in the metal container showed a positive value at first, but gradually decreased. Then the negative value increased. Furthermore, the beverage with the negative oxidation-reduction potential is taken out and drinkable water, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, and drinkable liquids containing less than 1% alcohol have a taste or aroma. Beverages), alcoholic beverages, milk beverages and / or beverages and / or beverages contained in these beverages are mixed with each other, resulting in a negative redox potential. By transferring to a packaging container and sealing, the state in which the oxidation-reduction potential was negative continued.

  As described above, the beverage is obtained by bringing the quartz diorite slurry showing a large negative ORP value or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential into contact with the beverage through an insulator having poor electrical conductivity such as a synthetic resin container. The scientific basis for lowering the ORP value is unknown, but when quartz diorite slurry or water with a negative oxidation-reduction potential is placed in a metal container and the metal container is contacted with a beverage, Such an effect was not obtained at all. Therefore, when considering electromagnetically, quartz diorite granite slurry having a negative ORP value or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is brought into contact with a beverage through an insulator having a poor electrical conductivity such as a synthetic resin container. By doing so, it is presumed that the redox potential of the beverage was led negatively due to electromagnetic actions such as electric field (electromagnetic field), charging / electrostatic, discharge reaction and the like. That is, according to the inventor's speculation, by bringing a quartz diorite slurry or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential into contact with a beverage through an insulator having a poor electrical conductivity, in other words, A structure that is weak in electrical properties but rich in directionality from an electromagnetic viewpoint by sandwiching an insulator with poor electrical conductivity between a rock slurry or water with a negative redox potential and a beverage. Thus, electrostatic induction occurs between the drink and the quartz diorite slurry or water with a negative oxidation-reduction potential across the insulator, and the quartz diorite slurry or water with a negative oxidation-reduction potential has a negative strength. Electricity flows gradually between quartz diorite granite slurry or water with negative redox potential and the electrostatic phenomenon is embodied, and the beverage gradually becomes negative electromotive force due to the influence. Acting on a negative charge having believed that redox potential is lowered negatively.

  In addition, according to the inventor's experimental research, when the beverage contains polyphenols such as catechin, vitamins such as vitamin A, vitamin C and vitamin E, and antioxidants such as minerals, the redox potential of the beverage Has been confirmed to be a larger negative value. From this, it is presumed that these antioxidants were activated by the negative charge action (reducing power) having a negative electromotive force, and that the redox potential was led to a larger negative value.

  Then, the quartz diorite granite slurry or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is brought into contact with the beverage through an insulator having poor electrical conductivity such as a synthetic resin container, thereby causing an electric field (electromagnetic field), The beverage itself has a negative charge action (reducing power) of negative electromotive force by lowering the redox potential of the beverage due to electromagnetic action such as static electricity and discharge reaction. Beverages that have fallen negatively include drinking water, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, beverages with a taste or aroma that are drinkable liquids containing less than 1% alcohol), alcoholic beverages, and dairy beverages When mixed with any one or two or more beverages and / or drinks contained in these, the redox potential resulting from the mixing is also a negative value, and the packaging container is further filled and sealed. Even redox Potential condition persists is negative.

  In particular, drinking water to be mixed with beverages having a negative oxidation-reduction potential, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, beverages having a taste or fragrance with a liquid content containing less than 1% alcohol), Polyphenols such as catechin, vitamins such as vitamin A, vitamin C, and vitamin E, and antioxidants such as minerals, in any one or more of alcoholic beverages and milk beverages and / or beverages contained in these beverages Is contained, it is affected by negative electromotive force (reducing power) of negative electromotive force of beverages that have negatively reduced redox potential due to quartz diorite granite slurry or water with negative redox potential. These antioxidants are gradually activated, and it seems that the redox potential remains negative.

  Therefore, any one of drinking water, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, beverages having a taste or fragrance with a liquid content containing less than 1% alcohol), alcoholic beverages, and milk beverages Or two or more beverages and / or drinks contained therein and quartz diorite granite slurry or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential via a insulator such as a synthetic resin container having poor electrical conductivity Mixed with a beverage whose oxidation-reduction potential has been lowered negatively by contacting it, i.e., a beverage with a negative oxidation-reduction potential, and the result of mixing is contained in a sealed container to maintain a negative oxidation-reduction potential. According to the container-packed beverage of the present invention, since the state in which the oxidation-reduction potential is negative continues and oxidation is prevented, the taste and flavor of the original beverage can be improved. In addition, since oxidation is prevented, it is possible to eliminate the addition of an antioxidant or to reduce the amount of addition, and the flavor is impaired by the taste and aroma possessed by the antioxidant itself. This can also prevent the taste and flavor of the original beverage.

  The container-packed beverage according to the invention of claim 3 is a beverage, a soft drink (a beverage having a taste or a fragrance with a liquid content containing less than 1% alcohol, excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products), alcohol Any one or two or more beverages and / or beverages and / or beverages contained therein and / or beverages contained therein are mixed with a beverage having a negative oxidation-reduction potential, and the result of mixing is a negative oxidation-reduction potential. It is housed in a sealed container so as to maintain the antioxidation function.

  The present inventor repeated experimental research on a reduction action (antioxidation action) showing a large negative ORP value of a quartz diorite granite slurry obtained by gelling a fine powder of quartz diorite, which is a kind of quartz porphyry. As a result, by bringing the quartz diorite slurry or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential into contact with the beverage through an insulator with poor electrical conductivity such as a synthetic resin container, the oxidation-reduction potential of the beverage is lowered. Beverages with negative values increasing, and beverages whose oxidation-reduction potential has decreased negatively, drinking water, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, containing less than 1% alcohol) Beverages that have a taste or fragrance in the product), alcoholic beverages, milk beverages and / or two or more beverages and / or drinks contained in them are mixed, the result of the mixing is also negative redox With potential Ri, also, by accommodating them in a sealed container, found that the state redox potential is negative persists, in which to complete the present invention based on this finding.

  The experimental study by the present inventor will be described. A silica gel diorite slurry obtained by adding distilled water to a fine powder of quartz diorite and mixing with a ball mill or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is covered. Put it in a metal container with a tap, put a drink such as tap water, soft drinks, alcoholic beverages, etc. in a synthetic resin container in it, cover it, and measure the change over time in the ORP value of the drink. The ORP value of the beverage placed in the resin container initially showed a positive value, but gradually decreased and the negative value increased. Further, the beverage having a negatively reduced oxidation-reduction potential is taken out of the synthetic resin container, and is a drinking liquid, a soft drink (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, and a drinkable liquid containing less than 1% alcohol. Beverages with a taste or aroma), alcoholic beverages, dairy beverages and / or beverages and / or drinks contained in these beverages, the redox potential is also negative. Moreover, the state in which the oxidation-reduction potential was negative persisted by transferring to a packaging container and sealing. In particular, the oxidation-reduction potential increases after a certain period of time when the oxidation-reduction potential falls to a large negative value, and thereafter, the oxidation-reduction potential is maintained at a constant value. It was confirmed that the prevention function was demonstrated.

  Also, drinks such as tap water, soft drinks and alcoholic drinks are placed in a metal container with a lid, and quartz diorite slurry or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is contained in the drink in the metal container. When a plastic resin container was put in and covered, and the change over time of the ORP value of the drink was measured, the ORP value of the drink put in the metal container showed a positive value at first, but gradually It went down and the negative value increased. Further, the beverage having the negative oxidation-reduction potential is taken out of the metal container, and is tasted with drinking water, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, drinkable liquids containing less than 1% alcohol). Or a scented beverage), an alcoholic beverage, a dairy beverage, and / or two or more beverages and / or beverages contained therein, the redox potential is a negative value as a result of the mixing. Moreover, the state in which the oxidation-reduction potential was negative was maintained by moving to a packaging container and sealing. Similarly, the oxidation-reduction potential increases after a certain period when the oxidation-reduction potential has decreased to a large negative value, and thereafter, the oxidation-reduction potential is maintained at a constant value, so that the antioxidant function is maintained for a long time. It was confirmed that the antioxidant function was exhibited.

  As described above, the beverage is obtained by bringing the quartz diorite slurry showing a large negative ORP value or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential into contact with the beverage through an insulator having poor electrical conductivity such as a synthetic resin container. The scientific basis for lowering the ORP value is unknown, but when quartz diorite slurry or water with a negative oxidation-reduction potential is placed in a metal container and the metal container is contacted with a beverage, Such an effect was not obtained at all. Therefore, when considering electromagnetically, quartz diorite granite slurry having a negative ORP value or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is brought into contact with a beverage through an insulator having a poor electrical conductivity such as a synthetic resin container. By doing so, it is presumed that the redox potential of the beverage was led negatively. That is, according to the inventor's speculation, by bringing a quartz diorite slurry or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential into contact with a beverage through an insulator having a poor electrical conductivity, in other words, A structure that is weak in electrical properties but rich in directionality from an electromagnetic viewpoint by sandwiching an insulator with poor electrical conductivity between a rock slurry or water with a negative redox potential and a beverage. Thus, electrostatic induction occurs between the drink and the quartz diorite slurry or water with a negative oxidation-reduction potential across the insulator, and the quartz diorite slurry or water with a negative oxidation-reduction potential has a negative strength. Electricity flows gradually between quartz diorite granite slurry or water with negative redox potential and the electrostatic phenomenon is embodied, and the beverage gradually becomes negative electromotive force due to the influence. Acting on a negative charge having believed that redox potential is lowered negatively.

  In addition, according to the inventor's experimental research, when the beverage contains polyphenols such as catechin, vitamins such as vitamin A, vitamin C and vitamin E, and antioxidants such as minerals, the redox potential of the beverage Has been confirmed to be a larger negative value, and therefore, these antioxidants are activated by the negative charge action (reducing power) having a negative electromotive force, and thus the oxidation-reduction potential has a larger negative value. It is presumed that it was led to the value of.

  Then, the quartz diorite granite slurry or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is brought into contact with the beverage through an insulator having poor electrical conductivity such as a synthetic resin container, thereby causing an electric field (electromagnetic field), The beverage itself has a negative charge action (reducing power) of negative electromotive force by lowering the redox potential of the beverage due to electromagnetic action such as static electricity and discharge reaction. Beverages that have fallen negatively include drinking water, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria drinks, milk and dairy products, drinks that have a taste or fragrance with a liquid content containing less than 1% alcohol), alcoholic drinks, and dairy drinks When mixed with any one or two or more beverages and / or drinks contained in these, the redox potential resulting from the mixing also becomes a negative value, and the packaging container is further filled and sealed. Even redox Potential state and antioxidant function persists is negative.

  In particular, drinking water to be mixed with beverages having a negative oxidation-reduction potential, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, beverages having a taste or fragrance with a liquid content containing less than 1% alcohol), Polyphenols such as catechin, vitamins such as vitamin A, vitamin C, and vitamin E, antioxidants such as minerals, etc. in any one or more of alcoholic beverages and milk beverages and / or drinks contained in these beverages Is contained, it is affected by negative electromotive force (reducing power) of negative electromotive force of beverages that have negatively reduced redox potential due to quartz diorite granite slurry or water with negative redox potential. These antioxidants are gradually activated, and it is considered that the oxidation-reduction potential is negative and the antioxidant function is maintained.

  Therefore, any one of drinking water, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, beverages having a taste or fragrance with a liquid content containing less than 1% alcohol), alcoholic beverages, and milk beverages Or two or more beverages and / or drinks contained therein and quartz diorite granite slurry or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential via a insulator such as a synthetic resin container having poor electrical conductivity Mixed with a beverage having a negative oxidation-reduction potential that is reduced in contact with the product, and the mixed result also maintains a negative oxidation-reduction potential and keeps the antioxidant function in a sealed container. According to the container-packed beverage of the present invention, since the oxidation-reduction potential remains negative and oxidation is prevented, the taste and flavor of the original beverage can be improved. In addition, since oxidation is prevented, it is possible to eliminate the addition of an antioxidant or to reduce the amount of addition, and the flavor is impaired by the taste and aroma possessed by the antioxidant itself. This can prevent the taste and flavor of the original beverage.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a packaged beverage comprising: a soft drink, a carbonated beverage comprising a carbonated beverage, a fruit beverage, a fruit beverage, a fruit juice, a fruit beverage, a fruit beverage, a fruit beverage, and a coffee bean. Coffee beverages consisting of beverages extracted from roasted and ground powder with hot water or water, tea-based beverages including oolong tea beverages, tea beverages, mugi tea beverages, blended tea beverages, mineral water collected from groundwater as raw water, Soy milk, which is a soy bean drink that has been boiled with water after adding soybeans, vegetable drinks made by grinding vegetables, sports drinks that replenish moisture and minerals lost from the body, and milk properties that do not depend on dilution It is one of beverages, cocoa beverages made mainly of cocoa beans, and nutritional beverages including pharmaceuticals and quasi-drugs. In addition to the effects described in any one of claims 2 and 3, in addition to the effects of any one of claims 2 and 3, the oxidation-reduction potential The redox potential as a result of mixing with a beverage having a negative value can be set to a larger negative value, and the state in which the redox potential is negative can be further maintained.

  The container-packed beverage according to the invention of claim 5 is such that the sealed container is any one of an aluminum container, a PET container, and a glass container. In addition to the effect, the state in which the redox potential of the beverage is negative can be further maintained.

  According to the packaged beverage according to the invention of claim 6, the beverage having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is negative in quartz diorite granite slurry or the oxidation-reduction potential via an insulator having poor electrical conductivity. Since the oxidation-reduction potential is lowered negatively by contact with water, the ORP value is initially positive in addition to the effect described in any one of claims 1 to 5. Even a beverage having a value of 1 can be lowered to a large negative value in a short time, and further, the state where the oxidation-reduction potential is negative can be further maintained even after being stored in a sealed container. In addition, it is possible to decrease the redox potential of various types of beverages negatively by a simple method of contacting the beverage with quartz diorite granite slurry or water having a negative redox potential via an insulator. A beverage is obtained. In particular, the insulator includes an ion exchange membrane, an electrolyte membrane, a permeable membrane, etc., in addition to an insulator having poor electrical conductivity such as a synthetic resin container such as a polymer material. Contact with surfaces formed by electrolyte membranes, osmotic membranes, pipes, containers and the like is obtained.

  According to the container-packed beverage according to the invention of claim 7, the beverage having a negative oxidation-reduction potential accommodates the insulator container in the external container in which the space that can be accommodated is formed, and the external container In the insulator container containing quartz diorite granite slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential in a predetermined volume of space formed between the inner surface and the outer surface of the insulator container In addition to the effect described in any one of Claims 1 to 5, the ORP value is initially set to be equal to or less than the effect described in any one of Claims 1 to 5. Even a beverage showing a positive value can be lowered to a large negative value in a short time, and further, a state in which the oxidation-reduction potential is negative can be further maintained even when the beverage is subsequently stored in a sealed container. Moreover, the oxidation-reduction potential of various types of beverages can be negatively lowered simply by being accommodated in the insulator container in this way, and a wide variety of beverages can be obtained.

  According to the container-packed beverage according to the invention of claim 8, the quartz diorite granite slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential in an external container in which the beverage having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is formed. When the insulator container containing water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is accommodated for a predetermined time in the external container disposed so as to be embedded in the beverage contained in the external container, the oxidation-reduction thereof Since the potential is lowered negatively, in addition to the effect according to any one of claims 1 to 5, at first, even a beverage having a positive ORP value has a large negative value in a short time. In addition, the state in which the oxidation-reduction potential is negative can be further maintained even when it is housed in a sealed container after that. As described above, the oxidation-reduction potential of various types of beverages can be negatively lowered simply by being accommodated in the external container, and a wide variety of beverages can be obtained.

  In addition to the effect of Claim 7 or Claim 8, in addition to the effect of Claim 7, the said external container in the container-packed drink concerning invention of Claim 9 was made into the conductor container which consists of a conductor with favorable electrical conductivity. The oxidation-reduction potential of the beverage can be lowered to a large negative value, and further, the state in which the oxidation-reduction potential is negative can be further maintained even when the beverage is subsequently stored in a sealed container.

  The apparatus for producing a reduced beverage according to the invention of claim 10 accommodates an insulator container in an outer container having a space that can be accommodated therein, and between the inner surface of the conductor container and the outer surface of the insulator container. In a reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus in which quartz diorite granite slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is accommodated in a space of a predetermined capacity formed, a beverage is placed in the insulator container. By storing for a predetermined time, the oxidation-reduction potential is lowered negatively, and the beverage having the oxidation-reduction potential lowered negatively is accommodated in a sealed container.

  The present inventor has conducted extensive experimental research on the reduction action (antioxidation action) exhibiting a large negative ORP value in a quartz diorite slurry obtained by gelling a fine powder of quartz diorite, which is a kind of quartz porphyry. As a result, by bringing quartz diorite slurry or water with a negative redox potential into contact with the beverage through an insulator with poor electrical conductivity, such as a synthetic resin container, the redox potential of the beverage decreases. Based on this finding, it was found that the negative value of the redox potential persists by containing the beverage in which the redox potential has decreased negatively in a sealed container. This completes the present invention.

  The experimental study by the present inventor will be described. A silica gel diorite slurry obtained by adding distilled water to a fine powder of quartz diorite and mixing with a ball mill or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is covered. Put it in a metal container with a tap, put a drink such as tap water, soft drinks, alcoholic beverages, etc. in a synthetic resin container in it, cover it, and measure the change over time in the ORP value of the drink. The ORP value of the beverage placed in the resin container initially showed a positive value, but gradually decreased and the negative value increased. Furthermore, the state in which the oxidation-reduction potential was negative was maintained by taking out the beverage in which the oxidation-reduction potential decreased negatively from the synthetic resin container, transferring it to the packaging container, and sealing it.

  As described above, the quartz diorite granite slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or the synthetic resin container configured to contain water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential between the outer container and the synthetic resin container. Although the scientific basis for reducing the ORP value of the beverage by storing the beverage for a predetermined time is unknown, quartz diorite slurry or water with a negative oxidation-reduction potential is placed in a metal container and brought into contact with the beverage. In such a case, no such effect was obtained. Therefore, considering electromagnetically, the synthetic resin configured to accommodate a quartz diorite granite slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential between an outer container and a synthetic resin container. A quartz diorite slurry showing a large negative ORP value or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is stored through a synthetic resin container as an insulator having a poor electrical conductivity after a beverage is stored in the container for a predetermined time. It is presumed that the oxidation-reduction potential of the beverage was negatively brought into contact with the beverage. That is, according to the inventor's speculation, by bringing a quartz diorite slurry or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential into contact with a beverage through an insulator having a poor electrical conductivity, in other words, From an electromagnetic point of view, by sandwiching an insulator with poor electrical conductivity between a rock slurry or water with a negative oxidation-reduction potential and a beverage, the structure is highly directional but weak in electrical properties. Then, electrostatic induction occurs between the drink and the quartz diorite slurry or water with negative redox potential across the insulator, and the quartz diorite slurry or water with negative redox potential has a negative strength. Electricity flows gradually between quartz diorite granite slurry or water with negative redox potential and the electrostatic phenomenon is embodied, and the beverage gradually becomes negative electromotive force due to the influence. Acting on a negative charge having believed that redox potential is lowered negatively.

  In addition, according to the inventor's experimental research, when the beverage contains polyphenols such as catechin, vitamins such as vitamin A, vitamin C and vitamin E, and antioxidants such as minerals, the redox potential of the beverage Has been confirmed to be a larger negative value, and therefore, these antioxidants are activated by the negative charge action (reducing power) having a negative electromotive force, and thus the oxidation-reduction potential has a larger negative value. It is presumed that it was led to the value of.

  Then, a beverage is placed in the synthetic resin container configured to contain quartz diorite granite slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential between the outer container and the synthetic resin container. By storing the quartz diorite granite slurry or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential for a predetermined time and contacting the beverage through a synthetic resin container as an insulator having poor electrical conductivity, an electric field (electromagnetic field), The beverage itself has a negative charge effect (reducing power) of negative electromotive force by lowering the oxidation-reduction potential of the beverage by electromagnetic action such as charging / electrostatic, discharge reaction, etc. It is considered that the state in which the redox potential is negative continues even after filling and sealing.

  Therefore, the insulator container is accommodated in the external container in which the space that can be accommodated is formed, and the oxidation-reduction potential is generated in the space of a predetermined capacity formed between the inner surface of the conductor container and the outer surface of the insulator container. In the insulator container of the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus containing the quartz diorite slurry having negative or water having the negative redox potential, the redox potential is made negative by storing the beverage for a predetermined time. According to the reduced beverage production apparatus of the present invention that contains the beverage that has been lowered and the oxidation-reduction potential lowered negatively in a sealed container, the beverage in which the oxidation-reduction potential remains negative and oxidation is prevented Can be produced, and the taste and flavor of the original beverage can be improved. In addition, since it is possible to produce a beverage in which oxidation is prevented, it is possible to eliminate the need for addition of an antioxidant in the beverage or to reduce the amount added, and the taste and aroma inherent in the antioxidant itself can be reduced. It is possible to prevent the flavor from being impaired, and thereby the taste and flavor of the original beverage can be improved.

  An apparatus for producing a reduced beverage according to an eleventh aspect of the invention includes an external container having a space that can be accommodated therein, and insulation that is accommodated in the external container and negatively decreases the oxidation-reduction potential by accommodating the beverage for a predetermined time. A quartz diorite granite slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential in a predetermined volume of space formed between the body container and the inner surface of the outer container and the outer surface of the insulator container. And a container for storing the beverage in which the oxidation-reduction potential has been lowered negatively in the insulator container in a hermetically sealed container, and the beverage is contained in the insulator container. Is stored for a predetermined time in a closed container in which the oxidation-reduction potential is lowered negatively and the beverage in which the oxidation-reduction potential is lowered negatively is contained in a sealed container.

  The present inventor has conducted extensive experimental research on the reduction action (antioxidation action) exhibiting a large negative ORP value in a quartz diorite slurry obtained by gelling a fine powder of quartz diorite, which is a kind of quartz porphyry. As a result, by bringing quartz diorite slurry or water with a negative redox potential into contact with the beverage through an insulator with poor electrical conductivity, such as a synthetic resin container, the redox potential of the beverage decreases. Based on this finding, it was found that the negative value of the redox potential persists by containing the beverage in which the redox potential has decreased negatively in a sealed container. This completes the present invention.

  The experimental study of the present inventor will be described. A silica gel diorite slurry obtained by adding distilled water to a fine powder of quartz diorite and mixing with a ball mill or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is covered. Put it in a metal container with a tap, put a drink such as tap water, soft drinks, alcoholic beverages, etc. in a synthetic resin container in it, cover it, and measure the change over time in the ORP value of the drink. The ORP value of the beverage placed in the resin container initially showed a positive value, but gradually decreased and the negative value increased. Furthermore, the state in which the oxidation-reduction potential was negative was maintained by taking out the beverage in which the oxidation-reduction potential decreased negatively from the synthetic resin container, transferring it to the packaging container, and sealing it.

  As described above, the quartz diorite granite slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is contained between the outer container and the synthetic resin container in the synthetic resin container. Although the scientific basis for reducing the ORP value of the beverage by storing the beverage for a predetermined time is unknown, quartz diorite slurry or water with a negative oxidation-reduction potential is placed in a metal container and brought into contact with the beverage. In such a case, no such effect was obtained. Therefore, when considered electromagnetically, the synthesis is made such that a quartz diorite granite slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is accommodated between an outer container and a synthetic resin container. Quartz diorite granite slurry showing a large negative ORP value through a synthetic resin container as an insulator having a poor electrical conductivity after a beverage is stored in a resin container for a predetermined time or the oxidation-reduction potential is negative It is presumed that the redox potential of the beverage was led negatively by bringing water into contact with the beverage.

  That is, according to the inventor's speculation, by bringing a quartz diorite slurry or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential into contact with a beverage through an insulator having a poor electrical conductivity, in other words, A structure that is weak in electrical properties but rich in directionality from an electromagnetic viewpoint by sandwiching an insulator with poor electrical conductivity between a rock slurry or water with a negative redox potential and a beverage. Then, electrostatic induction occurs between the drink and the quartz diorite slurry or water with negative oxidation-reduction potential across the insulator, and the quartz diorite slurry or water with negative oxidation-reduction potential is stronger. Electricity flows gradually between quartz diorite granite slurry or water with negative redox potential, which has a negative electric field and an electrostatic phenomenon is embodied. Acting on a negative charge with a force believed that redox potential is lowered negatively.

  In addition, according to the inventor's experimental research, when the beverage contains polyphenols such as catechin, vitamins such as vitamin A, vitamin C and vitamin E, and antioxidants such as minerals, the redox potential of the beverage Has been confirmed to be a larger negative value, and therefore, these antioxidants are activated by the negative charge action (reducing power) having a negative electromotive force, and thus the oxidation-reduction potential has a larger negative value. It is presumed that it was led to the value of.

  And a synthetic resin container of a reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus configured to contain a quartz diorite granite slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential between an external container and a synthetic resin container. The beverage is stored for a predetermined period of time, and a quartz diorite slurry or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is brought into contact with the beverage through a synthetic resin container as an insulator having poor electrical conductivity, thereby allowing an electric field ( The beverage itself has a negative charge effect (reducing power) of negative electromotive force by reducing the redox potential of the beverage by electromagnetic action such as electromagnetic field), charging / electrostatic, discharge reaction, etc. It is considered that the state in which the redox potential is negative continues even after the packaging container is filled and sealed.

  Accordingly, a quartz diorite having a negative oxidation-reduction potential in a space of a predetermined capacity formed between the inner surface of the conductor container and the outer surface of the insulator container, and containing the insulator container in the outer container The beverage is stored for a predetermined time in the insulator container of the reduced beverage production apparatus in which the slurry or the water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is accommodated to form a potential forming unit, and thereby the oxidation-reduction potential is lowered negatively. According to the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus of the present invention in which the beverage in which the oxidation-reduction potential is negatively lowered is accommodated in a sealed container in the accommodating portion, the state in which the oxidation-reduction potential is negative is maintained and oxidation is prevented. A drink can be manufactured and the taste and flavor of the original drink can be improved. In addition, since it is possible to produce a beverage in which oxidation is prevented, it is possible to eliminate the need for addition of an antioxidant in the beverage or to reduce the amount added, and the taste and aroma inherent in the antioxidant itself can be reduced. It is possible to prevent the flavor from being impaired, and thereby the taste and flavor of the original beverage can be improved.

  The apparatus for producing a reduced beverage according to the invention of claim 12 accommodates quartz diorite slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential in an external container having a space that can be accommodated therein. An apparatus for producing a reduced beverage in which an insulator container is embedded in a beverage contained in the external container, and the redox potential is lowered negatively by storing the beverage in the external container for a predetermined time. The beverage having the oxidation-reduction potential lowered negatively is stored in a sealed container.

  The present inventor has conducted extensive experimental research on the reduction action (antioxidation action) exhibiting a large negative ORP value in a quartz diorite slurry obtained by gelling a fine powder of quartz diorite, which is a kind of quartz porphyry. As a result, by bringing quartz diorite slurry or water with a negative redox potential into contact with the beverage through an insulator with poor electrical conductivity, such as a synthetic resin container, the redox potential of the beverage decreases. Based on this finding, it was found that the negative value of the redox potential persists by containing the beverage in which the redox potential has decreased negatively in a sealed container. This completes the present invention.

  The experimental study of the present inventor will be described. Drinks such as tap water, soft drinks, alcoholic drinks, etc. are put in a metal container with a lid, and further, a quartz dimerine is a kind of quartz porphyry in the drink in the metal container. Put a lid with a synthetic resin container containing gel-like quartz diorite slurry obtained by adding distilled water to a fine rock powder and mixing with a ball mill or water with a negative oxidation-reduction potential, When the change over time of the ORP value of the beverage was measured, the ORP value of the beverage placed in the metal container initially showed a positive value, but gradually decreased and the negative value increased. Furthermore, the beverage in which the oxidation-reduction potential decreased negatively was taken out from the metal container, transferred to a predetermined packaging container, and sealed, thereby maintaining a state where the oxidation-reduction potential was negative.

  As described above, the beverage contained in the outer container is embedded in a synthetic resin container containing quartz diorite granite slurry having a negative redox potential or water having a negative redox potential. Although the scientific basis for reducing the ORP value of the beverage by storing the beverage in the outer container for a predetermined time is unknown, quartz diorite slurry or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is placed in a metal container. When brought into contact with a beverage, no such effect was obtained. Therefore, considering electromagnetically, a quartz diorite slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or a synthetic resin container containing water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is embedded in a beverage accommodated in an external container. A quartz diorite granite slurry or a redox potential that contains a beverage in the external container for a predetermined time and exhibits a large negative ORP value through a synthetic resin container as an insulator having poor electrical conductivity. It is presumed that the oxidation-reduction potential of the beverage was negatively brought into contact with the beverage in which water is negative. That is, according to the inventor's speculation, by bringing a quartz diorite slurry or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential into contact with a beverage through an insulator having a poor electrical conductivity, in other words, By sandwiching an insulator having poor electrical conductivity between a rock slurry or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential and a beverage, when considering electromagnetically, the electrical characteristics are weak but rich in directionality. The structure is structured such that electrostatic induction occurs between the beverage and the quartz diorite slurry or water with negative redox potential across the insulator, and the strength of the quartz diorite slurry or water with negative redox potential is strong. A negative electric field, and the electrostatic phenomenon is realized, and electricity gradually flows between the quartz diorite granite slurry or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential and the beverage. As a result, the beverage gradually becomes minor. Acting on a negative charge with an electromotive force, it is considered an oxidation-reduction potential is lowered negatively.

  In addition, according to the inventor's experimental research, when the beverage contains polyphenols such as catechin, vitamins such as vitamin A, vitamin C and vitamin E, and antioxidants such as minerals, the redox potential of the beverage Has been confirmed to be a larger negative value, and therefore, these antioxidants are activated by the negative charge action (reducing power) having a negative electromotive force, and thus the oxidation-reduction potential has a larger negative value. It is presumed that it was led to the value of.

  And a reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus configured to embed a quartz diorite slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or a synthetic resin container containing water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential in a beverage accommodated in an external container. A quartz diorite slurry showing a large negative ORP value through a synthetic resin container as an insulator having a poor electrical conductivity after a beverage is stored in the outer container for a predetermined time or the redox potential is negative By bringing water into contact with the beverage, the beverage itself lowered the redox potential of the beverage by electromagnetic action such as electric field (electromagnetic field), charging / electrostatic, discharge reaction, etc. It has an action (reducing power), and thus, it is considered that the state in which the redox potential is negative continues even after the packaging container is filled and sealed.

  Therefore, an insulator container containing quartz diorite slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is accommodated in the outer container in which a space that can be accommodated therein is formed. The beverage in which the beverage is stored in the external container of the reduced beverage production apparatus disposed so as to be embedded in the beverage to be buried for a predetermined time to lower the oxidation-reduction potential negatively and to reduce the oxidation-reduction potential negatively According to the reduced beverage production apparatus of the present invention housed in a sealed container, a state in which the oxidation-reduction potential is negative can be maintained and a beverage in which oxidation is prevented can be produced, and the taste and flavor of the original beverage can be improved. it can. In addition, since it is possible to produce a beverage in which oxidation is prevented, it is possible to eliminate the need for addition of an antioxidant in the beverage or to reduce the amount added, and the taste and aroma inherent in the antioxidant itself can be reduced. It is possible to prevent the flavor from being impaired, and thereby the taste and flavor of the original beverage can be improved.

  According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus, wherein a beverage is accommodated therein for a predetermined time to lower the oxidation-reduction potential negatively and form a space that can be sent out in a state where the oxidation-reduction potential is lowered negatively. Embedded in the beverage in the outer container, and containing quartz diorite slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential in a predetermined space of a predetermined volume. An insulating container, and a storage unit that stores the beverage whose oxidation-reduction potential is negatively lowered in the outer container in a sealed container, and the beverage is stored in the outer container for a predetermined time. By this, the oxidation-reduction potential is lowered negatively, and the beverage having the oxidation-reduction potential lowered negatively is accommodated in an airtight container by the accommodating portion.

  The present inventor has conducted extensive experimental research on the reduction action (antioxidation action) exhibiting a large negative ORP value in a quartz diorite slurry obtained by gelling a fine powder of quartz diorite, which is a kind of quartz porphyry. As a result, by bringing quartz diorite slurry or water with a negative redox potential into contact with the beverage through an insulator with poor electrical conductivity, such as a synthetic resin container, the redox potential of the beverage decreases. Based on this finding, it was found that the negative value of the redox potential persists by containing the beverage in which the redox potential has decreased negatively in a sealed container. This completes the present invention.

  The experimental study of the present inventor will be described. Drinks such as tap water, soft drinks, alcoholic drinks, etc. are put in a metal container with a lid, and further, a quartz dimerine is a kind of quartz porphyry in the drink in the metal container. Put a lid with a synthetic resin container containing gel-like quartz diorite slurry obtained by adding distilled water to a fine rock powder and mixing with a ball mill or water with a negative oxidation-reduction potential, When the change over time of the ORP value of the beverage was measured, the ORP value of the beverage placed in the metal container initially showed a positive value, but gradually decreased and the negative value increased. Furthermore, the beverage in which the oxidation-reduction potential decreased negatively was taken out from the metal container, transferred to a predetermined packaging container, and sealed, thereby maintaining a state where the oxidation-reduction potential was negative.

  As described above, the external structure is configured such that a quartz diorite granite slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or a synthetic resin container containing water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is embedded in a beverage accommodated in the external container. Although the scientific basis for reducing the ORP value of the beverage by storing the beverage in the container for a predetermined time is unknown, quartz diorite slurry or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is placed in a metal container to drink Such an effect could not be obtained at all. Therefore, when considered electromagnetically, a quartz diorite slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or a synthetic resin container containing water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is embedded in a beverage accommodated in an external container. A beverage is stored in the external container having a structure for a predetermined time, and a quartz diorite granite slurry having a large negative ORP value is brought into contact with the beverage through a synthetic resin container as an insulator having poor electrical conductivity. Thus, it is presumed that the redox potential of the beverage was negatively induced due to electromagnetic actions such as electric field (electromagnetic field), charging / electrostatic, discharge reaction and the like. That is, according to the inventor's speculation, by bringing a quartz diorite slurry or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential into contact with a beverage through an insulator having a poor electrical conductivity, in other words, A structure that is weak in electrical properties but rich in directionality from an electromagnetic viewpoint by sandwiching an insulator with poor electrical conductivity between a rock slurry or water with a negative redox potential and a beverage. Then, electrostatic induction occurs between the drink and the quartz diorite slurry or water with negative oxidation-reduction potential across the insulator, and the quartz diorite slurry or water with negative oxidation-reduction potential is stronger. Electricity flows gradually between quartz diorite granite slurry or water with negative redox potential, which has a negative electric field and an electrostatic phenomenon is embodied. Acting on a negative charge with a force believed that redox potential is lowered negatively.

  In addition, according to the inventor's experimental research, when the beverage contains polyphenols such as catechin, vitamins such as vitamin A, vitamin C and vitamin E, and antioxidants such as minerals, the redox potential of the beverage Has been confirmed to be a larger negative value, and therefore, these antioxidants are activated by the negative charge action (reducing power) having a negative electromotive force, and thus the oxidation-reduction potential has a larger negative value. It is presumed that it was led to the value of.

  The external container configured to embed a quartz diorite slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or a synthetic resin container containing water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential in a beverage accommodated in the external container. A beverage containing a drink containing quartz diorite granule having a large negative ORP value or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential through a synthetic resin container as an insulator having a poor electrical conductivity. The beverage itself has a negative charge action (reduction power) of a negative electromotive force, so that the redox potential is negative even after the packaging container is filled and sealed. It is thought that the state which is is sustained.

  Therefore, an insulator container containing quartz diorite slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is accommodated in the outer container in which a space that can be accommodated therein is formed. The beverage in which the redox potential is lowered negatively by housing the beverage for a predetermined time in the external container of the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus arranged to be embedded in the beverage, and the redox potential is lowered negatively According to the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus of the present invention, the state where the oxidation-reduction potential is negative and the beverage in which oxidation is prevented can be manufactured, and the original beverage taste and flavor can be obtained. Can be improved. In addition, since it is possible to produce a beverage in which oxidation is prevented, it is possible to eliminate the need for addition of an antioxidant in the beverage or to reduce the amount added, and the taste and aroma inherent in the antioxidant itself can be reduced. It is possible to prevent the flavor from being impaired, and thereby the taste and flavor of the original beverage can be improved.

  According to the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus of the fourteenth aspect of the present invention, the outer container in which the space is formed is a conductive container made of a conductor having a good electric conductivity. In addition to the effect described in one of the above, the redox potential of the beverage can be lowered to a large negative value in a shorter time, and the redox potential of the beverage is negative even after being stored in a sealed container. The state can be maintained more.

  According to the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus according to the invention of claim 15, the beverage with the oxidation-reduction potential lowered negatively is used as drinking water, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, less than 1% alcohol content) Beverages with a taste or scent in a drinkable liquid product containing alcohol), alcoholic beverages, milk beverages and / or two or more beverages and / or beverages contained in them and mixed in a sealed container There is something to do.

  As a result of repeated earnest experimental research, the present inventor brought quartz diorite granite slurry or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential into contact with a beverage through an insulator having poor electrical conductivity such as a synthetic resin container. Beverages with negatively reduced oxidation-reduction potential, and drinking water, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, beverages with a taste or aroma that are drinkable liquids containing less than 1% alcohol), When one or two or more beverages of alcoholic beverages and dairy beverages and / or drinks contained therein are mixed, the result of the mixing also becomes a negative oxidation-reduction potential, and these are sealed containers It has been found that a state in which the oxidation-reduction potential is negative can be maintained by housing the material in the container, and the present invention has been completed based on this finding.

  This is because quartz diorite slurry or water with a negative oxidation-reduction potential is brought into contact with the beverage through an insulator with poor electrical conductivity, such as a synthetic resin container, and so on. The beverage itself has a negative charge effect (reducing power) of negative electromotive force due to the reduction of the redox potential of the beverage due to the electromagnetic action such as the discharge reaction. Beverages, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, beverages with a taste or fragrance containing less than 1% alcohol), alcoholic beverages, and dairy beverages When mixed with any one or two or more beverages and / or drinks contained in these beverages, the redox potential resulting from the mixing also becomes a negative value. The redox potential is It is considered a state persists is.

  In particular, drinking water to be mixed with beverages having a negative oxidation-reduction potential, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, beverages having a taste or fragrance with a liquid content containing less than 1% alcohol), Polyphenols such as catechin, vitamins such as vitamin A, vitamin C, and vitamin E, and antioxidants such as minerals, in any one or more of alcoholic beverages and milk beverages and / or beverages contained in these beverages Is contained, it is affected by negative electromotive force (reducing power) of negative electromotive force of beverages that have negatively reduced redox potential due to quartz diorite granite slurry or water with negative redox potential. These antioxidants are gradually activated, and it seems that the redox potential remains negative.

Thus, any of drinking water, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria drinks, milk and dairy products, drinks having a taste or fragrance with a liquid content containing less than 1% alcohol), alcoholic drinks, and milk drinks One or two or more beverages and / or drinks contained in these beverages and a beverage whose oxidation-reduction potential is negatively mixed are mixed and accommodated in a sealed container, so that the oxidation-reduction potential is negative. Can be produced and beverages with improved taste and flavor can be produced by preventing oxidation.
Therefore, in addition to the effects of claims 10 to 14, a beverage having improved taste and flavor can be produced at low cost by maintaining a negative oxidation-reduction potential and preventing oxidation. A wide variety of beverages can be obtained.

  In the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus according to the invention of claim 16, the sealed container is any one of an aluminum container, a PET container, and a glass container, and therefore, according to any one of claims 10 to 15. In addition to the effect, the state in which the redox potential of the beverage is negative can be further maintained.

  According to the method for producing a reduced beverage according to the invention of claim 17, the quartz diorite granite slurry or the water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is brought into contact with the beverage through an insulator having poor electrical conductivity. Reduce the redox potential of the beverage to negative and place it in a sealed container.

  The present inventor has conducted extensive experimental research on the reduction action (antioxidation action) exhibiting a large negative ORP value in a quartz diorite slurry obtained by gelling a fine powder of quartz diorite, which is a kind of quartz porphyry. As a result, by bringing quartz diorite slurry or water with a negative redox potential into contact with the beverage through an insulator with poor electrical conductivity, such as a synthetic resin container, the redox potential of the beverage decreases. Based on this finding, it was found that the negative value of the redox potential persists by containing the beverage in which the redox potential has decreased negatively in a sealed container. This completes the present invention.

The experimental study of the present inventor will be described. A silica gel diorite slurry obtained by adding distilled water to a fine powder of quartz diorite and mixing with a ball mill or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is covered. Put it in a metal container with a tap, put a drink such as tap water, soft drinks, alcoholic beverages, etc. in a synthetic resin container in it, cover it, and measure the change over time in the ORP value of the drink. The ORP value of the beverage placed in the resin container initially showed a positive value, but gradually decreased and the negative value increased. Furthermore, the state in which the oxidation-reduction potential was negative was maintained by taking out the beverage in which the oxidation-reduction potential decreased negatively from the synthetic resin container, transferring it to the packaging container, and sealing it.
Also, drinks such as tap water, soft drinks and alcoholic drinks are placed in a metal container with a lid, and quartz diorite slurry or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is contained in the drink in the metal container. When a plastic resin container was put in and covered, and the change over time of the ORP value of the drink was measured, the ORP value of the drink put in the metal container showed a positive value at first, but gradually It went down and the negative value increased. Furthermore, the state in which the oxidation-reduction potential was negative was maintained by taking out the beverage whose oxidation-reduction potential had decreased negatively from the metal container, transferring it to the packaging container, and sealing it.

  As described above, the beverage is obtained by bringing the quartz diorite slurry showing a large negative ORP value or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential into contact with the beverage through an insulator having poor electrical conductivity such as a synthetic resin container. The scientific basis for lowering the ORP value is unknown, but when a quartz diorite granite slurry or water with a negative oxidation-reduction potential is placed in a metal container and brought into contact with the beverage, such effects are obtained. Was not obtained at all. Therefore, when considered electromagnetically, quartz diorite slurry having a negative ORP value or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is passed through an insulating material having poor electrical conductivity, such as a synthetic resin container. It is presumed that the redox potential of the beverage was led negatively by the contact. That is, according to the inventor's speculation, by bringing a quartz diorite slurry or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential into contact with a beverage through an insulator having a poor electrical conductivity, in other words, A structure that is weak in electrical characteristics but rich in directionality in terms of electromagnetic properties by sandwiching an insulator having poor electrical conductivity between a rock slurry or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential and a beverage. Then, electrostatic induction occurs between the drink and the quartz diorite slurry or water with negative oxidation-reduction potential across the insulator, and the quartz diorite slurry or water with negative oxidation-reduction potential is stronger. There is a negative electric field, static electricity is embodied, quartz diorite granite slurry or water that has a negative redox potential, and electricity gradually flows between the drink and the drink is gradually minus Acting on a negative charge with power, it is considered and its oxidation-reduction potential is lowered negatively.

In addition, according to the inventor's experimental research, when the beverage contains polyphenols such as catechin, vitamins such as vitamin A, vitamin C and vitamin E, and antioxidants such as minerals, the redox potential of the beverage Has been confirmed to be a larger negative value, and therefore, these antioxidants are activated by the negative charge action (reducing power) having a negative electromotive force, and thus the oxidation-reduction potential has a larger negative value. It is presumed that it was led to the value of.
Then, a quartz diorite slurry or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is brought into contact with a beverage through a synthetic resin container as an insulator having poor electrical conductivity, thereby allowing an electric field (electromagnetic field), charging / electrostatic The beverage itself has a negative charge effect (reducing power) of negative electromotive force by reducing the redox potential of the beverage due to electromagnetic action such as discharge reaction, etc., thereby filling the packaging container It is considered that the state in which the redox potential is negative continues even after sealing.

  Thus, by bringing quartz diorite slurry or water with a negative redox potential into contact with the beverage through an insulator with poor electrical conductivity, the redox potential of the beverage is lowered negatively and sealed. According to the method for producing a reduced beverage of the present invention housed in a container, the state where the oxidation-reduction potential is negative persists and oxidation is prevented, so that the taste and flavor of the original beverage can be improved. In addition, since oxidation is prevented, addition of an antioxidant is unnecessary or the amount added can be reduced, and the original flavor is impaired by the taste and aroma possessed by the antioxidant itself. Can be prevented, and the taste and flavor of the original beverage can be improved. In particular, the insulator includes an ion exchange membrane, an electrolyte membrane, a permeable membrane, etc., in addition to an insulator having poor electrical conductivity such as a synthetic resin container such as a polymer material. Contact with surfaces formed by electrolyte membranes, osmotic membranes, pipes, containers and the like is obtained.

  According to the method for producing a reduced beverage according to the invention of claim 18, the insulator container is accommodated in the outer container in which the space that can be accommodated is formed, and the inner surface of the outer container and the outer surface of the insulator container A quartz diorite slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is stored in a space of a predetermined capacity formed therebetween, and a beverage is stored in the insulator container for a predetermined time. The beverage is a beverage whose oxidation-reduction potential has been lowered to a negative value, and is contained in a sealed container.

  The present inventor has conducted extensive experimental research on the reduction action (antioxidation action) exhibiting a large negative ORP value in a quartz diorite slurry obtained by gelling a fine powder of quartz diorite, which is a kind of quartz porphyry. As a result, when the silica diorite slurry is brought into contact with the beverage through an insulator such as a synthetic resin container having poor electrical conductivity, the redox potential of the beverage decreases and the negative value increases. Furthermore, it has been found that the state in which the oxidation-reduction potential is negative can be maintained by containing the beverage having the oxidation-reduction potential negatively lowered in a sealed container, and the present invention has been completed based on this finding. is there.

  The experimental study of the present inventor will be described. A silica gel diorite slurry obtained by adding distilled water to a fine powder of quartz diorite and mixing with a ball mill or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is covered. Put it in a metal container with a tap, put a drink such as tap water, soft drinks, alcoholic beverages, etc. in a synthetic resin container in it, cover it, and measure the change over time in the ORP value of the drink. The ORP value of the beverage placed in the resin container initially showed a positive value, but gradually decreased and the negative value increased. Furthermore, the state in which the oxidation-reduction potential was negative was maintained by taking out the beverage in which the oxidation-reduction potential decreased negatively from the synthetic resin container, transferring it to the packaging container, and sealing it.

  As described above, a beverage is placed in a synthetic resin container as a structure containing a quartz diorite granite slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential between the outer container and the synthetic resin container. The scientific basis for reducing the ORP value of beverages by holding for a long time is unknown, but when quartz diorite slurry or water with a negative oxidation-reduction potential is placed in a metal container and brought into contact with the beverage No such effect was obtained. Therefore, when considered electromagnetically, the synthesis is made such that a quartz diorite granite slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is accommodated between an outer container and a synthetic resin container. Quartz diorite slurry showing a large negative ORP value or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential through a synthetic resin container as an insulator having a poor electrical conductivity and containing a beverage in the resin container for a predetermined time. It is presumed that by bringing the beverage into contact with the beverage, an electromagnetic action such as an electric field (electromagnetic field), charging / electrostatic property, or a discharge reaction is involved, and the oxidation-reduction potential of the beverage is led negatively. That is, according to the inventor's speculation, by bringing a quartz diorite slurry or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential into contact with a beverage through an insulator having a poor electrical conductivity, in other words, A structure that is weak in electrical properties but rich in directionality from an electromagnetic viewpoint by sandwiching an insulator with poor electrical conductivity between a rock slurry or water with a negative redox potential and a beverage. Thus, electrostatic induction occurs between the drink and the quartz diorite slurry or water with a negative oxidation-reduction potential across the insulator, and the quartz diorite slurry or water with a negative oxidation-reduction potential has a negative strength. Electricity flows gradually between quartz diorite granite slurry or water with negative redox potential and the electrostatic phenomenon is embodied, and the beverage gradually becomes negative electromotive force due to the influence. Acting on a negative charge having believed that redox potential is lowered negatively.

  In addition, according to the inventor's experimental research, when the beverage contains polyphenols such as catechin, vitamins such as vitamin A, vitamin C and vitamin E, and antioxidants such as minerals, the redox potential of the beverage Has been confirmed to be a larger negative value, and therefore, these antioxidants are activated by the negative charge action (reducing power) having a negative electromotive force, and thus the oxidation-reduction potential has a larger negative value. It is presumed that it was led to the value of.

  A beverage is stored in the synthetic resin container for a predetermined time as a structure containing quartz diorite slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential between the outer container and the synthetic resin container. By contacting quartz diorite slurry or water with a negative oxidation-reduction potential through a synthetic resin container as an insulator with poor electrical conductivity, the electric field (electromagnetic field), charging / electrostatic The beverage itself has a negative charge effect (reducing power) of negative electromotive force by reducing the redox potential of the beverage due to electromagnetic action such as discharge reaction, etc., thereby filling the packaging container It is considered that the state in which the redox potential is negative continues even after sealing.

  Therefore, the insulator container is accommodated in the outer container in which the space that can be accommodated is formed, and the oxidation-reduction potential is generated in the space of a predetermined capacity formed between the inner surface of the outer container and the outer surface of the insulator container. The beverage is stored in the insulator container containing quartz diorite slurry with negative or water with negative oxidation-reduction potential for a predetermined period of time, and then the beverage is reduced to negative oxidation-reduction potential. According to the method for producing a reduced beverage of the present invention accommodated in a container, a beverage in which the oxidation-reduction potential is negative and the oxidation is prevented can be produced, and the taste and flavor of the original beverage can be improved. . In addition, since it is possible to produce a beverage in which oxidation is prevented, it is possible to eliminate the need for addition of an antioxidant in the beverage or to reduce the amount added, and the taste and aroma inherent in the antioxidant itself can be reduced. It is possible to prevent the flavor from being impaired, and thereby the taste and flavor of the original beverage can be improved.

  According to the method for producing a reduced beverage according to the invention of claim 19, quartz diorite granite slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is accommodated in an external container having a space that can be accommodated therein. A beverage whose oxidation-reduction potential has been lowered negatively by storing the beverage for a predetermined time in the external container disposed so as to be embedded in the beverage stored in the external container is sealed. Store in container.

  The present inventor has conducted extensive experimental research on the reduction action (antioxidation action) exhibiting a large negative ORP value in a quartz diorite slurry obtained by gelling a fine powder of quartz diorite, which is a kind of quartz porphyry. As a result, by bringing quartz diorite slurry or water with a negative redox potential into contact with the beverage through an insulator with poor electrical conductivity, such as a synthetic resin container, the redox potential of the beverage decreases. Based on this finding, it was found that the negative value of the redox potential persists by containing the beverage in which the redox potential has decreased negatively in a sealed container. This completes the present invention.

  The experimental study of the present inventor will be described. Drinks such as tap water, soft drinks, alcoholic drinks, etc. are put in a metal container with a lid, and further, a quartz dimerine is a kind of quartz porphyry in the drink in the metal container. Put a lid with a synthetic resin container containing gel-like quartz diorite slurry obtained by adding distilled water to a fine rock powder and mixing with a ball mill or water with a negative oxidation-reduction potential, When the change over time of the ORP value of the beverage was measured, the ORP value of the beverage placed in the metal container initially showed a positive value, but gradually decreased and the negative value increased. Furthermore, the beverage in which the oxidation-reduction potential decreased negatively was taken out from the metal container, transferred to a predetermined packaging container, and sealed, thereby maintaining a state where the oxidation-reduction potential was negative.

  Thus, the external container is configured to embed a quartz diorite granite slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or a synthetic resin container containing water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential in a beverage accommodated in the external container. Although the scientific basis for reducing the ORP value of the beverage by storing the beverage for a predetermined time inside is unknown, quartz diorite slurry or water with a negative oxidation-reduction potential is placed in a metal container to make the beverage When brought into contact, such an effect was not obtained at all. Therefore, when considered electromagnetically, a quartz diorite slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or a synthetic resin container containing water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is embedded in a beverage accommodated in an external container. A quartz diorite granite slurry or oxidation-reduction potential that contains a beverage for a predetermined time in the external container configured as described above and exhibits a large negative ORP value through a synthetic resin container as an insulator having poor electrical conductivity. It is assumed that by bringing negative water into contact with the beverage, the redox potential of the beverage was negatively induced due to electromagnetic actions such as electric field (electromagnetic field), charging / electrostatic, discharge reaction, etc. Is done. That is, according to the inventor's speculation, by bringing a quartz diorite slurry or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential into contact with a beverage through an insulator having a poor electrical conductivity, in other words, A structure that is weak in electrical properties but rich in directionality from an electromagnetic viewpoint by sandwiching an insulator with poor electrical conductivity between a rock slurry or water with a negative redox potential and a beverage. Then, electrostatic induction occurs between the drink and the quartz diorite slurry or water with negative oxidation-reduction potential across the insulator, and the quartz diorite slurry or water with negative oxidation-reduction potential is stronger. Electricity flows gradually between quartz diorite granite slurry or water with negative redox potential, which has a negative electric field and an electrostatic phenomenon is embodied. Acting on a negative charge with a force believed that redox potential is lowered negatively.

  In addition, according to the inventor's experimental research, when the beverage contains polyphenols such as catechin, vitamins such as vitamin A, vitamin C and vitamin E, and antioxidants such as minerals, the redox potential of the beverage Has been confirmed to be a larger negative value, and therefore, these antioxidants are activated by the negative charge action (reducing power) having a negative electromotive force, and thus the oxidation-reduction potential has a larger negative value. It is presumed that it was led to the value of.

  And it is constructed by embedding a quartz diorite granule slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or a synthetic resin container containing water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential in a beverage accommodated in the external container. A beverage containing a drink for a predetermined period of time, and containing a silica diorite slurry showing a large negative ORP value or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential through a synthetic resin container as an insulator having poor electrical conductivity. By bringing the beverage into contact with it, the beverage's own redox potential (reducing power) is reduced by reducing the oxidation-reduction potential of the beverage by electromagnetic action such as electric field (electromagnetic field), charging / electrostatic, discharge reaction, etc. Thus, it is considered that the state in which the redox potential is negative continues even after the packaging container is filled and sealed.

  Therefore, an insulator container containing quartz diorite slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is accommodated in the outer container in which a space that can be accommodated therein is formed. The method for producing a reduced beverage according to the present invention, wherein the beverage is placed so as to be embedded in the beverage and stored in the external container for a predetermined time to obtain a beverage whose oxidation-reduction potential is negatively reduced, and which is stored in a sealed container. According to the present invention, it is possible to produce a beverage in which the oxidation-reduction potential is negative and the oxidation is prevented, and the taste and flavor of the original beverage can be improved. In addition, since it is possible to produce a beverage in which oxidation is prevented, it is possible to eliminate the need for addition of an antioxidant in the beverage or to reduce the amount added, and the taste and aroma inherent in the antioxidant itself can be reduced. It is possible to prevent the flavor from being impaired, and thereby the taste and flavor of the original beverage can be improved.

  According to the method for producing a reduced beverage according to the invention of claim 20, since the outer container in which the space is formed is a conductor container made of a conductor having good electric conductivity, any one of claims 17 to 19 is provided. In addition to the effect described in one of the above, the redox potential of the beverage can be lowered to a large negative value in a shorter time, and the redox potential of the beverage is negative even after being stored in a sealed container. The state can be maintained more.

  According to the method for producing a reduced beverage according to the invention of claim 21, the beverage whose oxidation-reduction potential is negatively reduced is obtained by drinking water, soft drink (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, with an alcohol content of less than 1%. The drink is a drinkable liquid product that has a taste or aroma), alcoholic beverages, milk beverages, and / or two or more beverages and / or drinks contained in these beverages and is contained in a sealed container. .

  As a result of repeated earnest experimental research, the present inventor brought quartz diorite granite slurry or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential into contact with a beverage through an insulator having poor electrical conductivity such as a synthetic resin container. Beverages with negatively reduced oxidation-reduction potential, and drinking water, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, beverages with a taste or aroma that are drinkable liquids containing less than 1% alcohol), When one or two or more beverages of alcoholic beverages and dairy beverages and / or drinks contained therein are mixed, the result of the mixing also becomes a negative oxidation-reduction potential, and these are sealed containers It has been found that a state in which the oxidation-reduction potential is negative can be maintained by housing the material in the container, and the present invention has been completed based on this finding.

  This is because the beverage itself makes negative negative electromotive force by contacting the beverage with quartz diorite slurry or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential through an insulator with poor electrical conductivity such as a synthetic resin container. Drinks that have a charge effect (reducing power) and thereby have a negative reduction in the oxidation-reduction potential, containing drinking water, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, and containing less than 1% alcohol) Beverages that have a taste or aroma in a liquid product), alcoholic beverages, dairy beverages and / or beverages and / or beverages contained in these beverages, and the resultant oxidation The reduction potential is also a negative value, and it is considered that the state in which the oxidation-reduction potential is negative continues even if the packaging container is filled and sealed.

  In particular, drinking water to be mixed with beverages having a negative oxidation-reduction potential, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, beverages having a taste or fragrance with a liquid content containing less than 1% alcohol), Polyphenols such as catechin, vitamins such as vitamin A, vitamin C, and vitamin E, and antioxidants such as minerals, in any one or more of alcoholic beverages and milk beverages and / or beverages contained in these beverages Is contained, it is affected by negative electromotive force (reducing power) of negative electromotive force of beverages that have negatively reduced redox potential due to quartz diorite granite slurry or water with negative redox potential. These antioxidants are gradually activated, and it seems that the redox potential remains negative.

Thus, any of drinking water, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria drinks, milk and dairy products, drinks having a taste or fragrance with a liquid content containing less than 1% alcohol), alcoholic drinks, and milk drinks One or two or more beverages and / or drinks contained in these beverages and a beverage whose oxidation-reduction potential is negatively mixed are mixed and accommodated in a sealed container, so that the oxidation-reduction potential is negative. Can be produced and beverages with improved taste and flavor can be produced by preventing oxidation.
Therefore, in addition to the effects of claims 17 to 20, a beverage having an improved redox potential can be produced at low cost by maintaining a negative oxidation-reduction potential and preventing oxidation. A wide variety of beverages can be obtained.

  In the method for producing a reduced beverage according to the invention of claim 22, the sealed container is any one of an aluminum container, a PET container, and a glass container, and therefore, according to any one of claims 17 to 21. In addition to the effect, the state in which the redox potential of the beverage is negative can be further maintained.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus according to Modification 1 of the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus according to Modification 2 of the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a characteristic diagram showing the change over time of the oxidation-reduction potential of the packaged beverage according to Example 5 of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
Note that, in the embodiments, the same symbols and the same reference numerals mean the same or corresponding functional parts, and therefore, detailed description thereof is omitted here.

In FIG. 1, a beverage having a negative oxidation-reduction potential according to the present embodiment is manufactured as a reduced beverage R in which the oxidation-reduction potential is lowered negatively by the action of the quartz diorite granite slurry 5, for example.
Then, about the manufacturing method of the reduced drink R which makes a redox potential fall negatively and makes the reduced drink R, and the reduced drink manufacturing apparatus 1 concerning this Embodiment used in order to make the redox potential of a drink fall negatively A description will be given with reference to FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment used for negatively reducing the oxidation-reduction potential of a beverage includes an outer container 2 having a space that can be accommodated therein, and an outer container. A space of a predetermined capacity formed between an insulator container 3 made of PE (polyethylene), PET (polyethylene terephthalate), or the like as an insulator housed in 2, and the inner surface of the outer container 2 and the outer surface of the insulator container 3. 4 contains a quartz diorite granite slurry 5 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential, and a potential forming unit that lowers the oxidation-reduction potential negatively, and the oxidation-reduction potential is lowered negatively in the insulator container 3. It has the accommodating part 7 accommodated in the airtight container which can make a drink the airtight state. As this insulator container 3, an experiment was conducted using sheets having a thickness of 0.11 mm, 0.1 mm, 0.08 mm, and 0.075 mm, but a thin one is preferable. It is desirable to widen.

Here, as the outer container 2, a metal container such as an aluminum container, a glass container, or the like is used as a conductor container made of a conductor having good electrical conductivity, but the oxidation-reduction potential is more negative in a short time. It is preferable to use a conductor container made of a conductor having good electrical conductivity, such as an aluminum container that can be lowered to a value. Here, good electrical conductivity means a material having a resistance equivalent to the specific resistance of metal.
As the insulator container 3, a PE (polyethylene), PET (polyethylene terephthalate) container made of an insulator, a synthetic resin container such as a nylon container, or the like is used. Here, the insulator of the insulator container 3 is also called an insulator, and is generally a dielectric having a small Tan δ and corresponds to a synthetic resin material of a polymer material.
The outer container 2 is formed to be openable so that the inner quartz diorite slurry 5 can be filled and discharged, and the inner quartz diorite slurry 5 is filled in an exchangeable manner. By the way, when the present invention is carried out, the quartz diorite granite slurry 5 is placed in the surrounding area so as to increase the area in contact with the beverage to be treated D accommodated in the insulator container 3 via the insulator container 3. It is desirable to adopt a shape having a large surface area for the insulator container 3 by providing a pleat or the like.

The quartz diorite slurry 5 is a gel of quartz diorite, which is a kind of quartz porphyry, dispersed in distilled water and gelled. Distilled water was added, and this was gelled by putting it in a wet ball mill and rotating and mixing. Here, distilled water was used for the reliability of the test, but tap water and industrial water can be used.
In the present embodiment, a quartz diorite granite slurry 5 produced by adding 20% by weight of fine powder of quartz diorite to 80% by weight of distilled water is used. Table 1 shows the results of X-ray fluorescence analysis of the components of the fine powder of quartz diorite used for the production of this silica diorite slurry 5.

As shown in Table 1, the fine powder of quartz diorite used most contains silicic acid (SiO ₂ ), followed by aluminum (Al), iron (Fe), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg). , Potassium (K), and carbon (C). In addition, strontium (Sr), zinc (Zn), phosphorus (P), copper (Cu), manganese (Mn), and nickel (Ni) are contained in trace amounts.

Quartz diorite granite slurry 5 in which fine powder of quartz diorite containing such components is gelled and dispersed in distilled water is found to exhibit a very low (negative large) redox potential. did.
According to the inventor's experimental study, in a suspension obtained by adding 20% by weight of fine powder of quartz diorite to 80% by weight of distilled water, the redox potential and DO (dissolved oxygen) with the passage of time. The saturation rate decreased, and after 120 hours, redox potential: -80 mV to -90 mV, DO saturation rate: 12.0%, pH (hydrogen ion concentration): 9.4, EC (electric conductivity) of 20 degrees. : The value of 340 μS / cm was shown. In particular, when the fine powder of quartz diorite is used as a hydrate, the redox potential increases negatively over time, so it is considered that reducing substances that consume oxygen are eluted. It is done. At this time, the ORP (redox potential) is measured by an ORP meter, the DO (dissolved oxygen) is measured by a DO meter, the pH (hydrogen ion concentration) is measured by a glass electrode method, and EC (electrical conductivity). Was measured by an electric conductivity meter measurement method.

In addition, in silica diorite slurry 5 (500 g), which was gelled by adding 20% by weight of fine powder of quartz diorite to 80% by weight of distilled water, it was placed in a glass cup and put into quartz diorite. When the slurry 5 was measured with a voltage tester (manufactured by Hioki Electric Co., Ltd .: HIOKI Hitester 3030-10), the voltage showed a value of about 0.1 mV.
Further, according to the experimental study by the present inventor, the silica diorite granite slurry 5 which is gelled by adding 20% by weight of fine powder of quartz diorite to 80% by weight of distilled water is placed in a plastic container, The tip of the copper wire wound inside this plastic container is taken out of the container (preparation of a positive electrode), and the copper wire wound on carbon is put into the quartz diorite granite slurry 5 in the plastic container (preparation of a negative electrode), The quartz diorite slurry 5 was measured with a voltage tester (manufactured by Hioki Electric Co., Ltd .: HIOKI Hitester 3030-10). The voltage dropped to 045 [mV].
From these facts, it was found that this quartz diorite granite slurry 5 had a weak electromotive force and a battery function. In addition, since the loss of a measuring device is large in this measurement because a voltage tester is used, it is added that the above-mentioned value is only a guide. To be precise, a measuring instrument with a very high input resistance is required.

  In the present embodiment, the insulator container 3 is disposed in the outer container 2 with a gap so as to form a space 4 having a predetermined capacity, and the quartz diorite is formed in the predetermined space 4 having the predetermined capacity. In the insulator container 3 of the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 constituted by filling the silica diorite slurry 5 which is dispersed in distilled water and gelled with silica gel 5 to form a potential forming part, the redox potential is negative. When the beverage of the object to be lowered (hereinafter referred to as “processed beverage D” for convenience) is stored for a predetermined time, the redox potential of the processed beverage D stored in the insulator container 3 decreases negatively and is reduced. Beverage R is manufactured.

The beverage to be treated as the subject beverage D that lowers the oxidation-reduction potential negatively may be any liquid material that is used for drinking, for example, drinking water such as tap water, carbonated beverages made of carbonated beverages, fruits Beverages, natural fruit juices, fruit drinks, fruit drinks including fruit drinks, coffee drinks made from coffee beans roasted and ground and extracted with hot water or water, oolong tea drinks, tea drinks, Tea-based beverages, including mugi tea beverages and blended tea beverages, mineral water collected from raw groundwater, soy milk that is a soy juice beverage that has been ground and then boiled with water, and vegetable beverages that are made by grinding vegetables , Sports drinks that replenish water and minerals lost from the body, milk drinks that are not affected by dilution, cocoa drinks made mainly from cocoa beans, and nutritional drinks that include pharmaceuticals and quasi drugs Soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, soft drinks with a taste or fragrance that contain less than 1% alcohol), alcoholic beverages, and dairy beverages (dairy products, Lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk beverages, dairy beverages) and the like are used, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and fructose-glucose liquid sugar, tea and fruit extracts used in these beverages can also be used.
In particular, as will be described later, according to the inventor's experimental research, those containing polyphenols such as catechin, vitamins such as vitamin A, vitamin C and vitamin E, and antioxidants such as minerals are oxidized in a short time. It has been confirmed that the reduction potential drops to a larger negative value. Therefore, for example, it is possible to use a drink in which an antioxidant such as catechin is added to tap water, and the oxidation-reduction potential is lowered to a larger negative value in a short time by adding the antioxidant. It is possible to make it.

  Here, as the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment configured by accommodating the quartz diorite slurry 5 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential between the outer container 2 and the insulator container 3 as described above. Using a small apparatus in which the capacity of the aluminum container as the outer container 2 is 800 ml and the capacity of the PET container as the insulator container 3 is 500 ml, various kinds of test specimens for the beverage D to be treated are contained in the PET container 3. The change with time of the oxidation-reduction potential when a beverage is put for a predetermined time will be described.

  First, tap water (500 cc) is used as the specimen 1, and a mixture of tap water (400 cc) and low-temperature extracted green tea beverage (100 cc) is used as the specimen 2, respectively, and the PET of the small reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 is used. The change with time of the oxidation-reduction potential of the beverage when placed in the container 3 for a predetermined time (here, 8 hours) was measured with an ORP measuring device. The measurement results are shown in Table 2.

  As shown in Table 2, a quartz diorite granite slurry 5 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is accommodated between the aluminum container 2 and the PET container 3 in the PET container 3 of the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 configured. By storing “tap water” as the specimen 1 and “tap water + green tea” as the specimen 2 for a predetermined time (here, 8 hours), the tap water of the specimen 1 accommodated in the PET container 3, The ORP values of the tap water and green tea of Specimen 2 all showed positive values at the start of measurement (at the time of filling), but changed to negative values in several hours.

  In particular, in the specimen 2 in which green tea is mixed with tap water, the ORP value drops to a larger negative value in a short time compared to the specimen 1 having only tap water. Since green tea generally contains many antioxidants such as catechins, the comparison between the specimen 1 and the specimen 2 shows that the beverage D to be treated contains an antioxidant. It was confirmed that the redox potential dropped to a larger negative value in a short time. Thus, it can be seen that a beverage with a negative value having a larger oxidation-reduction potential can be mixed as a beverage with a negative oxidation-reduction potential, regardless of whether the water contains an antioxidant or not.

  Next, using 5% alcohol sparkling liquor (350 cc) as an alcoholic beverage as the specimen 3, and using 3% alcoholic fruit juice and fruit juice chu-hi (500 cc) as the specimen 4 Beverages when a predetermined time (here, 17 hours) is placed in the PET container 3 of the small reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 using red wine (500 cc), which is an alcoholic beverage, 10% alcohol, as the specimen 5 The change with time of the oxidation-reduction potential was measured with an ORP measuring device. The measurement results are shown in Table 3.

As shown in Table 3, in the PET container 3 of the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 constituted by accommodating the quartz diorite granite slurry 5 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential between the aluminum container 2 and the PET container 3. By storing each alcoholic beverage of specimen 3 to specimen 5 for a predetermined time (here, 8 hours), the ORP value of each alcoholic beverage contained in the PET container 3 is measured at the start of measurement (at the time of filling). All of them showed a positive value, but changed to a negative value in several hours. That is, the effect of lowering the oxidation-reduction potential by the quartz diorite granite slurry 5 is also evident for alcoholic beverages.
In particular, in Happoshu made from the malt and hop of Specimen 3, antioxidants such as polyphenols, and in Happoshu containing fruit and juice from Specimen 4, vitamins derived from fruit juice and pulp, etc. Antioxidants, red wine of Specimen 5 contains antioxidants such as anthocyanins, and it is considered that the ORP value dropped to a larger negative value in a short time.

  Subsequently, the sports drink Pocari Sweat (registered trademark) (500 cc) was used as the specimen 6, and the orange juice (500 cc) consisting only of orange juice was used as the specimen 7, respectively. The time-dependent change of the oxidation-reduction potential of the beverage when placed in the PET container 3 for a predetermined time (here, 4 days) was measured using two types of ORP measuring instruments, Horiba F53 and Takemura Digital pH.ORP tester. Moreover, the time-dependent change of the oxidation-reduction potential of the beverage when the green tea beverage (500 cc) is used as the specimen 8 and placed in the PET container 3 of the small reduced beverage production apparatus 1 for a predetermined time (here, 24 hours). Was also measured using an ORP measuring instrument. Table 4 shows the measurement results. In addition, it is unclear whether the difference between the two measured values is an error in the measured values or the amount of volatilization of hydrogen due to opening differs depending on the measurement time, which has influenced the difference.

  As shown in Table 4, in the PET container 3 of the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 configured by housing the quartz diorite granite slurry 5 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential between the aluminum container 2 and the PET container 3. Each soft drink stored in the PET container 3 is stored for a predetermined time (4 days for the test bodies 6 and 7 and 24 hours for the test body 8). The ORP values of all of these showed positive values at the start of measurement (during filling), but changed to negative values in several hours. That is, the effect of lowering the oxidation-reduction potential by the quartz diorite granite slurry 5 is also evident in various soft drinks.

  Thus, the PET container 3 is formed as an insulator container 3 made of an insulator having poor electrical conductivity in an aluminum container made of a conductor having good electrical conductivity as an outer container 2 having a space that can be accommodated therein. In this embodiment, the quartz diorite slurry 5 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is accommodated in a space 4 having a predetermined capacity formed between the inner surface of the aluminum container 2 and the outer surface of the PET container 3. According to the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus 10 according to the embodiment, by storing the processed beverage D in the PET container 3 for a predetermined time, the redox potential of the processed beverage D stored in the PET container 3 is negatively lowered. Thus, the reduced beverage R is manufactured.

Here, the reduced drink manufacturing apparatus 10 concerning the modification 1 of this Embodiment is demonstrated with reference to FIG.
The reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus 10 according to the first modification of the present embodiment can be sent out in a state where the redox potential is lowered negatively by storing the beverage therein for a predetermined time, and the redox potential is lowered negatively. An outer container 11 in which a space is formed, and an insulator container 13 that is embedded in a beverage in the outer container 11 and contains quartz diorite granite slurry 5 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential in a predetermined space 12 having a predetermined capacity. In addition, the beverage container in which the redox potential is lowered in the external container 11, that is, the reduced drink R is accommodated in the sealed container 14.

A metal container such as an aluminum container, a glass container, or the like is also used as the outer container 11 of the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus 10 according to the first modification, but the oxidation-reduction potential is lowered to a higher negative value in a short time. It is preferable to use a conductor container made of a conductor having good electrical conductivity, such as an aluminum container.
Also, as the insulator container 13, a synthetic resin container such as PE (polyethylene), PET (polyethylene terephthalate) container, nylon container or the like made of an insulator is used. Here, the insulator of the insulator container 13 is also referred to as an insulator, and is generally a dielectric having a small Tan δ and corresponds to a synthetic resin material of a polymer material.

In FIG. 2, the lid 13 b of the insulator container 13 can be attached to and detached from the main body 13 a of the insulator container 13 in which the quartz diorite granite slurry 5 is accommodated. The peridotite slurry 5 is provided so as to be replaceable.
Also, in FIG. 2, the bottom surface of the main body 13a of the insulator container 13 in which the quartz diorite slurry 5 is accommodated is formed into an uneven shape, whereby the surface area of the insulator container 13, that is, the quartz diorite granite slurry 5 is obtained. The area which contacts the to-be-processed drink D accommodated in the outer container 11 via the insulator container 13 is enlarged. Thus, when practicing the present invention, the quartz diorite granite slurry 5 is insulated so that the area in contact with the beverage to be treated D accommodated in the outer container 11 through the insulator container 13 is increased. It is desirable to adopt a shape having a large surface area in the body container 13.

  Then, the insulator container 13 containing the quartz diorite slurry 5 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is embedded in the beverage (treated beverage D) contained in the outer container 11 as described above. Even if the target beverage D to be processed for reducing the oxidation-reduction potential is negatively stored in the external container 11 of the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus 10 according to the first modified example configured as described above, the external container 11 The oxidation-reduction potential of the beverage to be processed D accommodated therein falls negatively, and the reduced beverage R is manufactured.

  Here, a modified example of the present embodiment in which the insulator container 13 containing the quartz diorite slurry 5 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is embedded in the beverage D to be processed stored in the outer container 11. 1. In the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus 10 according to 1, various beverages are placed as test specimens of the beverage to be processed D in an aluminum container 2 of a small apparatus using an aluminum container having a capacity of 300 ml as the external container 11, and the quartz diorite is placed therein. The change with time of the oxidation-reduction potential of various beverages when a nylon container is placed as the insulator container 13 formed by wrapping and sealing slurry 5 (100 g) with a nylon film will be described.

  First, Coca-Cola (registered trademark) (230 cc), which is a carbonated beverage, is used as the specimen 9, and Ginger Ale (registered trademark) (230 cc), which is a carbonated beverage, is used as the specimen 10, and alcohol beverage is used as the specimen 11. Using a sparkling liquor (230 cc) with an alcohol content of 5.5%, using a shochu (230 cc) with an alcohol content of 25% as a test sample 12 and using milk (230 cc) as a test beverage with milk as a test sample 13 ) In the aluminum container 11 of the small reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus 10 for a predetermined time (2 days for the specimen 9 to specimen 11, 3 days for the specimen 12 and 23 hours for the specimen 13). The time-dependent changes in the redox potential of various beverages when they were added were analyzed using two types of Oliver F53 and Takemura Digital pH.ORP tester. Measured with an RP measuring instrument. The measurement results are shown in Table 5.

  As shown in Table 5, by putting a nylon container 13 containing a quartz diorite slurry 5 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential into various drinks contained in an aluminum container 11, the ORP value of each drink is It can be confirmed that all of the positive values at the start of measurement (during filling) decreased to negative values. In other words, the effect of lowering the oxidation-reduction potential by the quartz diorite slurry 5 is also noticeable even when the reduced beverage production apparatus 10 is used.

  In this way, in the treated beverage D accommodated in the aluminum container of the conductor container made of a conductor having a good electric conductivity as the outer container 11 in which the space is formed, the redox is introduced into the predetermined space 12 having a predetermined capacity. Also in the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus 10 according to the first modification of the present embodiment, in which the container made of nylon as the insulator container 13 containing the quartz diorite slurry 5 having a negative potential is accommodated in the aluminum container 11. By storing the to-be-processed drink D for a predetermined time, the oxidation-reduction potential of the to-be-processed drink D accommodated in the aluminum container 11 falls negatively, and the reduced drink R is manufactured.

Here, as described above, the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus according to the first embodiment configured by accommodating the quartz diorite granite slurry 5 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential between the outer container 2 and the insulator container 3. The quartz diorite granite slurry 5 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is contained in the treated beverage D accommodated in the outer container 11 by storing the treated beverage D in one insulator container 3 for a predetermined time. The processed beverage D is stored for a predetermined time in the external container 11 of the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus 10 according to Modification 1 of the present embodiment configured to embed the stored insulator container 13. The scientific basis for negatively decreasing the oxidation-reduction potential is unknown, but in the experimental study of the present inventor, in the former reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus 1, instead of the insulator container 3, an aluminum container that is a metal container is used. Processed beverage D Had no obtained such advantageous effects when immersed in rock slurry 5 duty used the same quartz diorite put tap water and. Further, in the latter reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus 10, when the same quartz diorite granite slurry 5 is housed in an aluminum container which is a metal container instead of the insulator container 13 and is embedded in tap water as the beverage to be treated D. However, the above results were not obtained at all.
Furthermore, as described above, it has been found that the quartz diorite granite slurry 5 has a weak electromotive force and a battery function.

  From these facts, in the present invention, the negative decrease in the oxidation-reduction potential of the beverage D to be treated has electromagnetic fields such as electric field (electromagnetic field), charging / electrostatic, discharge reaction, etc. caused by the quartz diorite granite slurry 5. It is presumed that the action is involved. That is, the present inventor estimates that the quartz diorite granite slurry 5 is brought into contact with the beverage to be treated D through an insulator having poor electrical conductivity, in other words, the quartz diorite granite slurry 5 By sandwiching an insulator having a poor electrical conductivity between the processed beverages D, when considered electromagnetically, the electrical properties are weak but have a highly directional structure, and an insulator container 3, made of an insulator, Electrostatic induction occurs between the quartz diorite granule slurry 5 and the beverage D to be treated across 13, and the quartz diorite granite slurry 5 has a strong negative electric field, and the electrostatic phenomenon is embodied to produce quartz diorite granite. It is considered that electricity gradually flows between the slurry 5 and the beverage to be treated D, and the beverage D to be treated gradually acts on a negative charge having a negative electromotive force, and the oxidation-reduction potential is negatively lowered.

  In particular, according to the inventor's experimental research, when the aluminum container is used as the outer container 2 or 11 in the reduced beverage production apparatus 1 or 10 rather than the glass container, the redox of the beverage D to be processed is shortened in a shorter time. The potential dropped to a larger negative value. This is because, by using a metal container such as an aluminum container made of a conductor with good electrical conductivity as the outer containers 2 and 11 having a space inside, electrostatic induction and discharge reaction are likely to occur. It is presumed that the redox potential of the processed beverage D dropped to a larger negative value in a short time.

  In addition, as described above, the processed beverage D contains polyphenols such as catechin, vitamins such as vitamin A, vitamin C, and vitamin E, and antioxidants such as minerals. Since it has been confirmed that the potential becomes a larger negative value in a short time, these antioxidants are affected by the negative charge action (reducing power) having negative electromotive force caused by the quartz diorite granite slurry 5. It seems that the product is gradually activated, which also leads to a greater negative value for the redox potential.

  In the present embodiment, as described above, the quartz diorite granite slurry 5 is brought into contact with the beverage to be treated D via the insulator container 3, that is, between the outer container 2 and the insulator container 3. When the beverage to be treated D is accommodated for a predetermined time in the insulator container 3 of the reduced beverage production apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment configured by accommodating a negative oxidation-reduction potential, or the oxidation-reduction potential is increased. Production of reduced beverage according to Modification 1 of the present embodiment in which an insulator container 13 containing negative quartz diorite slurry 5 is disposed so as to be embedded in a beverage to be processed D contained in an outer container 11. The reduced beverage R in which the oxidation-reduction potential of the processed beverage D is negatively lowered by storing the processed beverage D in the external container 11 of the apparatus 10 for a predetermined time is stored in the storage unit of the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatuses 1 and 10. 7, 14 Filled in the sealed container is sealed Te.

  That is, the container-packed beverage according to the present embodiment treats the reduced beverage R in which the redox potential is negatively reduced in this way, that is, the reduced beverage R that is a beverage having a negative redox potential, In order to maintain the reduction potential, it is housed in a sealed container.

  Beverages having a negative oxidation-reduction potential, that is, sealed containers for containing the reduced beverage R, are metal cans such as aluminum and steel, metal bottle cans, molded containers containing PET (polyethylene terephthalate) and PS (polystyrene) as components. (PET bottles, etc.), glass bottles, paper containers combined with metal foils and plastic films, etc., among others, aluminum containers, PET containers, and glass containers that can maintain the redox potential of beverages in a lower state for a longer period of time. preferable.

Here, as the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, a small apparatus using an aluminum container 2 having a capacity of 800 ml for the outer container 2 and a PET container 3 having a capacity of 500 ml for the insulator container 3 is used. Using the reduced beverage R (the redox potential is negative) by reducing the redox potential negatively by putting tap water as the treated beverage D into the PET container 3 of the small reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 for a predetermined time. A certain beverage) (400 cc) was filled and sealed in an aluminum bottle can (400 ml capacity) as a sealed container to give Examples 1 to 3, and the reduced beverage R in the bottle after a long period of time (Example 1 to The result of measuring the oxidation-reduction potential of the packaged beverage according to Example 3 will be described with reference to Table 6. For reduced beverages filled in aluminum bottle cans (contained beverages according to Examples 1 to 3), store them at room temperature in a sealed state, and measure the ORP value only when the redox potential is measured. It was.
For comparison, the reduced beverage R in which the redox potential of tap water is lowered negatively is put in a glass cup to be in an open state as Comparative Example 1 and Comparative Example 2, and the change over time in the redox potential at that time is shown. It was measured. The measurement results are shown in Table 7.

In Comparative Example 1 and Comparative Example 2 shown in Table 7, the ORP value of the reduced beverage R rises in a short time and approaches a positive value, whereas in Examples 1 to 3 shown in Table 6, The ORP value of the reduced beverage R shows a large negative value for a long time.
From the comparison between Example 1 to Example 3 and Comparative Example 1 and Comparative Example 2, the tap water of the beverage to be processed D is supplied into the PET container 3 of the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment for a predetermined time. The reduced beverage R in which the redox potential of tap water is lowered negatively by storing it, that is, the reduced beverage R that is a beverage having a negative redox potential is stored in a sealed container (aluminum bottle can). Thus, it was confirmed that the state in which the redox potential was negative persisted.
In Examples 1 to 3, the ORP value of the reduced beverage R is a negative value after a long period of time, compared to when the reduced beverage R is filled in an aluminum bottle can. As will be described later, antioxidants such as minerals in tap water, and antioxidants such as aluminum minerals in aluminum bottle cans are gradually added due to the negative charge action (reducing power) of the negative beverage electromotive force of the reduced beverage R. It is estimated that it was activated.

Thus, the reduced beverage R in which the oxidation-reduction potential of the beverage to be treated D is negatively lowered by bringing the quartz diorite slurry 5 into contact with the beverage to be treated D through the insulator container 3 is placed in the packaging container. Even after filling and sealing, the state in which the oxidation-reduction potential is negative persists and oxidation is prevented.
This is because quartz diorite slurry 5 is brought into contact with the beverage D to be processed through an insulator having poor electrical conductivity, and due to electromagnetic action such as electric field (electromagnetic field), charging / static electricity, discharge reaction, etc. By reducing the oxidation-reduction potential of the beverage to be treated D, the beverage itself has a negative electromotive force (reduction force) of negative electromotive force, so that the oxidation-reduction potential is negative even after the packaging container is filled and sealed. It is thought that the state which is is sustained. In addition, if the beverage contains polyphenols such as catechins, vitamins such as vitamin A, vitamin C and vitamin E, and antioxidants such as minerals, the negative electromotive force due to quartz diorite granite slurry 5 It is considered that these antioxidants are gradually activated under the influence of the action (reducing power) and the like, and that the state in which the redox potential is negative is maintained.

  Then, the quartz diorite granite slurry 5 is brought into contact with the beverage to be treated D through the insulator container 3 in this way, that is, the oxidation-reduction potential is negative between the outer container 2 and the insulator container 3. Quartz diorite with negative oxidation-reduction potential by accommodating the beverage to be treated D in the insulator container 3 of the reduced beverage production apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment configured by being accommodated for a predetermined time. In the outer container 11 of the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus 10 according to the first modification of the present embodiment, the insulator container 13 containing the slurry 5 is disposed so as to be embedded in the beverage to be processed D accommodated in the outer container 11. A reconstituted beverage R having a reduced oxidation-reduction potential, that is, a reduced beverage R that is a beverage having a negative oxidation-reduction potential, is maintained in a sealed container so as to maintain a negative oxidation-reduction potential. Fit in According to packaged beverage according to the present embodiment comprising, sustained state oxidation-reduction potential is negative, because the oxidation is prevented, thereby improving the taste and flavor of the beverage. In addition, since oxidation is prevented, it is possible to eliminate the need for addition of an antioxidant or to reduce the amount of addition of the antioxidant. It can be prevented from being damaged, and it can improve the taste and flavor of the original beverage.

According to the inventor's experimental research, the beverage is dissolved by bringing the quartz diorite slurry 5 into contact with the beverage to be treated D through the insulator containers 3 and 13 made of an insulator having poor electrical conductivity. Although the amount of hydrogen (DO) increases, it has been confirmed that the pH hardly changes.
In addition, the reduced beverage R in which the redox potential is lowered negatively and the amount of dissolved hydrogen (DO) is increased in this way, although the amount of dissolved hydrogen (DO) is lowered by heating, the redox beverage is reduced even when heated. It has been found that the potential remains almost intact and the negative state persists. Therefore, when practicing the present invention, the quartz diorite granite slurry 5 is brought into contact with the beverage to be treated D through the insulator containers 3 and 13 to sterilize the reduced beverage R having a reduced redox potential. It is also possible to store the container in a sealed container after it has been heated, and to sterilize the beverage by heating the entire sealed container after storing in the sealed container.

  By the way, when practicing the present invention, the reduced beverage R having a reduced oxidation-reduction potential by bringing the quartz diorite slurry 5 into contact with the beverage to be treated D through the insulator containers 3 and 13 has drinking water, Beverages comprising any one of soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria drinks, milk and dairy products, drinkable liquids containing less than 1% alcohol and having a taste or aroma), alcoholic drinks, and dairy drinks and / or Or it can mix with the drink contained in these, and can fill them with a container in the accommodating parts 7 and 14, and can seal it, and can also be a container-packed drink which concerns on the modification of this Embodiment.

Here, in the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, the reduced beverage R and the alcoholic beverage in which the redox potential is negatively lowered by putting tap water as the treated beverage D into the insulator container 3 for a predetermined time. Example 4 in which and are filled and sealed in an aluminum can will be described.
First, as the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, an aluminum container 2 is used as an outer container 2, a PET container 3 is used as an insulator container 3, and a beverage to be processed D is contained in the PET container 3. A beverage having a reduced beverage R (ORP value: −450 mV) in which the oxidation-reduction potential was negatively lowered by adding tap water for a predetermined time, that is, a reduced beverage R having a negative oxidation-reduction potential was obtained.

Furthermore, in order to clarify the invention, as Example 4, a case where a reduced beverage R is mixed with a sparkling liquor having an alcohol content of 5% is added.
That is, the state obtained by removing 10 cc of the reduced beverage R (ORP value: −450 mV) having a negative oxidation-reduction potential obtained as described above, and excluding the bubbles of the sparkling liquor (ORP value: 20 mV) having an alcohol content of 5%. 320 cc was placed in an aluminum can (350 ml capacity) and sealed to obtain a packaged beverage according to Example 4, which was stored in a refrigerator for 1 week. The ORP value when the reduced beverage R having a negative oxidation-reduction potential and the sparkling liquor was mixed was −60 mV.
After 1 week, the aluminum can was opened and the redox potential of the container-packed beverage (sparkling liquor + reduced beverage R having a negative redox potential) was measured. The ORP value was −220 mV.

Further, as Comparative Example 3, a reduced beverage having a negative oxidation-reduction potential obtained as described above with respect to 100 cc of sparkling liquor (ORP value: 20 mV) with an alcohol content of 5% placed in a glass container. 10 cc of R (ORP value: −450 mV) was poured, and the change with time was observed.
As a result, the ORP value of the beverage in the glass container (sparkling liquor + reduced beverage R having a negative oxidation-reduction potential) showed −60 mV at the beginning of mixing, but then gradually decreased to 20 After minutes, it showed -185 mV. However, after reaching a peak, the potential rose and approached a positive value, and after 1 hour, the value exceeded the initial -60 mV during mixing.

Furthermore, in the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, the reduced beverage R (oxidation / reduction potential) in which the oxidation / reduction potential is lowered negatively by putting tap water as the treated beverage D into the insulator container 3 for a predetermined time. Experiments were also performed on Example 5 in which a green tea extract, tap water, and an aluminum can were filled and sealed.
First, as the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, an aluminum container 2 is used as an outer container 2, a PET container 3 is used as an insulator container 3, and a beverage to be processed D is contained in the PET container 3. A reduced beverage R (ORP value: -450 mV) in which the oxidation-reduction potential was negatively lowered by adding tap water for a predetermined time, that is, a reduced beverage R having a negative oxidation-reduction potential was obtained.

And in the assembly tank, the green tea extract (ORP value: 110 mV) which consists of the green tea extract and tap water which put L-ascorbic acid (vitamin C), and the oxidation-reduction potential obtained as mentioned above are Negative reduced beverage R (ORP value: -450 mV) was mixed and stirred. At this time, the proportion of the reduced beverage R having a negative mixed redox potential was 5% of the total amount. After that, the beverage (green tea extract extract + tap water + reduced beverage R) mixed in this way is filled and sealed in 190 cc aluminum cans as sealed containers, and heat sterilized (115 ° C., 18 minutes retort sterilization). The container-packed drink concerning Example 5 was obtained.
FIG. 4 shows changes with time of the oxidation-reduction potential of the packaged beverage according to Example 5.

As shown in FIG. 4, the packaged beverage according to Example 5 in which the green tea extract extract, tap water, and a beverage having a negative oxidation-reduction potential (reduced beverage R) were mixed and sealed in an aluminum can. The ORP value gradually decreased after sealing in an aluminum can, and became −400 mV after 30 days. Thereafter, although the ORP value increased, the negative value was maintained, and after 40 to 60 days, it became a negative value of −100 mV and became constant after a while.
Here, at the time of preparation of the mixed beverage (green tea extract extract + tap water + reduced beverage R), the redox potential is determined by the total amount of the whole, and then the redox potential is determined by the action of the antioxidant in the beverage. Descends and peaks after 30 days. After that, the reaction of the total amount of antioxidants in the beverage is completed, and after 40 to 60 days, it becomes constant at a negative value of −100 mV.

However, since Example 5 is accompanied by the action of the antioxidant in the beverage, the characteristics differ depending on the amounts of the green tea extract extract, tap water, and reduced beverage R to be mixed.
The beverage having a negative oxidation-reduction potential, that is, the soft drink mixed with the reduced beverage R includes, for example, a carbonated beverage composed of a carbonated beverage, a fruit beverage, a natural juice, a fruit juice, and a meat beverage. Fruit beverages that are beverages, coffee beverages consisting of beverages obtained by extracting ingredients with hot water or water from roasted coffee beans, tea-based beverages including oolong tea beverages, tea beverages, mugi tea beverages, blended tea beverages, Mineral water collected from groundwater, soy milk that is bean juice that has been boiled and then boiled with soy beans, vegetable drinks that are made by crushing vegetables, replenishing water and minerals lost from the body Sports drinks, milk drinks that are not affected by dilution, cocoa drinks made mainly from cocoa beans, nutritional drinks including pharmaceuticals and quasi-drugs, etc. The food contains polyphenols such as catechins, vitamins such as vitamin A, vitamin C and vitamin E, and many antioxidants such as minerals. Therefore, the redox resulting from mixing with the reduced beverage R having a negative redox potential. The potential can be set to a larger negative value, and the state in which the redox potential is negative can be further maintained.

  In this way, the negative charge action (reducing power) having a reduced beverage minus electromotive force in which the redox potential is lowered negatively by bringing the quartz diorite slurry 5 into contact with the beverage D to be processed through the insulator containers 3 and 13. ) R, that is, when the reduced beverage R, which is a beverage having a negative oxidation-reduction potential, is mixed with beverages such as soft drinks and alcoholic beverages and / or drinks contained in these beverages, the resulting oxidation-reduction results The potential decreases to show a negative oxidation-reduction potential, and further, by being accommodated in the sealed container, the state of the oxidation-reduction potential resulting from the mixing remains negative, and oxidation is prevented.

This is because the reduced beverage R according to the present embodiment is brought into contact with the quartz diorite granule slurry 5 via the insulator containers 3 and 13 and any one or two of drinking water, soft drinks, and alcoholic beverages. When mixed with the above beverages and / or drinks contained in these beverages, the redox potential resulting from the mixing is lowered to show a negative redox potential.
In particular, drinking water mixed with the reduced beverage R, soft drinks, alcoholic drinks and / or drinks contained in them, polyphenols such as catechin, vitamins such as vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, minerals, etc. When these antioxidants are contained, these antioxidants are gradually activated by being influenced by the negative charge effect (reducing power) of the negative electromotive force of the reduced beverage R caused by the quartz diorite slurry 5. This also seems to maintain a negative redox potential.

  Then, any one or two or more of beverages, soft drinks, and alcoholic beverages and / or drinks contained in these beverages and the quartz diorite slurry 5 via the insulator containers 3 and 13 are used. Is mixed with a reduced beverage R having a reduced oxidation-reduction potential by contacting the processed beverage D, that is, a reduced beverage R having a negative oxidation-reduction potential, and the result of the mixing maintains a negative oxidation-reduction potential. Even in a packaged beverage according to a modified example of the present embodiment, which is contained in a sealed container as much as possible, the state in which the oxidation-reduction potential is negative and the oxidation is prevented, so that the taste and flavor of the original beverage Can be improved. Moreover, since oxidation is prevented, it is possible to eliminate the addition of an antioxidant or to reduce the addition amount, and the original flavor is impaired by the taste and aroma possessed by the antioxidant itself. This can also improve the taste and flavor of the original beverage.

In particular, in Example 5, as shown in FIG. 4, the red tea extract liquid + tap water and the quartz diorite granite slurry 5 are brought into contact with the beverage B to be treated via the insulator container 3, thereby redoxing. When the reduced beverage R having a reduced potential, that is, the reduced beverage R having a negative oxidation-reduction potential, is mixed and accommodated in a sealed container (aluminum can), the oxidation-reduction potential has decreased to a large negative value. After the period, the oxidation-reduction potential increased, and thereafter the oxidation-reduction potential was maintained at a constant negative value, so that the antioxidant function was maintained for a long time and the antioxidant function was maintained during storage in a sealed container. It was confirmed that it was demonstrated.
Therefore, the container-packed beverage according to the modification of the present embodiment has one or two or more beverages of drinking water, soft drinks, and alcoholic beverages and / or drinks contained therein, and electrical conductivity. Mixing the reduced beverage R having a reduced redox potential by bringing the quartz diorite slurry 5 into contact with the treated beverage D through a poor insulator, that is, the reduced beverage R having a negative redox potential, As a result of the mixing, the negative oxidation-reduction potential can be maintained, and the mixture can be accommodated in a sealed container so as to maintain the antioxidant function.

  In addition, from the said Example 4 and Example 5, with respect to the drinking water in which any one or 2 or more drinks and / or drinks in which the oxidation-reduction potential is positive, a soft drink, and an alcoholic drink, and these are contained. Even if a small amount of the reduced beverage R having a reduced redox potential by bringing the quartz diorite slurry 5 into contact with the beverage to be treated D through the insulator container 3 having poor electrical conductivity, the mixing result is obtained. Therefore, the reduced beverage R with the lowered redox potential can be used as having an antioxidant function in place of the antioxidant. is there.

  As described above, the reduced beverage production apparatus 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention accommodates the insulator container 3 made of a polymer material in the outer container 2 in which the space that can be accommodated is formed, and the outside A quartz diorite rock slurry 5 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is accommodated in a space 4 having a predetermined capacity formed between the inner surface of the container 2 and the outer surface of the insulator container 3, and the insulator container 3 in which a beverage (treated beverage D) is stored for a predetermined time to lower the oxidation-reduction potential negatively, and the beverage in which the oxidation-reduction potential is decreased negatively, that is, the reduced beverage R is stored in a sealed container. It is.

  Furthermore, in the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus 10 according to the first modification of the embodiment of the present invention, the external container 11 in which a space that can be accommodated is formed, and the quartz in which the redox potential is negative in the predetermined space 12 having a predetermined capacity. The insulator container 13 containing the diorite granite slurry 5 is disposed so as to be embedded in the beverage (processed beverage D) contained in the outer container 2, and the beverage container (covered product) By containing the processed beverage D) for a predetermined time, the oxidation-reduction potential is lowered negatively, and the beverage having the oxidation-reduction potential lowered negatively, that is, the reduced beverage R is accommodated in a sealed container.

  In the method for producing a reduced beverage according to the embodiment of the present invention, the quartz diorite granite slurry 5 is brought into contact with the beverage (treated beverage D) via the insulator containers 3 and 13 so that the redox potential is negative. It is made into the drink lowered | hung (reduced drink R), and it accommodates in an airtight container. More specifically, the insulator container 3 is accommodated in the outer container 2 in which a space that can be accommodated is formed, and a predetermined capacity formed between the inner surface of the outer container 2 and the outer surface of the insulator container 3. By storing the beverage (treated beverage D) for a predetermined time in the insulator container 3 of the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus 1 in which the quartz diorite slurry 5 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is accommodated in the space 4, the oxidation-reduction is performed. A beverage (reduced beverage R) whose potential is negatively reduced and stored in a sealed container, or an external container 11 in which a space that can be stored inside is formed, a redox potential in a predetermined space 12 having a predetermined capacity. The outer container 2 of the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus 10 in which the insulator container 13 containing the quartz diorite slurry 5 having a negative value is embedded so as to be embedded in the beverage (treated beverage D) contained in the outer container 2. Beverage (processed beverage D) inside And beverages redox potential is lowered negatively by accommodating the constant time (reconstituted beverage R), it is to accommodate it in a sealed container.

Therefore, according to the reduced beverage production apparatuses 1 and 10 and the reduced beverage production method according to the embodiment of the present invention, a state in which the oxidation-reduction potential is negative and the beverage in which oxidation is prevented can be produced. Beverages and flavors can be improved. In addition, since it is possible to produce a beverage in which oxidation is prevented, it is possible to eliminate the need for addition of an antioxidant in the beverage or to reduce the amount added, and the taste and aroma inherent in the antioxidant itself can be reduced. It is possible to prevent the flavor from being impaired, and it is possible to improve the taste and flavor of the original beverage.
In addition, about the predetermined time which accommodates the to-be-processed drink D in the insulator containers 3 and 13, the kind, quantity, temperature, etc. of the to-be-processed drink D, the density | concentration and quantity of the quartz diorite slurry 5, and the to-be-processed drink D It is set according to the contact area etc.

Here, FIG. 3 shows the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus 20 of the modification 2 of embodiment.
Water W1 having a high oxidation-reduction potential, for example, −450 mV of water, is flowing between the predetermined spaces 4 in the embodiment. This water W1 having a high oxidation-reduction potential is provided with quartz diorite at the quartz diorite contact portion 22 disposed on the downstream side of the filter 21 for removing impurities contained in the external water supply W0 or as required. Passing through in contact with other ores, containing the passed water, separating hydrogen gas and oxygen gas from the stored water by electrolysis of water, extracting only the generated hydrogen gas, hydrogen The hydrogen gas is added to the water stored in the gas mixing unit 23 and mixed. At this time, it is desirable that the bubbles of hydrogen gas be supplied to the stored water after being refined.

  The filter 21 to be used is an impurity contained in the water supply from the outside, such as rust, mud / sand, dust, chlorine compound, pigment, odor, trihalomethane, heavy metal (iron, zinc, manganese, etc.), pesticide, organic compound, radiation. It blocks the passage of all or part of substances, bacteria and viruses. For example, thread fiber, non-woven fabric, sand, clay, magnetite, ferrite magnet, activated carbon, ceramics, ion exchange resin, ion exchange fiber, hollow fiber membrane, ultrafiltration membrane (UF membrane), reverse osmosis membrane (RO membrane), etc. Can be used.

In addition, the quartz diorite contact portion 22 may be, for example, quartz diorite only, or Ioishi, Tomuro stone, magnetite, feldspar, tourmaline, amphibolite, graphite silica, pyroxene, amphibolite, andesite, ceramic ball, etc. Several kinds of natural ores and ceramics are combined and laminated through partition plates that allow water to pass through. In addition, rocks such as barley stone eluting a large amount of minerals can be used alone or in a composite form regardless of whether they are igneous rocks, sedimentary rocks, or metamorphic rocks.
The stored water passing through the quartz diorite contact portion 22 stores water containing hydrogen gas, and has a high oxidation-reduction potential corresponding to the predetermined space 4 of the present embodiment. If it has the minimum volume which accommodates this purified water in relation to the accommodation space 40 of W1, the shape, volume, and number will not be ask | required in particular.

  Furthermore, the hydrogen gas mixing unit 23 mixes hydrogen gas generated from the cathode side via an ion exchange membrane or the like with the water stored in the water, and the accommodation space 40 for the water W1 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential. It is also possible to carry out the process in the inside, or to mix after making the bubbles of hydrogen gas fine. The reason why the bubbles of hydrogen gas to be mixed with the stored water are made finer is to increase the contact opportunity between the bubbles of hydrogen gas and water and to increase the solubility of hydrogen gas in water. For example, bubbles can be refined by passing through filaments, non-woven fabrics, hollow fiber membranes, etc. in which holes or gaps are formed, or bubbles can be produced by pump crushing, turbulent flow, venturi, pore pressurization, etc. It can be made finer.

Since the water W2 discharged from the storage space 40 is still water with a high oxidation-reduction potential, the wastewater is normally circulated again and supplied to the filter 21 to reduce the supply amount of the water supply W0.
In the second modification of this embodiment, the water W1 having an oxidation-reduction potential negatively higher than about −400 mV is obtained, whereas the quartz diorite slurry 5 described above is not necessarily required, and the quartz diorite is not necessarily required. It can also be obtained by contacting the rock directly.
Even in this reduced beverage apparatus 20, the same beverage can be obtained by storing the beverage to be processed D in the insulator container 3 for a predetermined time to obtain the reduced beverage R in which the oxidation-reduction potential has been lowered negatively and storing it in the sealed container. It turns out that an effect is acquired.

Further, the water W1 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential shown in FIG. 3 is in contact with the beverage to be treated D through the insulator container 3, and is replaced with the quartz diorite granite slurry 5 in the predetermined space 4 of FIG. Can also be used. Moreover, it can replace with the quartz diorite granite slurry 5 of the predetermined space 12 in the insulator container 13 of the modification 1 of embodiment of FIG.
And in the modification 2 of this Embodiment, although the one reduced drink manufacturing apparatus 20 is shown, redox potential becomes more negative by repeating the water W1 whose oxidation-reduction potential is negatively high in multiple steps. High water W1 can also be created. Moreover, the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus 20 of the modified example 2 of this Embodiment is made into the first stage, and the reduced drink R of the reduced drink manufacturing apparatus 20 is made into the processed beverage D of the supply side of the apparatus of the next stage of FIG. 1 or FIG. It can also be a combination.

As described above, in the above embodiment, a beverage having a negative oxidation-reduction potential, that is, a reduced beverage R is accommodated in a sealed container such as an aluminum container, a PET container, or a glass container so as to maintain the negative oxidation-reduction potential. It can be set as the structure of the container-packed drink formed.
As a result of repeated experimental studies on the reduction action (antioxidation action) showing a negative ORP value, the present inventor obtained quartz diorite granite slurry 5 having a large negative ORP value or water W1 in which the oxidation-reduction potential has dropped negatively. When the beverage is brought into contact with the beverage through the insulator containers 3 and 13 having poor electrical conductivity such as a synthetic resin container, the redox potential of the beverage decreases and the negative value increases. It has been found that the state in which the redox potential is negative is maintained by housing the reduced beverage R in which the reduction potential is negatively reduced in a sealed container.
That is, the quartz diorite slurry 5 having a large negative ORP value or the water W1 whose oxidation-reduction potential has decreased negatively passes through the insulator containers 3 and 13 made of a polymer material such as a synthetic resin container to the beverage. The scientific basis for reducing the ORP value of the beverage by bringing it into contact is unknown, but the insulator vessel is placed between the quartz diorite slurry 5 or the water W1 whose oxidation-reduction potential has been negatively lowered and the beverage D to be treated. By sandwiching 3 and 13, the beverage (reduced beverage R) gradually acts on a negative charge having a negative electromotive force, and its oxidation-reduction potential falls negatively.

According to the inventor's experimental research, even when the beverage contains polyphenols such as catechin, vitamins such as vitamin A, vitamin C, and vitamin E, and antioxidants such as minerals, the redox potential of the beverage is higher. Since it becomes a large negative value, these antioxidants are activated by a negative charge action (reducing power) having a negative electromotive force, and thereby the oxidation-reduction potential is led to a larger negative value.
Then, by bringing the quartz diorite slurry 5 or water W1 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential into contact with the beverage to be treated D through the insulator containers 3, 13 such as a synthetic resin container, the oxidation-reduction potential of the beverage After the beverage itself has a negative electromotive force (reducing power) of negative electromotive force, it is filled and sealed in a packaging container that does not allow hydrogen to pass through, such as an aluminum container, a PET container, or a glass container. However, the state in which the redox potential is negative continues.

  Therefore, the drink with the redox potential lowered to negative by bringing the quartz diorite slurry 5 or the water W1 with the redox potential falling negatively into contact with the drink via the insulator containers 3, 13 such as synthetic resin containers. In other words, according to a packaged beverage in which a beverage having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is contained in a sealed container so as to maintain a negative oxidation-reduction potential, the state where the oxidation-reduction potential is negative is maintained and oxidation is prevented. Therefore, the taste and flavor of the original beverage can be improved. In addition, since oxidation is prevented, addition of an antioxidant is unnecessary or the amount added can be reduced, and the original flavor is impaired by the taste and aroma possessed by the antioxidant itself. This can also prevent the taste and flavor of the original beverage. It is particularly suitable for beverages having a taste or aroma.

The above-described embodiment can be regarded as another packaged beverage. That is, any one of drinking water, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria drinks, milk and dairy products, drinks having a taste or fragrance with a liquid content containing less than 1% alcohol), alcoholic drinks, and milk drinks Alternatively, two or more beverages to be treated D and / or drinks contained in these drinks and drinks having a negative oxidation-reduction potential are mixed, and the resulting drinks and / or drinks contained in these drinks The product is configured to be contained in a sealed container so as to maintain a negative oxidation-reduction potential.
The present inventor has conducted experimental research on the reduction action (antioxidation action) of the quartz diorite granite slurry 5 showing a large negative ORP value, and as a result, the silica diorite slurry 5 or water in which the oxidation-reduction potential has decreased negatively. By bringing W1 into contact with a beverage (treated beverage D) via an insulator container 3, 13 such as a synthetic resin container, the oxidation-reduction potential of the beverage decreases and the negative value increases. Beverages with reduced reduction potential (reduced beverage R), drinking water, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, beverages with a taste or aroma that are drinkable liquids containing less than 1% alcohol ), When one or two or more beverages of alcoholic beverages and milk beverages and / or drinks contained therein are mixed, the result of mixing is also a negative redox potential, The sealed container By accommodating, it was found that the state redox potential is negative persists.

According to the inventor's experimental research, beverages (treated beverage D) also contain beverages containing polyphenols such as catechins, vitamins such as vitamin A, vitamin C and vitamin E, and antioxidants such as minerals. It has been confirmed that the oxidation-reduction potential of (treated beverage D) is a larger negative value. From this, these antioxidants were activated by the negative charge action (reducing power) having a negative electromotive force, and thereby the redox potential was led to a larger negative value.
Therefore, any one of drinking water, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, beverages having a taste or fragrance with a liquid content containing less than 1% alcohol), alcoholic beverages, and milk beverages Or two or more beverages and / or drinks contained therein and quartz diorite slurry 5 or water W1 whose oxidation-reduction potential is negatively reduced are made of an insulator having poor electrical conductivity such as a synthetic resin container. A beverage (reduced beverage R) having a negative oxidation-reduction potential by contacting the beverage (processed beverage D) through the insulator containers 3 and 13 is mixed with a beverage having a negative oxidation-reduction potential. According to the packaged beverage of the present invention in which the mixed result is stored in a sealed container so as to maintain a negative oxidation-reduction potential, the state where the oxidation-reduction potential is negative is maintained and oxidation is prevented. From the original beverage taste It is possible to improve the flavor. In addition, since oxidation is prevented, it is possible to eliminate the addition of an antioxidant or to reduce the amount of addition, and the flavor is impaired by the taste and aroma possessed by the antioxidant itself. This can also prevent the taste and flavor of the original beverage. It is particularly suitable for beverages having a taste or aroma.

  The above-described embodiment can be regarded as another packaged beverage. That is, any one of drinking water, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria drinks, milk and dairy products, drinks having a taste or fragrance with a liquid content containing less than 1% alcohol), alcoholic drinks, and milk drinks Or two or more beverages (treated beverage D) and / or drinks contained therein and a beverage having a negative oxidation-reduction potential are mixed, and the mixed result maintains a negative oxidation-reduction potential, It is configured as a container-packed beverage that is housed in a sealed container to maintain the antioxidant function.

  As a result of the reduction effect (antioxidation effect) of quartz diorite granite slurry 5 or water W1 whose oxidation-reduction potential has decreased negatively, the quartz diorite slurry 5 or oxidation-reduction potential has decreased negatively. By bringing the water W1 into contact with the beverage (processed beverage D) through the insulator containers 3 and 13 such as a synthetic resin container, the oxidation-reduction potential of the beverage decreases and the negative value increases. , Beverages whose oxidation-reduction potential has decreased negatively, drinking water, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, beverages with a taste or aroma that are drinkable liquids containing less than 1% alcohol), When the beverage to be processed D and / or beverages contained in these beverages and / or beverages contained in any one or more of alcoholic beverages and milk beverages are mixed, the mixed result is also a negative redox potential, Also it By housed in a sealed container, the state redox potential is negative persists.

  Therefore, any one of drinking water, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, beverages having a taste or fragrance with a liquid content containing less than 1% alcohol), alcoholic beverages, and milk beverages Alternatively, two or more beverages and / or drinks contained therein and the quartz diorite granite slurry 5 or water W1 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential are passed through insulator containers 3, 13 such as synthetic resin containers. Mixing with a beverage (reduced beverage R) having a negative oxidation-reduction potential by reducing the oxidation-reduction potential by bringing it into contact with the beverage, the mixed result also maintains a negative oxidation-reduction potential and maintains the antioxidant function. According to the packaged beverage of the present invention that is housed in a sealed container as much as possible, the negative state of the oxidation-reduction potential continues and oxidation is prevented, so that the taste and flavor of the original beverage can be improved. . In addition, since oxidation is prevented, it is possible to eliminate the addition of an antioxidant or to reduce the amount of addition, and the flavor is impaired by the taste and aroma possessed by the antioxidant itself. This can prevent the taste and flavor of the original beverage. It is particularly suitable for beverages having a taste or aroma.

  The above embodiment can be regarded as a reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus. That is, the insulator containers 3 and 13 are accommodated in the outer containers 2 and 11 having a space that can be accommodated therein, and formed between the inner surface of the outer containers 2 and 11 and the outer surface of the insulator containers 3 and 13. In the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus in which the quartz diorite granite slurry 5 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or the water W1 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is accommodated in the spaces 4, 12 having a predetermined capacity, the insulator container 3, In 13, the beverage is stored for a predetermined time to reduce the oxidation-reduction potential to a negative value, and the reduced beverage R having the oxidation-reduction potential lowered to a negative value is stored in a sealed container.

  Thus, between the outer containers 2 and 11 and the insulator containers 3 and 13, the quartz diorite granite slurry 5 having a negative redox potential or the water W1 having a negative redox potential is accommodated. Although the scientific grounds for lowering the ORP value of the beverage by storing the beverage in the tanks 3 and 13 for a predetermined time are unknown, the quartz diorite slurry 5 or the water W1 whose oxidation-reduction potential has decreased negatively is made of metal. Such effects were not obtained at all when placed in a container and brought into contact with a beverage. Therefore, when considering electromagnetically, the quartz diorite granite slurry 5 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or the water W1 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential between the outer containers 2 and 11 and the insulator containers 3 and 13. A quartz diorite slurry 5 or oxidation-reduction potential showing a large negative ORP value is stored in the accommodated insulator containers 3 and 13 through the insulator containers 3 and 13 for a predetermined time. By bringing the water W1 that has fallen negatively into contact with the beverage (processed beverage D), the reduced beverage R in which the oxidation-reduction potential is led negatively is obtained.

  That is, the present inventor estimates that the quartz diorite slurry 5 or the water W1 whose oxidation-reduction potential has decreased negatively is brought into contact with the beverage through the insulator containers 3 and 13, in other words, the quartz diorite. Quartz diorite granite slurry 5 or water in which the oxidation-reduction potential falls negatively by sandwiching an insulator between the peridotite slurry 5 or water W1 in which the oxidation-reduction potential falls negatively and the beverage as the beverage to be treated D. Electricity gradually flows between W1 and the beverage (treated beverage D), and as a result, the beverage gradually acts on a negative charge having a negative electromotive force, and its oxidation-reduction potential falls negatively.

  The quartz diorite granite slurry 5 having a negative redox potential or water W1 having a negative redox potential is accommodated between the outer containers 2 and 11 and the synthetic resin insulator containers 3 and 13; The beverage is stored in the insulator containers 3 and 13 for a predetermined time, and the quartz diorite slurry 5 or the water W1 whose oxidation-reduction potential is negatively lowered is brought into contact with the beverage through the insulator containers 3 and 13 to thereby drink the beverage. By reducing the oxidation-reduction potential, the reduced beverage R itself has a reducing power, so that the reduced beverage R in a state where the oxidation-reduction potential is negative even after the packaging container is filled and sealed.

  Therefore, the insulator containers 3 and 13 are accommodated in the outer containers 2 and 11 having a space that can be accommodated therein, and formed between the surface of the outer containers 2 and 11 and the surface of the insulator containers 3 and 13. The reduced beverage production apparatus 1, 10 and 20 in which the quartz diorite granite slurry 5 having a negative redox potential or the water W1 having a negative redox potential are accommodated in the predetermined spaces 4 and 12 having a predetermined capacity. According to this, the state in which the oxidation-reduction potential is negative can be maintained, a beverage in which oxidation is prevented can be produced, and the taste and flavor of the original processed beverage D can be improved. In addition, since it is possible to produce a beverage in which oxidation is prevented, it is possible to eliminate the addition of an antioxidant in the beverage, or to reduce the amount added, and the flavor and flavor of the antioxidant itself have a flavor. It can be prevented from being damaged, and the taste and flavor of the original beverage can be improved accordingly. It is particularly suitable for beverages having a taste or aroma.

  The above-described embodiment can be regarded as another reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus. That is, the outer containers 2 and 11 having a space that can be accommodated therein, and the insulator containers 3 that are accommodated in the external containers 2 and 11 and that reduce the oxidation-reduction potential negatively by accommodating the beverage to be processed D for a predetermined time. , 13 and a quartz diorite granite slurry 5 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential in a predetermined space 4, 12 having a predetermined capacity formed between the inner surface of the outer container 2, 11 and the outer surface of the insulator container 3, 13 or A potential forming unit configured to store the water W1 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential; and storage units 7 and 14 configured to store beverages having a negative oxidation-reduction potential in the insulator containers 3 and 13 in the sealed containers. It is the structure to do.

  A reduced beverage production apparatus configured to accommodate quartz diorite granite slurry 5 having a negative redox potential or water W1 having a negative redox potential between outer containers 2 and 11 and insulator containers 3 and 13. Beverages are stored in the insulator containers 3, 13 of 1, 10, 20 for a predetermined time, and the quartz diorite slurry 5 or the water W1 whose oxidation-reduction potential has decreased negatively is passed through the insulator containers 3, 13 ( The reduced beverage R itself has a negative electromotive force negative charge action (reducing power) by reducing the oxidation-reduction potential of the treated beverage D by bringing it into contact with the treated beverage D). It is considered that the state in which the redox potential is negative continues even after filling and sealing.

  Therefore, the insulator containers 3 and 13 are accommodated in the outer containers 2 and 11, and a predetermined space 4 having a predetermined capacity formed between the surface of the outer containers 2 and 11 and the surface of the insulator containers 3 and 13 is provided. According to the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus 1, 10, 20 in which a potential forming part is formed in which the quartz diorite slurry 5 having a negative redox potential or the water W1 having a negative redox potential is accommodated. The beverage in which the oxidation-reduction potential is negative can be maintained and oxidation can be prevented, and the taste and flavor of the beverage to be treated D can be improved. In addition, since it is possible to produce a reduced beverage R in which oxidation is prevented, it is possible to eliminate the need for addition of an antioxidant in the beverage, or to reduce the amount of addition, with the taste and aroma possessed by the antioxidant itself. It is possible to prevent the flavor from being impaired, and thereby the taste and flavor of the original beverage can be improved.

  The above-described embodiment can be regarded as another reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus. That is, the insulator containers 3 and 13 containing the quartz diorite granite slurry 5 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or the water W1 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential in the external containers 2 and 11 having a space that can be accommodated therein. Is a reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus arranged so as to be embedded in a beverage accommodated in the outer containers 2 and 11, and the oxidation-reduction potential is made negative by accommodating the beverage in the outer containers 2 and 11 for a predetermined time. The reduced beverage R having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is stored in a sealed container.

  Insulation containers 3 and 13 containing quartz diorite granite slurry 5 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or water W1 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential negatively embedded in beverages contained in external containers 2 and 11 The reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus 1, 10, 20 is a quartz diorite that contains the beverage D to be processed in the outer containers 2, 11 for a predetermined time and exhibits a large negative ORP value via the insulator containers 3, 13. By reducing the oxidation-reduction potential of the beverage (treated beverage D) by bringing the slurry 5 or the water W1 whose oxidation-reduction potential has fallen negatively into contact with the treated beverage D, the reduced beverage R itself has a negative electromotive force. It has a negative charge action (reducing power), whereby the state in which the redox potential is negative continues even after the packaging container is filled and sealed.

  Therefore, the insulator containers 3 and 13 containing the quartz diorite granite slurry 5 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or the water W1 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential in the external containers 2 and 11 having a space that can be accommodated therein. Is placed in the outer containers 2 and 11 of the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatuses 1, 10, and 20 so as to be embedded in the beverage (processed beverage D) contained in the outer containers 2 and 11. According to the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus 1, 10, 20 of the present invention that stores the reduced beverage R in which the redox potential is lowered negatively by housing and the reduced beverage R in which the redox potential is lowered negatively is accommodated in the sealed container. Can maintain a negative state, can produce a beverage in which oxidation is prevented, and can improve the taste and flavor of the beverage. In addition, since it is possible to produce a beverage in which oxidation is prevented, it is possible to eliminate the addition of an antioxidant in the beverage, or to reduce the amount added, and the flavor and flavor of the antioxidant itself have a flavor. It can be prevented from being damaged, and the taste and flavor of the original beverage can be improved accordingly.

  The above-described embodiment can be regarded as another reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus. That is, by storing the beverage in the interior for a predetermined time, the redox potential is lowered negatively, and the outer containers 2 and 11 that form a space that can be sent out in a state in which the redox potential is negative, An insulator container 3 containing quartz diorite granite slurry 5 having a negative redox potential or water W1 having a negative redox potential in a predetermined space 4, 12 having a predetermined capacity. , 13 and storage units 7 and 14 for storing the reduced beverage R in which the redox potential is negatively lowered in the outer containers 2 and 11 in the sealed container.

  Insulation containers 3 and 13 containing quartz diorite granite slurry 5 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or water W1 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential negatively embedded in beverages contained in external containers 2 and 11 In the external containers 2 and 11, the beverage is stored for a predetermined time, and the quartz diorite slurry 5 showing a large negative ORP value through the insulator containers 3 and 13 or the water W1 in which the oxidation-reduction potential is negatively decreased. By reducing the redox potential of the beverage (reduced beverage R) by bringing it into contact with the beverage (treated beverage D), the beverage itself has a negative electromotive force (reducing power) of negative electromotive force, Even after the packaging container is filled and sealed, the state in which the oxidation-reduction potential is negative continues.

  Therefore, the insulator containers 3 and 13 containing the quartz diorite granite slurry 5 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or the water W1 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential in the external containers 2 and 11 having a space that can be accommodated therein. Beverage (processed beverage D) is stored for a predetermined time in the external containers 2 and 11 of the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatuses 1, 10 and 20 disposed so as to be embedded in the beverage stored in the external containers 2 and 11. According to the reduced beverage production apparatus 1, 10, 20 of the present invention, the reduced beverage R with the oxidation-reduction potential lowered negatively and the reduced beverage R with the oxidation-reduction potential lowered negatively are accommodated in the closed containers by the accommodating portions 7, 14. In addition, it is possible to produce a beverage in which the oxidation-reduction potential is negative and the oxidation is prevented, and the taste and flavor of the original beverage can be improved. In addition, since it is possible to produce a beverage in which oxidation is prevented, it is possible to eliminate the addition of an antioxidant in the beverage, or to reduce the amount added, and the flavor and flavor of the antioxidant itself have a flavor. It can be prevented from being damaged, and the taste and flavor of the original beverage can be improved accordingly.

The above embodiment can be regarded as another method for producing a reduced beverage. That is, by bringing the quartz diorite slurry 5 or the water W1 whose oxidation-reduction potential has decreased negatively into contact with the beverage via the insulator containers 3, 13, the oxidation-reduction potential of the beverage to be treated D is decreased negatively, It is a method of accommodating it in an airtight container.
In this way, the quartz diorite granule 5 showing a large negative ORP value or the water W1 whose oxidation-reduction potential has decreased negatively is brought into contact with the beverage D to be processed through the insulator containers 3, 13 such as a synthetic resin container. This lowers the ORP value of the beverage. Accordingly, the quartz diorite granite slurry 5 showing a negative ORP value or the water W1 whose oxidation-reduction potential has dropped negatively is brought into contact with the beverage through the insulator containers 3 and 13 such as a synthetic resin container, thereby gradually becoming minus. It is negatively charged with an electromotive force, and its redox potential falls negatively.

  Therefore, the oxidation-reduction potential of the reduced beverage R is lowered negatively by bringing the quartz diorite slurry 5 or the water W1 whose oxidation-reduction potential has been lowered negatively into contact with the beverage to be treated D through the insulator, According to the method for producing a reduced beverage of the present invention in which it is housed in an airtight container, the state in which the oxidation-reduction potential is negative persists and oxidation is prevented, so that the taste and flavor of the original beverage are improved. Can do. In addition, since oxidation is prevented, the addition of an antioxidant is unnecessary or the amount added can be reduced, preventing the flavor from being impaired by the taste and aroma of the antioxidant itself. And the taste and flavor of the beverage can be improved. It is particularly suitable for beverages having a taste or aroma.

The above embodiment can be regarded as another method for producing a reduced beverage. That is, the insulator containers 3 and 13 are accommodated in the outer containers 2 and 11 having a space that can be accommodated therein, and formed between the inner surface of the outer containers 2 and 11 and the outer surface of the insulator containers 3 and 13. The beverage is stored for a predetermined time in the insulator container 3 or 13 containing the quartz diorite slurry 5 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or the water W1 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential in the predetermined volume of space. In this way, the reduced beverage R whose oxidation-reduction potential is negatively reduced is obtained and accommodated in a sealed container.
Insulator container 3, as a configuration for accommodating quartz diorite granite slurry 5 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or water W1 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential between outer containers 2, 11 and insulator containers 3, 13. 13, the beverage is stored for a predetermined time, and the quartz diorite granite slurry 5 or the water W <b> 1 whose oxidation-reduction potential is negatively lowered is brought into contact with the beverage via the insulator containers 3, 13, thereby redoxing the reduced beverage R. By lowering the potential, the beverage itself has a negative charge action (reduction power) of negative electromotive force, and thus the state in which the redox potential is negative continues even after filling and sealing the packaging container, Oxidation of the reduced beverage R is prevented.

  Therefore, the insulator containers 3 and 13 are accommodated in the outer containers 2 and 11 having a space that can be accommodated therein, and are formed between the inner surfaces of the outer containers 2 and 11 and the outer surfaces of the insulator containers 3 and 13. The quartz diorite slurry 5 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or the water W1 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is accommodated in the predetermined volume of the space, and the beverage is accommodated in the insulator containers 3 and 13 for a predetermined time. According to the reduced beverage production method of the present invention in which the reduced beverage R with the redox potential lowered to negative is stored in a hermetically sealed container, the state in which the reduced redox potential is negative is maintained and oxidation is prevented. Reduced beverage R can be manufactured and the taste and flavor of the beverage can be improved. In addition, since it is possible to produce a beverage in which oxidation is prevented, it is possible to eliminate the addition of an antioxidant in the beverage, or to reduce the amount added, and the flavor and flavor of the antioxidant itself have a flavor. It can be prevented from being damaged, and thereby the taste and flavor of the beverage can be improved.

The above embodiment can be regarded as another method for producing a reduced beverage. That is, in the external containers 2 and 11 that form a space that can be accommodated inside, the insulator containers 3 and 13 that contain the quartz diorite slurry 5 or the water W1 whose oxidation-reduction potential has dropped negatively are accommodated, and Insulator containers 3 and 13 are embedded in the drinks contained in containers 2 and 11, and beverages are stored in external containers 2 and 11 for a predetermined time to obtain a beverage whose oxidation-reduction potential has been lowered negatively. Is stored in a sealed container.
Beverages are stored in the external containers 2 and 11 formed by embedding the insulator containers 3 and 13 containing the quartz diorite slurry 5 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential in the drinks stored in the external containers 2 and 11. Of the beverage by bringing the quartz diorite slurry 5 having a large negative ORP value or the water W1 whose oxidation-reduction potential has decreased negatively through the insulator containers 3 and 13 into contact with the beverage. The reduction potential is lowered, and the beverage itself has a negative charge action (reduction power) of a negative electromotive force, so that the state in which the oxidation-reduction potential is negative continues even after the packaging container is filled and sealed.

  Therefore, the insulator containers 3 and 13 containing the quartz diorite granite slurry 5 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or the water W1 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential in the external containers 2 and 11 having a space that can be accommodated therein. Reduced beverage R in which the oxidation-reduction potential has been lowered negatively by storing the beverage to be processed D for a predetermined time in the external containers 2 and 11 disposed so as to be embedded in the beverage stored in the external containers 2 and 11. According to the method for producing a reduced beverage of the present invention in which it is contained in a sealed container, a state in which the oxidation-reduction potential is negative and a beverage in which oxidation is prevented can be produced, and the taste and flavor of the original beverage can be obtained. Can be improved. In addition, since it is possible to produce a beverage in which oxidation is prevented, it is possible to eliminate the addition of an antioxidant in the beverage, or to reduce the amount added, and the flavor and flavor of the antioxidant itself have a flavor. It can be prevented from being damaged, and thereby the taste and flavor of the beverage can be improved. It is particularly suitable for beverages having a taste or aroma.

The type of the reduced beverage R that is a beverage having a negative oxidation-reduction potential described in the above embodiment is not particularly limited as long as it is a drinkable liquid. For example, drinking water, soft drink (lactic acid bacteria beverage) , Containing less than 1% alcohol, excluding milk and dairy products), alcoholic beverages, and dairy beverages.
In addition, the sealed container for containing the reduced beverage R is usually a metal can or metal bottle can such as aluminum or steel, a molded container (PET bottle or the like) containing PET (polyethylene terephthalate) or PS (polystyrene), Packaging containers such as paper containers and glass bottles combined with metal foil and plastic film are used. Among these, an aluminum container, a PET container, and a glass container that can maintain the redox potential of the beverage in a lower state for a longer period are preferable. Further, a coated surface is desirable, but it is not common in terms of cost. According to experiments by the inventors, it is desirable that the sealed container is a dense structure in which hydrogen atoms do not jump out of the container. In particular, it is highly likely that dissolved hydrogen has a negative redox potential.

  Here, any one of drinking water, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria drinks, milk and dairy products, drinks having a taste or fragrance with a liquid content containing less than 1% alcohol), alcoholic drinks and milk drinks One or more drinks and / or drinks contained therein are beverages, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria drinks, milk and dairy products, drinkable liquids containing less than 1% alcohol, taste or fragrance Beverages, alcoholic beverages, milk beverages or one or more beverages, or drinking water, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, containing less than 1% alcohol) Beverages with a taste or fragrance in a liquid product), alcoholic beverages, beverages contained in one or more of milk beverages, or drinking water, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products) , Alcohol content Beverage) that has flavor or fragrance in the liquid of the drink containing less than%, is that of alcoholic beverages, any one or more of the beverage and drinking product contained in these dairy beverages.

The insulator of the insulator containers 3 and 13 is not particularly limited as long as it is generally a polymer material with poor electrical conductivity. For example, comparison with PET (polyethylene terephthalate) or PE (polyethylene) In the case of PE, it was advantageous that PE (polyethylene) was increased to a negative potential. Further, sheets having thicknesses of 0.2 mm, 0.1 mm, and 0.08 mm were tested, but thin sheets were advantageous. For PET (polyethylene terephthalate), sheets having a thickness of 0.11 mm, 0.1 mm, 0.08 mm, and 0.075 mm were tested, but a thin sheet was advantageous.
In addition, the insulator has a property similar to that of an insulator, an electrolyte membrane that allows only ions to pass through without passing electrons, and the anode and cathode are not electrically short-circuited. And the use of an ion exchange membrane that allows only water associated therewith to permeate the cathode compartment.

The quartz diorite slurry 5 is composed of silicic acid (SiO ₂ ), aluminum (Al), iron (Fe), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), potassium (K), carbon (C), strontium (Sr), This is a silica diorite gelled product having a negative oxidation-reduction potential, which is obtained by gelling a fine powder of quartz diorite containing zinc (Zn). It is possible to obtain a gel-like quartz diorite slurry by adding water and wetting it with a ball mill or the like. According to the experiments by the inventors, there was no problem even if there was a difference of 10 to 20% in the components of quartz diorite, but magnesium (Mg) etc. in this component was acting. It is estimated, but it is not clear what exactly is working.

The outer containers 2 and 11 may be conductor containers made of a conductor having good electrical conductivity, such as a metal container, as long as a space is formed therein, and may be insulator containers such as glass containers. However, a conductor container made of a conductor having a good electric conductivity is more advantageous in that the redox potential of the beverage can be lowered to a larger negative value in a short time. In particular, metal containers such as aluminum containers and aluminum alloy containers which are not easily rusted are suitable. Moreover, what formed metal films, such as an aluminum film, in another metal container may be used.
The water W1 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is the hydrogen gas obtained by bringing the water supplied through the filter 21 into direct contact with minerals including quartz diorite and electrolyzing the water. The water W1 is obtained by refining the bubbles and mixing with the supplied water, or the water W1 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential, and has a voltage of about −300 to −500 mV.

The reduced beverage manufacturing apparatuses 1, 10, and 20 of the present embodiment can also use the quartz diorite granite slurry 5 in the predetermined space 4 of FIG. 1 as water W1 having a negative redox potential. In addition, the quartz diorite granite slurry 5 in the predetermined space 12 in the insulator container 13 according to the first modification of the embodiment of FIG. 2 may be water W1 having a negative oxidation-reduction potential.
The water W1 having a negatively high redox potential shown in FIG. 3 comes into contact with the beverage D to be processed via the insulator container 3 of FIG. By repeating, the water W1 having a higher negative oxidation-reduction potential can be created. Moreover, the reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus 20 of the modified example 2 of this Embodiment is made into the first stage, and the reduced drink R of the reduced drink manufacturing apparatus 20 is made into the processed beverage D of the supply side of the apparatus of the next stage of FIG. 1 or FIG. It can also be a combined device.

The insulator containers 3 and 13 for carrying out the present invention are not particularly limited as long as they have poor electrical conductivity and are generally called insulators. For example, PET made of a polymer material Synthetic resin containers such as (polyethylene terephthalate), PE (polyethylene), and nylon can be used. In particular, since PET (polyethylene terephthalate) and PE (polyethylene) are available in a desired capacity at a very low price, the use of such materials is preferred.
Further, the insulators 3 and 13 in the case of carrying out the present invention include an ion exchange membrane, an electrolyte, as well as an insulator having poor electrical conductivity such as a synthetic resin container such as a polymer material. A membrane, a permeable membrane, and the like are included, and the insulator container includes a vessel formed of an ion exchange membrane, an electrolyte membrane, a permeable membrane, and the like. The insulator includes a surface formed by an ion exchange membrane, an electrolyte membrane, a permeable membrane, etc. that does not move electrons, a pipe, a container, and the like.

1,10,20 Reduced beverage production apparatus 2,11 External container 3,13 Insulator container 4,12,40 Predetermined space 5 Quartz diorite granite slurry 7,14 Housing 13a Insulator container body 13b Insulator container lid W1 Water with high redox potential D Water to be treated R Reduced beverage

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  A packaged beverage characterized by containing a beverage having a negative oxidation-reduction potential in a sealed container so as to maintain the negative oxidation-reduction potential.   Drinking water, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, beverages with a taste or fragrance that contain less than 1% alcohol content), alcoholic beverages, milk beverages, one or two Two or more beverages and / or drinks contained therein are mixed with a beverage having a negative oxidation-reduction potential, and the resulting beverage and / or beverage contained therein are mixed with a negative oxidation-reduction potential. A packaged beverage characterized by being contained in a sealed container in order to maintain the above.   Drinking water, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, beverages with a taste or fragrance that contain less than 1% alcohol content), alcoholic beverages, milk beverages, one or two Mix two or more beverages and / or drinks contained therein with beverages having a negative oxidation-reduction potential, and the mixed result maintains a negative oxidation-reduction potential and is sealed to maintain an antioxidant function. A packaged beverage characterized by being contained in a container.   The soft drink is a carbonated drink composed of a carbonated drink, a fruit drink that is a drink containing a fruit drink, a natural fruit juice, a fruit juice drink, or a pulp drink, a coffee beans roasted and ground with hot water or water. Coffee beverages consisting of beverages extracted from ingredients, tea-based beverages including oolong tea beverages, black tea beverages, mugi tea beverages, blended tea beverages, mineral water collected from groundwater as raw water, soybeans mashed and simmered with added water Soy milk, which is a beverage, vegetable beverage made by grinding vegetables, sports beverage that replenishes moisture and minerals lost from the body, dairy beverage that is not affected by dilution, cocoa beverage that is made mainly of cocoa beans 4. The packaged beverage according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the beverage is one of a nutritional beverage including a beverage and a pharmaceutical / quasi-drug.   The container-packed beverage according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the sealed container is any one of an aluminum container, a PET container, and a glass container.   The beverage having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is brought into contact with a quartz diorite slurry or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential through an insulator having a poor electrical conductivity, thereby reducing the oxidation-reduction potential. The container-packed beverage according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the beverage is a beverage.   The beverage having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is formed between the inner surface of the outer container and the outer surface of the insulator container, and the insulator container is accommodated in an outer container in which a space that can be accommodated is formed. A quartz diorite granule slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is accommodated in a predetermined volume of space, and the oxidation-reduction is accommodated in the insulator container for a predetermined time. The container-packed beverage according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the beverage has a negative potential.   The beverage having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is an insulating container containing a quartz diorite slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential in an external container having a space that can be accommodated therein. A body container is disposed so as to be embedded in a beverage contained in the outer container, and the oxidation-reduction potential is lowered negatively by being contained in the outer container for a predetermined time. The container-packed drink according to any one of claims 1 to 7.   The packaged beverage according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the outer container in which the space that can be accommodated is formed is a conductor container made of a conductor having a high electric conductivity. An insulator container is accommodated in an external container having a space that can be accommodated therein, and an oxidation-reduction potential is generated in a predetermined space having a predetermined capacity formed between the inner surface of the outer container and the outer surface of the insulator container. In a reduced beverage production apparatus containing negative quartz diorite slurry or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential,
An apparatus for producing a reduced beverage according to claim 1, wherein a beverage is stored in the insulator container for a predetermined time to reduce the oxidation-reduction potential to a negative value, and the beverage having the oxidation-reduction potential made negative is stored in a sealed container. An external container that forms a space that can be accommodated inside;
An insulator container for lowering the oxidation-reduction potential negatively by storing in the external container and storing the beverage for a predetermined time;
A quartz diorite granite slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is contained in a predetermined volume of space formed between the inner surface of the outer container and the outer surface of the insulator container. A potential forming part,
An apparatus for producing a reduced beverage, comprising: a storage portion for storing the beverage having a negative oxidation-reduction potential in the insulator container in a sealed container. A beverage in which an external container in which a space capable of being accommodated is formed and a quartz diorite granite slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or an insulator container containing water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential are accommodated in the external container An apparatus for producing a reduced beverage arranged to be embedded therein,
An apparatus for producing a reduced beverage, wherein the beverage is stored in the outer container for a predetermined time to reduce the oxidation-reduction potential negatively, and the beverage having the oxidation-reduction potential made negative is stored in a sealed container. An external container in which a redox potential is lowered negatively by containing a beverage therein for a predetermined time, and a space that can be sent out in a state in which the redox potential is made negative,
An insulator container that is embedded in the beverage in the outer container and contains quartz diorite granite slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential in a predetermined space of a predetermined volume; ,
An apparatus for producing a reduced beverage, comprising: an accommodating portion for accommodating the beverage having a negative oxidation-reduction potential in the outer container in a sealed container.   The reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus according to any one of claims 10 to 13, wherein the outer container in which the space is formed is a conductor container made of a conductor having good electrical conductivity.   The beverage having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is obtained by drinking water, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, beverages having a taste or fragrance with a liquid content containing less than 1% alcohol), alcohol 15. Any one of beverages and milk beverages or two or more beverages and / or drinks contained therein are mixed and accommodated in a sealed container. The reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus described in 1.   The reduced beverage manufacturing apparatus according to any one of claims 10 to 15, wherein the sealed container is any one of an aluminum container, a PET container, and a glass container.   Quartz diorite slurry or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is brought into contact with the beverage through an insulator having poor electrical conductivity, thereby lowering the oxidation-reduction potential of the beverage negatively, and allowing it to be sealed A method for producing a reduced beverage, comprising:   An insulator container is accommodated in an external container having a space that can be accommodated therein, and a redox potential is negative in a predetermined volume of space formed between the inner surface of the outer container and the outer surface of the insulator container. A quartz diorite granule slurry or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is contained, and the beverage is stored in the insulator container for a predetermined time to obtain a beverage whose oxidation-reduction potential has been lowered negatively, and then sealed. A method for producing a reduced beverage, which is contained in a container.   In an external container that forms a space that can be accommodated inside, an insulator container containing quartz diorite granite slurry having a negative oxidation-reduction potential or water having a negative oxidation-reduction potential is housed, and inside the external container The insulator container is embedded in the beverage stored in the container, and the beverage is stored in the outer container for a predetermined time to obtain a beverage whose oxidation-reduction potential has been lowered negatively and stored in a sealed container. A method for producing a reduced beverage.   The method for producing a reduced beverage according to any one of claims 17 to 19, wherein the outer container having a space formed therein is a conductor container made of a conductor having good electrical conductivity.   Beverages whose oxidation-reduction potential has been lowered negatively include drinking water, soft drinks (excluding lactic acid bacteria beverages, milk and dairy products, beverages with a taste or aroma that are drinkable liquids containing less than 1% alcohol), Mix any one or more of alcoholic beverages and dairy beverages and / or beverages contained in them, and store the mixed beverages and / or beverages contained therein in a sealed container. The method for producing a reduced beverage according to any one of claims 17 to 20, wherein the beverage is produced.   The method for producing a reduced beverage according to any one of claims 17 to 21, wherein the sealed container is any one of an aluminum container, a PET container, and a glass container.

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