摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a ginger vinegar with ginger and vinegar as raw materials, excellent in flavor as well as combined with the respective healthy functions, and to provide a method for producing the same. <P>SOLUTION: The ginger vinegar contains 10-300 mg/L of gingerol as a ginger-derived pungent ingredient and/or 0.1-20 mg of shogaol as another ginger-derived pungent ingredient, and each 1 mg/L or less of zingiberene, farnesene and sesquiphellandrene each as a ginger-derived flavor ingredient. The ginger vinegar is obtained by the following process: Using ginger-ground product and/or ginger-squeezed juice and/or ginger extract as the main materials, and raw materials including water, carbohydrates and ethanol are inoculated with acetic acid bacteria to effect acetic acid fermentation. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT |