COMPOSITION OF EXTRACT FROM PIPER LONGUM FRUIT CLUSTER AND FOOD AND DRINK CONTAINING EXTRACT FROM PIPER LONGUM FRUIT CLUSTER AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING TASTE OF EXTRACT FROM PIPER LONGUM FRUIT CLUSTER

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an extremely useful composition capable of improving a nonpalatable taste such as a pungent taste, a bitter taste and an astringent taste possessed by an extract from a Piper longum fruit cluster by simple operation, having excellent economical efficiency and safety in production of a food and drink and utilizable in a wide field requiring the extract from the Piper longum fruit cluster. SOLUTION: This composition of the extract from the Piper longum fruit cluster comprises (A) at least one kind of compound selected from a sugar alcohol, edible acids, monosaccharides having a sweetness of 0.1-0.7 that of sucrose and disaccharides having a sweetness of 0.1-0.7 that of the sucrose and (B) the extract from the Piper longum fruit cluster and has a good taste. The food and drink comprises the extract from the Piper longum fruit cluster and the method for improving the taste of the extract from the Piper longum fruit cluster is provided.