Clarification of Green Tea Extract by Microfiltration and Ultrafiltration

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Membrane clarification of green tea extract was studied as a treatment to reduce sediments in packaged drinks and as a pretreatment for concentration processes. The flux and variation of components were examined in dead-end and crossflow filtration with several types of membranes. In dead-end ultrafiltration, the flux reduction rate was small, although the initial flux was similar to the final flux in microfiltration. Prefiltration was effective in decreasing the reduction rate of flux. As the pore size of microfiltration membranes became smaller, the dry weight decreased gradually and the optical transmission at 660nm increased. By ultrafiltration, 30-50% pectin, 3-11% catechins and, 7-20% caffeine were rejected. Crossflow filtration was effective in keeping the flux high. The ultrafiltration spiral membrane (pore size : 0.008μm) was selected for repeated batch clarification of prefiltered green tea crude extract and showed reproducible performance.
社団法人日本農芸化学会の論文
1995-06-23