- Title
- Development of an objective measure of quality and commercial value of Japanese-styled green tea (Camellia L-sinensis): the Quality Index Tool
- Creator
- Krahe, James C.; Krahe, Michelle A.; Roach, Paul D.
- Relation
- Journal of Food Science and Technology Vol. 55, Issue 8, p. 2926-2934
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13197-018-3210-2
- Publisher
- Springer
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2018
- Description
- A novel approach to evaluate the commercial value of green tea products is explored in this paper. The green tea Quality Index Tool (QI-Tool) is based on high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), capable of identifying and understanding the constituents that are important to create superior consumer and commercially valuable green tea beverages in the Japanese-style. This tool will allow producers to better identify a product’s potential value within the various levels of green tea retail quality structure. Via the quantification of theanine, caffeine and the catechins: epicatechin (EC), epicatechin gallate (ECG), epigallocatchin (EGC), epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) and gallocatechin gallate (GCG) within a green tea beverage, the QI-Tool provides categorisation of a product against the green tea market retail competitive set. This allows a better understanding of the product’s potential commercial value, as well as a comparison to other products within that market category. The QI-Tool is an alternative and promising method for objectively evaluating commercial value of green tea products using HPLC analysis.
- Subject
- green tea; quality; value; catechin; theanine; caffeine
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1445520
- Identifier
- uon:42601
- Identifier
- ISSN:0022-1155
- Language
- eng
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