KIKKOMAN CORPORATION

An estimation system S includes: an affect recognition unit 12 that recognizes valence intensity and arousal of a user toward a subject thing; and an evaluation value estimation unit 16 that estimates a user evaluation value by using a learning model that receives the valence intensity and the arousal of the user as an input and outputs the user evaluation value.

A method of producing cheese-like fermented food from a soybean raw material, which has a flavor and texture similar to cheese, is provided as follows: A coagulation step S 1 of coagulating a soybean raw material using at least one member selected from lactic acid bacteria, acids, and coagulants, a curd formation step S 2 of separating whey from the coagulated product obtained in the coagulation step S 1 , thereby forming a curd, and a fermentation and aging step S 3 of fermenting and aging the curd by a Koji mold are performed to produce a cheese-like fermented food containing, as an aroma component, 0.70 mg/g or more of isovaleric acid or 0.65 mg/g or more of isovaleric acid.

Provided is a manufacturing method for a sweetener, the manufacturing method including: a saccharification step of injecting steam at a temperature of 90° C. or higher and 150° C. or lower into a mixture of water, rice flour, and an enzyme agent to cause the mixture to react and obtaining a saccharified liquid; a decomposition step of adding rice koji to the saccharified liquid and causing the mixture of the rice koji and the saccharified liquid to react at a temperature of 50° C. or higher and 80° C. or lower to obtain a fermenting mash; a heat treatment step of heating the fermenting mash at a temperature of 100° C. or higher; and a solid-liquid separation step of subjecting the heat-treated fermenting mash to solid-liquid separation.

The present invention addresses the problem of providing: a solanaceous plant and a solanaceous plant cell that have resistance to tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) and that have the property of inhibiting TSWV infection, the property of suppressing the propagation of TSWV after infection, and/or the property of suppressing the onset of the symptoms of TSWV infection; and a method for producing the solanaceous plant. The present invention provides a solanaceous plant that has resistance to TSWV, in which at least one gene selected from the group consisting of receptor-like kinase RLK genes and homologous genes thereof has a mutation, and in which as a result of the mutation, either the expression of the gene having the mutation is suppressed or a protein encoded by the gene having the mutation is non-functional with respect to TSWV.

A low-alcohol beverage having an alcohol concentration of 6% (v/v) to 13% (v/v), an sake meter value of −30 to +10, an amino acid content of 2.0 to 10.0, and an acidity of 5.0 to 10.0; and a low-alcohol beverage having an alcohol concentration of 6% (v/v) to 13% (v/v), a pantolactone content of 800 ppb to 10,000 ppb, and a eugenol content of 100 ppb to 10,000 ppb, and other such beverage.

This invention provides an improved method for electrochemical glucose measurement and an improved composition for glucose measurement. This invention also provides a composition for glucose measurement comprising a flavin compound. This invention also provides an electrode comprising a flavin compound and a sensor and a glucose fuel cell comprising such electrode. In addition, this invention provides a method for electrochemical glucose measurement and a method for electric power generation using a flavin compound. The flavin compound of the present invention is non-toxic or less toxic and it can be thus used for a means of self-contained continuous glucose measurement.

An object of the present invention is to provide a convenient sampling method and kit for histamine measurement. The present invention provides a method and a kit which involve non-invasively sampling a specimen, and detecting histamine from the obtained sample.

An object is to provide a simple method and kit for detecting a microorganism or cell. A method for detecting a microorganism or cell, including the steps of first extracting the microorganism or cell with an extracting agent containing a surfactant; then collecting a sample with a sampling portion containing a surfactant adsorbent, and measuring luminescence level with a luminescence reagent, and a kit for the method are provided.

A presentation system S includes: a user information recognition unit configured to recognize user information; a current emotion recognition unit configured to recognize a current emotion of a user; a recommended food recognition unit configured to recognize a recommended food item by using a prediction model which receives an input of the user information and the current emotion and outputs the recommended food item; and a food information presentation unit configured to obtain and present the user with food information about the recommended food item. The current emotion recognition unit is configured to estimate, as the current emotion, coordinates selected by the user from an emotion model in which coordinates are defined based on a plurality of basic emotions.

Present invention relates to a virus resistant solanaceous plant, a solanaceous plant cell, and a method for producing the solanaceous plant, and the solanaceous plant has inhibitory properties against: infection by a virus of genus Begomovirus causing tomato yellow leaf curl symptoms, proliferation of the infected virus, and/or expression of infection symptoms. The present invention provides a solanaceous plant having a mutation in at least one gene selected from a group consisting of translation initiation factor eIF4E gene, receptor-like kinase RLK gene, coatomer complex deltaCOP gene, nuclear shuttle protein interactor NSI gene, and genes homologous thereto. The mutation in such a solanaceous plant either inhibits the expression of the mutated gene or makes a protein encoded by the mutated gene to be non-functional for the virus, and the solanaceous plant has virus resistance against the above-mentioned virus.