Effectiveness of AGELESS™

AGELESS™ preserves both flavor and nutrition.

The attractive flavors of tea and coffee and dried laver, or the vital nutrients, Vitamin E and C, are quickly deteriorated or lose their potency through oxidation. The graphs below showing the oxidation of Vitamin C with age demonstrate just how effective AGELESS™ is in retaining this important nutrient.

Change in coffee flavor with age
Graph: Change in the flavor of coffee with age.
  • Grades:
    Aroma
    3:No Smell. The aroma of food is kept well.
    2:A little smell of oxidation. The food aroma is fading.
    1:Smell of oxidation. The aroma has gone.
  •    Taste
    3:The taste is like just after roasting.
    2:Increased taste of oxidation.
    3:The taste has gotten worse.
Change in Vitamin E of freeze dried tofu
Graph: The temporal change in Vitamin E of freeze dried tofu.
Change in Vitamin C in tea with age
Graph: The temporal change in Vitamin C in green tea
Change in almond cookies with age
Graph: The temporal change in the aroma and flavor of almond cookies.
  • Grades:
    Aroma,Taste
    5:The aroma and taste keeping well.
    4:The aroma is fading a little.
    3:A little smell of oxidation. The taste had got worse.
    2:Smell and taste of oxidation.
    1:Strong smell and taste of oxidation.

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