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Whitening Agent
Source: World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO)
22/09/2008

  • Patent Number:
  • WO/2008/111562

  • Inventors:
  • WATANABE, Tatsuya; 2-38-9, Shinmachi, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo, 1830052 (JP).
    KATO, Ken; C/O SNOW BRAND MILK PRODUCTS CO., LTD. 1-2, Minamidai 1-chome, Kawagoe-shi, Saitama, 3501165 (JP).
    UENO, Hiroshi; C/O SNOW BRAND MILK PRODUCTS CO., LTD. 1-2, Minamidai 1-chome, Kawagoe-shi, Saitama, 3501165 (JP).
    HARUTA, Yuko; C/O SNOW BRAND MILK PRODUCTS CO., LTD. 1-2, Minamidai 1-chome, Kawagoe-shi, Saitama, 3501165 (JP).
    UEDA, Noriko; C/O SNOW BRAND MILK PRODUCTS CO., LTD. 1-2, Minamidai 1-chome, Kawagoe-shi, Saitama, 3501165 (JP).
    YOSHIOKA, Toshimitsu; C/O SNOW BRAND MILK PRODUCTS CO., LTD. 1-2, Minamidai 1-chome, Kawagoe-shi, Saitama, 3501165 (JP).

  • Applicant:
  • SNOW BRAND MILK PRODUCTS CO., LTD. [JP/JP]; 1-1, Naebocho 6-chome, Higashi-ku, Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido, 0650043 (JP) (All Except US).
    WATANABE, Tatsuya [JP/JP]; 2-38-9, Shinmachi, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo, 1830052 (JP) (US Only).
    KATO, Ken [JP/JP]; C/O SNOW BRAND MILK PRODUCTS CO., LTD. 1-2, Minamidai 1-chome, Kawagoe-shi, Saitama, 3501165 (JP) (US Only).
    UENO, Hiroshi [JP/JP]; C/O SNOW BRAND MILK PRODUCTS CO., LTD. 1-2, Minamidai 1-chome, Kawagoe-shi, Saitama, 3501165 (JP) (US Only).
    HARUTA, Yuko [JP/JP]; C/O SNOW BRAND MILK PRODUCTS CO., LTD. 1-2, Minamidai 1-chome, Kawagoe-shi, Saitama, 3501165 (JP) (US Only).
    UEDA, Noriko [JP/JP]; C/O SNOW BRAND MILK PRODUCTS CO., LTD. 1-2, Minamidai 1-chome, Kawagoe-shi, Saitama, 3501165 (JP) (US Only).
    YOSHIOKA, Toshimitsu [JP/JP]; C/O SNOW BRAND MILK PRODUCTS CO., LTD. 1-2, Minamidai 1-chome, Kawagoe-shi, Saitama, 3501165 (JP) (US Only).

  • Publication Date: 
  • 18/09/2008

  • Application Number:
  • PCT/JP2008/054313

  • Filed:
  • 10/03/2008



    A whitening agent containing, as the active ingredient, a whey protein hydrolyzate, which has the characteristics of showing the main peak at 200 Da to 3 kDa in the molecular weight distribution of 10 kDa or less, having an APL (average peptide chain length) of 2 to 8, having a free amino acid content of 20% or less and having an antigenicity 1/10,000 times or less as high as the antigenicity of ß-lactoglobulin, exerting an excellent whitening effect on the skin and being efficacious in preventing and treating spots, freckles and so on; and whitening products such as a cosmetic, a food, a drink, a feed and a drug each containing the whitening agent as described above.



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