Claims
- 1. The method of manufacturing a free flowing dry beverage mix containing a flavor, a color, and from about 1 to 6 grams of a food acid for each quantity of mix for preparing one quart of beverage, the food acid selected from the class consisting of citric, malic and mixtures thereof, which method comprises: incorporating as an ingredient of the dry beverage mix from about 1 to 3 grams of a mixture of mono-and dicalcium phosphates for each quantity of mix for preparing one quart of beverage, wherein the dicalcium phosphate is present at a level between 4% and 10% by weight of the mixture of phosphates.
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein the mixture of phosphates is employed at a level of 15-50%, by weight of the total mix excluding any sugar which may be present.
- 3. The method of claim 2 wherein the dicalcium phosphate is present at the level of 8% by weight of the total calcium phosphate mixture.
- 4. The method of claim 3 including the dry ingredients of beverage mix are agglomerated.
- 5. The method of claim 1 including the step of packaging the mix using volumetric metering equipment.
- 6. A free flowing dry beverage mix comprising, a flavor, a color, and for each quantity of mix for preparing one quart of beverage: from about 1 to 6 grams of an edible food acid selected from the class consisting of citric, malic and mixtures of citric and malic; and, as a free flowing constituent thereof, from about 1 to 3 grams of a mixture of mono- and dicalcium phosphates, wherein the dicalcium phosphate is present at a level between 4% and 10% by weight of the mixture of phosphates.
- 7. The composition of claim 6 wherein the dicalcium phosphate is approximately 8% by weight of the phosphates.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation, of application Ser. No. 360,212, filed May 14, 1973 and now abandoned.
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