Patent Application
20080081088
The present invention relates to beverages and beverage concentrates prepared with particular edible acid salts of calcium and/or calcium and magnesium, without the addition of excessive acids, in particular phosphoric acid. As described herein, “beverage concentrate” refers to concentrated complete beverage mixtures prior to dilution to ready-to-drink beverage concentration. As described herein, “stable” and “stability” refer to beverages free of precipitation or sediment formation for the shelf life of the beverage, which as an example is typically six months at normal room temperature for soft drinks.
Lederman 47713 describes details related to the production of soluble edible acid mineral salts. However, the elemental calcium to phosphorus is significantly less than 1:1.
In the invention described herein, the salts are further particularly described as calcium and/or calcium and magnesium salts intended for supplementing phosphoric acid-based beverages prepared by combining potable water with solubilizable forms of calcium, optionally a solubilizable form of a magnesium salt and phosphoric acid to form a solution.
The solution formed from water, solubilized calcium and optionally solubilized magnesium and phosphoric acid may then optionally be dried for ease of handling and transportation. Drying methods used may be any method known to those skilled in the art, including but not limited to tray drying, drum drying, freeze drying, vacuum drying, spray drying etc. The calcium and/or calcium and magnesium salt is then reconstituted for use in the beverage production.
Production of good-tasting beverages is well-known to those skilled in the art. In this embodiment, calcium and/or calcium and magnesium edible acid mineral salts described above, a flavor system, sweetener, preservatives and other ingredients, known to those skilled in the arts are incorporated into a beverage concentrate so that the concentrate can be appropriately diluted with water and bottled as needed, or incorporated into ready-to-use beverage solutions which are then bottled as needed. It is obvious to those skilled in the art that carbonated water is used for carbonated soft drink beverages.
The following examples are intended as examples and in no way demonstrate limitations of this invention. It is recognized that commercially available materials are used in this invention and that ones skilled in the art may use the teachings herein to provide other examples. All references to serving sizes are for 8 fluid ounces.
A good-tasting low-calorie cherry flavored pepper beverage is prepared by making a beverage concentrate then diluting the concentrate with carbonated water. The concentrate is mixed by combining 191 gallons of 60° C. potable water with 1.7 pounds of sodium benzoate, 94 pounds of Calcium Magnesium Blend (prepared as described in Lederman) and 42 fl. Oz. of 80% H3PO4. This addition of H3PO4 provides less than one mg of additional Phosphorus to this beverage. This solution is mixed for 30 minutes with good agitation, filtered, cooled and then 2 gallons of cherry cola flavor and 62 fl. Oz. sucralose liquid concentrate (SPLENDA® sweetener) is added. The concentrate is diluted with 3 parts carbonated water and bottled. The final beverage contains 219 mg of Calcium, 87 mg of Magnesium and 189 mg of Phosphorus per serving. This beverage was found to be comparable in taste, sweetness and mouthfeel to commercially available diet pepper beverages, and remains good-tasting and clear with no sediment formation after one year storage at room temperature.
A good-tasting low-calorie cola beverage is prepared by making a beverage concentrate then diluting the concentrate with carbonated water. The concentrate is mixed by combining 191 gallons of 60° C. potable water with 1.7 pounds of sodium benzoate, 94 pounds of Calcium Magnesium Blend (prepared as described in Lederman) and 65 fl. Oz. of 80% H3PO4. This addition of H3PO4 provides less than one mg of additional Phosphorus to this beverage. This solution is mixed for 30 minutes with good agitation, filtered, cooled and then 2 gallons and 16 fl. Oz. of cola flavor and 82 fl. Oz. sucralose liquid concentrate (SPLENDA® sweetener) is added. The concentrate is diluted with 3 parts carbonated water and bottled. The final beverage contains 219 mg of Calcium, 87 mg of Magnesium and 189 mg of Phosphorus per serving. This beverage was found to be comparable in taste, sweetness and mouthfeel to commercially available diet cola beverages, and remains good-tasting and clear with no sediment formation after one year storage at room temperature.
A good-tasting low-calorie cola beverage is prepared by making a beverage concentrate then diluting the concentrate with carbonated water. The concentrate is mixed by combining 191 gallons of 60° C. potable water with 1.7 pounds of sodium benzoate, 94 pounds of Calcium Magnesium Blend (prepared as described in Lederman) and 65 fl. Oz. of 80% H3PO4. This addition of H3PO4 provides less than one mg of additional Phosphorus to this beverage. This solution is mixed for 30 minutes with good agitation, filtered, cooled and then 2 gallons and 16 fl. Oz. of cola flavor and 3.68 pounds of aspartame is added. The concentrate is diluted with 3 parts carbonated water and bottled. The final beverage contains 219 mg of Calcium, 87 mg of Magnesium and 189 mg of Phosphorus per serving. This beverage was found to be comparable in taste, sweetness and mouthfeel to commercially available diet cola beverages, and remains good-tasting and clear with no sediment formation after one year storage at room temperature.
A good-tasting full-calorie cola beverage is prepared by making a beverage concentrate then diluting the concentrate with carbonated water. The concentrate is mixed by combining 191 gallons of 60° C. potable water with 1.7 pounds of sodium benzoate, 94 pounds of Calcium Magnesium Blend (prepared as described in Lederman) and 65 fl. Oz. of 80% H3PO4. This addition of H3PO4 provides less than one mg of additional Phosphorus to this beverage. This solution is mixed for 30 minutes with good agitation, filtered, cooled and then 2 gallons and 16 fl. Oz. of cola flavor and 680 pounds of sucrose is added. The concentrate is diluted with 3 parts carbonated water and bottled. The final beverage contains 219 mg of Calcium, 87 mg of Magnesium and 189 mg of Phosphorus per serving. This beverage was found to be comparable in taste, sweetness and mouthfeel to commercially available full-calorie cola beverages, and remains good-tasting and clear with no sediment formation after one year storage at room temperature.
The following formula is an example of a composition used in the present invention. These components are processed as taught by Lederman U.S. Pat. No. 6,569,477 B2. This example is illustrative of the compositions taught in this invention and is not limiting in any sense.
