PROTEIN BEVERAGE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME
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1. A protein beverage composition suitable for human consumption, comprising:
- protein essentially free of caseinate and derived from an aqueous protein isolate collected from membrane-filtration isolation of the protein and without substantial drying; and
, wherein said protein beverage composition exhibits a pH ranging from about 2.0 to about 4.6, whereby substantial solubility of the protein is maintained in the beverage composition, and wherein said protein beverage is essentially free of active microbes known to be harmful to human health, both at the time of packaging of the protein beverage and for a time period of at least one year after packaging.
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A protein beverage composition and a method of making it relate to a beverage including a protein essentially free of caseinate and derived from an aqueous protein isolate collected from membrane-filtration isolation of the protein and without substantial drying the protein beverage composition exhibits a pH ranging from about 2.0 to about 4.6. Substantial solubility of the protein is maintained in the beverage composition, and the protein beverage is essentially free of active microbes known to be harmful to human health, both at the time of packaging of the protein beverage and for a time period of at least one year after packaging.
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1. A protein beverage composition suitable for human consumption, comprising:
- protein essentially free of caseinate and derived from an aqueous protein isolate collected from membrane-filtration isolation of the protein and without substantial drying; and
, wherein said protein beverage composition exhibits a pH ranging from about 2.0 to about 4.6, whereby substantial solubility of the protein is maintained in the beverage composition, and wherein said protein beverage is essentially free of active microbes known to be harmful to human health, both at the time of packaging of the protein beverage and for a time period of at least one year after packaging. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 63, 64)
- protein essentially free of caseinate and derived from an aqueous protein isolate collected from membrane-filtration isolation of the protein and without substantial drying; and
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13. A method of preparing a protein beverage, comprising:
- admixing an aqueous protein isolate, collected from membrane-filtration isolation of the protein without substantial drying and with a pH adjusting agent to provide a pH of between about 2 and about 4.6, thereby obtaining an admixture.
- View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 65, 66)
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25. A protein beverage concentrate composition suitable for dilution to generate a beverage suitable for human consumption, comprising:
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about 0% by weight to about 60% by weight juice concentrate, wherein said juice concentrate has a Brix value of about 20°
Brix to about 75°
Brix;about 0.02% by weight to about 75% by weight protein, derived from an aqueous protein isolate collected from membrane-filtration isolation of the protein and without substantial drying; and wherein both, at the time of packaging of the protein beverage concentrate and during subsequent storage without refrigeration, substantial solubility of the protein is maintained in the protein beverage concentrate, and wherein said protein beverage concentrate is essentially free of pathogenic microbes known to be harmful to human health, both at the time of packaging of the protein beverage concentrate and during subsequent storage. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A method of making a protein beverage concentrate composition suitable for dilution to generate a beverage suitable for human consumption, comprising:
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admixing a juice concentrate having a Brix value of about 20°
Brix to about 75°
Brix, to achieve a percent by weight of juice concentrate of about 0% by weight to about 60% by weight juice, and a protein, derived from an aqueous protein isolate collected from membrane-filtration isolation of the protein and without substantial drying, to achieve a percent by weight of protein in the admixture of about 0.02% by weight to about 75% by weight, thereby obtaining an admixture; andpackaging said protein beverage concentrate in a container which may be stored at room temperature. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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58. A whey protein beverage comprising:
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about 0.01% by weight to about 15% by weight whey protein derived from an aqueous protein isolate collected from membrane-filtration isolation of the protein and without substantial drying, and a balance of water; wherein both at the time of packaging of the whey protein beverage and during any subsequent storage without refrigeration for a time period of at least one year after packaging, substantial solubility of the whey protein is maintained in said protein beverage and said protein beverage is substantially free of pathogenic microbes. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60, 61, 62)
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67. A protein beverage comprising:
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about 0.01% by weight to about 15% by weight protein, derived from an aqueous protein isolatecollected from membrane-filtration isolation of the protein and without substantial drying, and a balance of water; wherein both at the time of packaging of the protein beverage and during any subsequent storage without refrigeration for a time period of at least 18 months after packaging, substantial solubility of the protein is maintained in said protein beverage and said protein beverage is substantially free of pathogenic microbes. - View Dependent Claims (68, 69, 70)
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71. A method of preparing a protein beverage, comprising:
- admixing an aqueous protein isolate collected from membrane-filtration isolation of the protein and without substantial drying, with water and a pH adjusting agent to provide a pH of between about 3.0 and about 6.0, thereby obtaining an admixture.
- View Dependent Claims (72, 73, 74)
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