Beverages having stable flavor/cloud emulsions in the presence of polyphosphate-containing preservative systems by including gellan gum
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1. A dilute juice beverage which comprises:
- (a) from about 0.2 to about 5% of an oil-in-water beverage emulsion selected from the group consisting of flavor emulsions and cloud emulsions;
(b) from 0 to about 40% flavor solids selected from the group consisting of fruit juice, tea solids, and mixtures thereof;
(c) from about 0.005 to about 0.04% gellan gum;
(d) from about 100 ppm to about 1000 ppm of a preservative selected from the group consisting of sorbic acid, benzoic acid, alkali metal salts thereof and mixtures thereof;
(e) an amount of a water soluble polyphosphate effective to enhance the antimicrobial potency of said preservative;
(f) from about 60 to about 99% by weight of added water having from 0 ppm to about 180 ppm of hardness.
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A beverage such as a dilute juice or tea beverage having a stable flavor/cloud emulsion which contains from about 0.005 to about 0.04% gellan gum, from about 100 ppm to about 1000 ppm of a preservative selected from sorbic acid, benzoic acid, alkali metal salts thereof and mixtures thereof, from about 300 ppm to about 3000 ppm of a food grade water soluble polyphosphate, and from about 60 to about 99% by weight of added water having from 0 ppm to about 180 ppm of hardness.
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1. A dilute juice beverage which comprises:
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(a) from about 0.2 to about 5% of an oil-in-water beverage emulsion selected from the group consisting of flavor emulsions and cloud emulsions; (b) from 0 to about 40% flavor solids selected from the group consisting of fruit juice, tea solids, and mixtures thereof; (c) from about 0.005 to about 0.04% gellan gum; (d) from about 100 ppm to about 1000 ppm of a preservative selected from the group consisting of sorbic acid, benzoic acid, alkali metal salts thereof and mixtures thereof; (e) an amount of a water soluble polyphosphate effective to enhance the antimicrobial potency of said preservative; (f) from about 60 to about 99% by weight of added water having from 0 ppm to about 180 ppm of hardness. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A noncarbonated dilute juice beverage which has a pH from about 2.5 to about 4.5 and which comprises:
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(a) from about 0.2 to about 3% of an oil-in-water beverage emulsion selected from the group consisting of flavor emulsions and cloud emulsions; (b) from about 1 to about 20% fruit juice; (c) from about 0.01 to about 0.03% gellan gum; (d) from about 200 ppm to about 1000 ppm of a preservative selected from the group consisting of sorbic acid, benzoic acid, alkali metal salts thereof and mixtures thereof; (e) from about 900 ppm to about 3000 ppm of a water soluble polyphosphate having the following general formula;
space="preserve" listing-type="equation">(MPO.sub.3).sub.nwherein n averages from about 13 to about 30 and wherein each M is a sodium atom; (f) from about 80 to about 99% by weight of added water having from 0 ppm to about 60 ppm of hardness. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A process for preparing a pasteurized dilute juice beverage having a stable beverage emulsion, which comprises the steps of:
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(1) forming a dilute juice beverage comprising; (a) from about 0.2 to about 5% of an oil-in-water beverage emulsion selected from the group consisting of flavor emulsions and cloud emulsions; (b) from about 0.1 to about 40% fruit juice; (c) from about 0.005 to about 0.04% gellan gum; (d) from about 100 ppm to about 1000 ppm of a preservative selected from the group consisting of sorbic acid, benzoic acid, alkali metal salts thereof and mixtures thereof; (e) from about 300 ppm to about 3000 ppm of a water soluble polyphosphate; (f) from about 60 to about 99% by weight of added water having from 0 ppm to about 180 ppm of hardness (2) pasteurizing the dilute juice beverage at a temperature of at least about 180°
F. (82.2°
C.);(3) cooling the pasteurized dilute juice beverage to about 60°
F. (15.6°
C.) or less in about 90 seconds or less. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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