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Beverages having stable flavor/cloud emulsions in the presence of polyphosphate-containing preservative systems by including gellan gum

  • US 5,641,532 A
  • Filed: 12/15/1995
  • Issued: 06/24/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/15/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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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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