Color and shelf stable beverage compositions containing tea extract

US5780086A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Sanford Theodore Kirksey, Jr. · Cincinnati, US
• Athula Ekanayake · Cincinnati, US
• Edmund P. Pultinas, Jr. · St. Bernard, US
• Judith Ann Jones · Cleves, US
• Richard Fiske Stradling, Jr. · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 3, 1996
• Grant date: Jul 14, 1998
• Expiry date: Jan 3, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A23L2/58
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to color and shelf stable beverage compositions comprising: PA1 a) from about 0.4% to about 1.5% tea extract wherein the level of caffeine is from about 0.85% to about 3.2%; and the tea solids content is from about 12% to about 60%; PA1 b) from about 10 ppm to about 40 ppm colorant; PA1 c) from about 300 ppm to about 1500 ppm erythorbic acid or ascorbic acid; PA1 d) from about 0.5% to about 8.0% citric acid; PA1 e) an effective amount of sweetener; and PA1 f) water; and wherein the tea extract contains unoxidized flavanols.