Preparation and incorporation of co-products into beverages to enhance nutrition and sensory attributes

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10667546-B2
Application number	US-201414766828-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 7, 2014
Priority date	Feb 15, 2013
Publication date	Jun 2, 2020
Grant date	Jun 2, 2020

Abstract

Co-products from juice extraction, in particular for use in beverage and food products to enhance nutrition and sensory attributes of the products, are provided. The co-product has a number average particle size of between 1 and 2000 microns, a total polyphenol content of at least 2500 parts per million, a moisture content of between 70% and 85% by weight, and a combined peel and seed content between 0.01% and 20% by weight.

First claim

We claim:

1. A beverage comprising:
juice; and
a co-product from juice extraction, wherein the co-product comprises a number average particle size of between 0.1 and 2000 microns, a total polyphenol content of at least 2500 parts per million, a moisture content of between 70% and 85% by weight, and a combined peel and seed content between 0.01% and 20% by weight; and
wherein a viscosity of 8 ounces of the beverage comprising at least 10 wt % of the co-product is at least 300 cps at 25° C.

2. The beverage of claim 1 , wherein the co-product comprises citrus pomace co-product.

3. The beverage of claim 2 , wherein the juice comprises orange juice.

4. The beverage of claim 1 , wherein the viscosity of 8 ounces of the beverage comprising about 15 wt % of the co-product is about 1100 cps at 25° C.

5. The beverage of claim 1 , wherein the co-product comprises between about 6% and about 20% by weight fiber, wherein the fiber of the co-product comprises both insoluble fiber and soluble fiber.

6. The beverage of claim 5 , wherein the fiber of the co-product comprises a ratio of soluble fiber to insoluble fiber of about 1:2.

7. The beverage of claim 1 , wherein the co-product comprises a combined peel and seed content between 0.01% and 2% by weight.

8. The beverage of claim 1 , wherein 8 ounces of the beverage comprising about 10 wt % of the co-product further comprises at least 2 grams of fiber.

9. The beverage of claim 1 , wherein the viscosity of 8 ounces of the beverage comprising about 20 wt % of the co-product is about 3400 cps at 25° C.

10. The beverage of claim 9 , wherein 8 ounces of the beverage comprising about 20 wt % of the co-product further comprises at least 5 grams of fiber.

Assignees

• Pepsico Inc

Inventors

• Bala Sundar
• Hitchcock Bryan William
• Hsieh Mongjan
• Jordan Rachel Lisa
• Mathews Jeffrey David
• Rivera Teodoro
• Shin Jin-E
• Small Ii William B

Classifications

• A23V2002/00

  Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs · CPC title

• A23L33/22

  Comminuted fibrous parts of plants, e.g. bagasse or pulp · CPC title

• A23L2/52 Primary

  Adding ingredients (adding preservatives A23B70/10) · CPC title

• A23L2/04

  Extraction of juices (machines or apparatus for extracting juice A23N1/00, A47J19/00) · CPC title

• A23L2/02 Primary

  containing fruit or vegetable juices · CPC title