High protein, fruit flavoured beverage; high protein, fruit and vegetable preparation; and related methods and food products

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10729150-B2
Application number	US-201415031217-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 23, 2014
Priority date	Oct 23, 2013
Publication date	Aug 4, 2020
Grant date	Aug 4, 2020

Abstract

The present invention pertains to a new type of high protein, fruit flavoured beverage comprising fruit flavouring agents and high protein denatured whey protein compositions, and to a method of producing the beverage. The invention particularly pertains to fruit flavoured beverages having a protein content of at least 4% (w/w). The invention furthermore relates to high protein fruit and/or vegetable preparations which e.g. are advantageous for the production of high protein, fruit- and/or vegetable-flavoured yoghurt. The invention also relates to food products containing the high protein fruit and/or vegetable preparations and to method for producing these.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A high protein, fruit-flavoured beverage containing:
water,
a sweetener
a total amount of protein of at least 4% (w/w)
a total amount of the solids of a denatured whey protein composition of at least 2% (w/w) relative to the total weight of the beverage, the denatured whey protein composition containing:
a total amount of protein of at least 60% (w/w) on a dry weight basis relative to the total weight of the denatured whey protein composition,
insoluble whey protein particles having a particle size in the range of 1-10 microns, where the amount of said insoluble whey protein particles is in the range of 50-100% (w/w) relative to the total amount of protein of the denatured whey protein composition,
a fruit flavouring agent in an amount of at least 5% (w/w) relative to the total weight of the beverage, and
a food acid,
said beverage having a pH in the range of 3.0-4.8.

2. The high protein, fruit-flavoured beverage according to claim 1 , wherein the denatured whey protein composition is:
a powder, or
an aqueous suspension.

3. The high protein, fruit-flavoured beverage according to claim 1 , wherein the total protein:ash content weight ratio of the denatured whey protein composition is at least 15.

4. The high protein, fruit-flavoured beverage according to claim 1 , wherein the total amount of protein is at least 5% (w/w).

5. The high protein, fruit-flavoured beverage according to claim 1 , wherein the beverage has been heat-treated.

6. The high protein, fruit-flavoured beverage according to claim 1 , wherein the sweetener comprises a sugar, a sugar alcohol and/or a high intensity sweetener.

7. The high protein, fruit-flavoured beverage according to claim 1 , wherein the fruit flavouring agent is selected from orange flavour, lemon flavour, lime flavour, pine apple flavour, apple flavour, pear flavour, strawberry flavour, cherry flavour, cranberry flavour, grape fruit flavour.

8. The high protein, fruit-flavoured beverage according to claim 1 , wherein the fruit flavouring agent also contains food acid.

9. The high protein, fruit-flavoured beverage according to claim 1 , wherein substantially all the food acid of the beverage has been provided by the fruit flavouring agent.

10. The high protein, fruit-flavoured beverage according to claim 1 , wherein food acid is selected from the group consisting of citric acid, malic acid, tartaric acid, acetic acid, benzoic acid, butyric acid, lactic acid, fumaric acid, succinic acid, ascorbic acid, adipic acid, phosphoric acid, and mixtures thereof.

11. The high protein, fruit-flavoured beverage according to claim 1 , containing a total amount of food acid of at least 0.1% (w/w).

12. The high protein, fruit-flavoured beverage according to claim 1 , wherein the fruit flavouring agent comprises a fruit juice or a fruit juice concentrate.

13. The high protein, fruit-flavoured beverage according to claim 1 , containing less than 5% casein relative to the total amount of protein.

14. The high protein, fruit-flavoured beverage according to claim 1 , containing at most 10 6 viable bacteria per mL.

15. The high protein, fruit-flavoured beverage according to claim 1 , having a viscosity in the range of 3-400 cP.

16. The high protein, fruit-flavoured beverage according to claim 1 , having a total ash content of at most 2% (w/w).

17. A method of producing a high protein, fruit-flavoured beverage according to claim 1 , the method comprising:
a) forming a mixture comprising:
water,
sweetener,
a total amount of protein of at least 4% (w/w)
a total amount of solids of a denatured whey protein composition of at least 2% (w/w) relative to the total weight of the beverage, the denatured whey protein composition containing:
a total amount of protein of at least 60% (w/w) relative to the total weight of the partly denatured whey protein composition,
insoluble whey protein particles having a particle size in the range of 1-10 microns, where the amount of said insoluble whey protein particles is in the range of 50-100% (w/w) relative to the total amount of the denatured whey protein composition,
a fruit flavouring agent in an amount of at least 5% (w/w) relative to the total weight of the beverage, and
food acid

b) optionally, if the pH of mixture is higher than pH 4.8, reducing the pH of mixture to a pH in the range of 3.0-4.8 by addition of a food acid, and
c) packaging the mixture,
wherein:
i) the mixture is heat-treated prior, during or after packaging, or
ii) the mixture is made of one or more heat-treated ingredients.

18. The high protein, fruit-flavoured beverage according to claim 1 , wherein the denatured whey protein composition further contains:
i. insoluble whey protein particles having a particle size of more than 10 microns in an amount of at most 10% (w/w) relative to the total amount of protein of the denatured whey protein composition; or
ii. insoluble whey protein particles having a particle size of less than 0.5 microns in an amount of at most 10% (w/w) relative to the total amount of protein of the denatured whey protein composition; or
iii. insoluble whey protein particles having a particle size of more than 10 microns in an amount of at most 10% (w/w) relative to the total amount of protein and insoluble whey protein particles having a particle size of less than 0.5 microns in an amount of at most 10% (w/w) relative to the total amount of protein.

19. The high protein, fruit-flavoured beverage according to claim 1 , containing a total amount of protein of at least 70% (w/w) on a dry weight basis relative to the total weight of the denatured whey protein composition.

20. The high protein, fruit-flavoured beverage according to claim 1 , containing a fruit flavouring agent in an amount of 5%-80% (w/w) relative to the total weight of the beverage.

Assignees

• Arla Foods Amba

Inventors

• Pedersen Henrik
• Tingleff Morten

Classifications

• A23C9/1315

  Non-milk proteins or fats; Seeds, pulses, cereals or soja; Fatty acids, phospholipids, mono- or diglycerides or derivatives therefrom; Egg products · CPC title

• A23L33/19

  Dairy proteins · CPC title

• A23L19/09

  Mashed or comminuted products, e.g. pulp, purée, sauce, or products made therefrom, e.g. snacks (A23L19/01, A23L19/10, A23L27/63 and A23L21/00 take precedence) · CPC title

• A23C9/123

  using only microorganisms of the genus lactobacteriaceae; Yoghurt (A23C9/13 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A23L2/66 Primary

  Proteins · CPC title