Low calorie drink tablet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9560870-B2
Application number	US-201314374772-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 25, 2013
Priority date	Feb 1, 2012
Publication date	Feb 7, 2017
Grant date	Feb 7, 2017

Abstract

A beverage tablet comprising an effervescent system including a base selected from one or more carbonates, bicarbonates, or combinations thereof, where the base is present in an amount of about 5 wt % to about 40 wt % of the tablet; and where the tablet self-disperses in an aqueous liquid in less than about three minutes to produce a beverage.

First claim

We claim:

1. A beverage tablet comprising:
an effervescent system comprising (i) a base selected from one or more carbonates, bicarbonates, or combinations thereof, (ii) an acid selected from citric acid, aspartic acid, malic acid, adipic acid, tartaric acid, fumaric acid, succinic acid, and mixtures thereof, wherein the base is present in an amount of about 5 wt % to about 40 wt % of the tablet; and a texturizing agent in an amount of about 0.1 wt % to about 4 wt % of the tablet,
wherein the texturizing agent is a high viscosity carboxymethylcellulose having a viscosity at 25° C. of about 2500 mPas to about 6000 mPas,
wherein the beverage exhibits a texture and/or mouthfeel traditionally associated with a sugar-sweetened or juice-containing beverage,
and wherein the tablet self-disperses in an aqueous liquid in less than about three minutes to produce a beverage that is free of visible particles floating after the tablet has dissolved.

2. The beverage tablet of claim 1 , wherein the beverage comprises potassium and/or sodium in an amount of less than about 200 mg per sodium.

3. The beverage tablet of claim 1 , wherein the beverage is a low calorie beverage.

4. The beverage tablet of claim 1 , comprising a lubricant in an amount of about 0.1 wt % to about 8 wt % of the tablet.

5. The beverage tablet of claim 4 , wherein the lubricant comprises corn oil.

6. A method of preparing a beverage comprising adding the beverage tablet of claim 1 to an aqueous liquid.

7. The beverage tablet of claim 1 , wherein the beverage has a viscosity at 11° C. of about 3 mPas to about 15 mPas.

8. The beverage table of claim 1 , wherein the acid is present in an amount of about 20 wt % to about 60 wt % of the tablet.

9. A method of preparing a beverage tablet comprising combining:
(a) an effervescent system comprising (i) a base selected from one or more carbonates, bicarbonates, or combinations thereof, (ii) an acid selected from citric acid, aspartic acid, malic acid, adipic acid, tartaric acid, fumaric acid, succinic acid, and mixtures thereof, wherein the base is present in an amount of about 5 wt % to about 40 wt % of the tablet;
(b) a lubricant in an amount of about 0.1 wt % to about 8 wt % of the tablet; and
(c) a texturizing agent in an amount of about 0.1 wt % to about 10 wt % of the tablet, wherein the texturizing agent is a high viscosity carboxymethylcellulose having a viscosity at 25° C. of about 2500 mPas to about 6000 mPas;
to prepare a beverage tablet, wherein the tablet self-disperses in an aqueous liquid in less than about three minutes to produce a beverage that is free of visible particles floating after the tablet has dissolved.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the lubricant comprising corn oil.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the texturizing agent comprises carboxymethylcellulose.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the texturing agents is present in the effervescent system in an amount of about 0.1 wt % to about 4 wt %.

Assignees

• Intercontinental Great Brands Llc

Inventors

• Schultz Hayley
• Cobos Maria Del Pilar I
• Leis Paul

Classifications

• A23L2/40 Primary

  Effervescence-generating compositions · CPC title

• A23L2/395

  in a particular shape or form · CPC title

• A23V2002/00

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