Ready to drink beverages and methods of making thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9788558-B2
Application number	US-201314398771-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 5, 2013
Priority date	May 4, 2012
Publication date	Oct 17, 2017
Grant date	Oct 17, 2017

Abstract

Ready to drink beverages are provided. In a general embodiment, the present disclosure provides a ready to drink high-protein chocolate beverage including a protein component, a cocoa component, and a stabilizing system. The protein component may be present in an amount from about 4% to about 12% by weight of the beverage. The stabilizing system includes sodium hexamethaphosphate and a hydrocolloid component.

First claim

The invention is claimed as follows:

1. A shelf-stable ready to drink beverage comprising:
a protein component present in an amount from about 4% to about 12% by weight of the beverage;
a cocoa component; and
a stabilizing system comprising (i) sodium hexametaphosphate in an amount from about 0.015% to about 0.03% by weight of the beverage and (ii) a hydrocolloid component comprising a cellulose component and a carrageenan component, wherein the hydrocolloid component is about 0.115% to about 0.335% by weight of the beverage.

2. The shelf-stable ready to drink beverage of claim 1 , wherein a viscosity of the beverage ranges from about 8 to about 15 cP at about a refrigeration temperature.

3. The shelf-stable ready to drink beverage of claim 1 , wherein a weight ratio of the hydrocolloid component to the sodium hexametaphosphate is about 3.8:1 to 22.3:1.

4. The shelf-stable ready to drink beverage of claim 1 , wherein the cellulose component is selected from the group consisting of microcrystalline cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, and combinations thereof.

5. The shelf-stable ready to drink beverage of claim 1 , wherein the carrageenan component is selected from the group consisting of kappa carrageenan, lambda carrageenan, iota carrageenan, and combinations thereof.

6. The shelf-stable ready to drink beverage of claim 4 , wherein the cellulose component comprises microcrystalline cellulose and carboxymethyl cellulose, and a weight ratio of the microcrystalline cellulose to the carboxymethyl cellulose is about 30:1 to about 4:1.

7. The shelf-stable ready to drink beverage of claim 1 , wherein the carrageenan component is present in an amount from about 0.005% to about 0.01% by weight of the beverage.

8. The shelf-stable ready to drink beverage of claim 1 , wherein the beverage comprises malt extract.

9. A method for making a high-protein shelf-stable ready to drink beverage, the method comprising:
mixing a protein component, a cocoa component, and a stabilizing system comprising (i) sodium hexametaphosphate in an amount from about 0.015% to about 0.03% by weight of the beverage and (ii) a hydrocolloid component comprising a cellulose component and a carrageenan component, wherein the protein component is about 4% to about 12% by weight of the beverage, and the hydrocolloid component is about 0.115% to about 0.335% by weight of the beverage, and wherein the stabilizing system is formulated to maintain a viscosity of the beverage in a range from about 8 to about 15 cP at about a refrigeration temperature and to prevent sedimentation and other phase separation during storage.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the cellulose component is selected from the group consisting of microcrystalline cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, and combinations thereof.

Assignees

• Nestec Sa

Inventors

• Pascual Teresita Bautista
• Sher Alexander A

Classifications

• A23L2/52

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

• A23G1/56 Primary

  Liquid products; Solid products in the form of powders, flakes or granules for making liquid products, e.g. for making chocolate milk {, drinks and the products for their preparation, pastes for spreading or milk crumb (A23G1/305 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• A23L29/256

  from seaweeds, e.g. alginates, agar or carrageenan · CPC title

• Y10S426/81

  Energy rations, e.g. emergency rations, survival rations · CPC title

• A23L2/66

  Proteins · CPC title