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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 1987
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1984
John D Efstathiou, Plymouth, MN (US);
Robert Dechaine, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Robert Zoss, Plymouth, MN (US);
General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are juice-milk beverages exhibiting minimal curdling and/or precipitation; new juice components and milk components for such beverages; and ion exchange methods of preparing such components and beverages. The milk component is prepared by first decationizing milk by contacting with a cation exchanging resin to a pH of below 3.2 to 1.5, and then anion exchanging to a pH of 3.5 to 4.5. The juice component is decationized to a pH of 2.5 to 1.3, deanionized to a pH of 8-11.5, and then acidulated by cation exchange to a pH of 3.0 to 4.5. Blends of the juice and milk are then essentially homogenized and then optionally pasteurized or sterilized and/or carbonated to prepare the new beverages.