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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 1990
Filed:
Jun. 21, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven S Kwon, New Milford, CT (US);
Jeffrey H Main, North Salem, NY (US);
Constance L Smith, New Milford, CT (US);
Assignee:
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426130 ; 426271 ; 426594 ; 426597 ; 426580 ;
Abstract
A beverage composition is provided which contains a beverage vehicle containing milk protein, a beverage base of coffee or tea, kappa carrageenan and buffering and chelating agents including a phosphate and at least one of sodium alginate and propylene glycol alginate. The beverage composition is heat treated for sterilizing it and may be aseptically packaged for a long shelf life at room temperature.