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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:
Jan. 28, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 06, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
William F Chalupa, Aurora, IL (US);
Alan H King, Westfield, NJ (US);
Donald A Giampetro, Cherry Hill, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426590 ; 426271 ; 426518 ; 426519 ; 426520 ; 426573 ; 426594 ;
Abstract
A stable, pourable gelled beverage containing gellan gum. A process for preparing a gelled beverage which involves dispersing gellan gum and other beverage ingredients in solution agitating the solution, heating the solution while stirring, and concurrently rapidly cooling and shearing the solution. The beverage, which does not require the presence of other gelling agents or stabilizers, contains between about 0.01% and 0.15% gellan gum.