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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1997
Michael Charles Cirigliano, Cresskill, NJ (US);
William Conrad Franke, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Meghan Mary Kemly, Mahwah, NJ (US);
Raymond Thomas McKenna, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Paul John Rothenberg, New Milford, NJ (US);
Lipton, Division of Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);
Abstract
An aqueous based tea solids containing beverage is taught which also contains a sufficient amount of cinnamic acid its salts and esters as a flavoring/antimicrobial compound and employs a hurdle approach with selected levels of water hardness, polyphosphate, sequestrants, pH adjustment, benzoic acid and sorbic acid to prevent microbiological outgrowth while simultaneously contributing to the pleasant flavor of the beverage thus making the beverage acceptable both organoleptically and microbiologically.