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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 25, 1995
Linda Sokolik, Clifton, NJ (US);
James A Lewis, Park RIdge, NJ (US);
William F Chalupa, Chestnut Ridge, NY (US);
Bush Boake Allen, Inc., Montvale, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method for suspending inclusions in an acidic or alcoholic liquid composition is provided. The method includes the steps of preparing a pre-gel solution including gellan gum in water, providing a liquid composition having inclusions, incorporating the pre-gel solution into the liquid composition, and acidifying the liquid composition to produce a beverage and suspend the inclusions in the beverage. Alternatively, the liquid composition can be provided without inclusions and the inclusions may be added after the pre-gel solution is incorporated into the liquid composition to form a suspending solution or after the suspending solution is acidified to produce a beverage.