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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 29, 1997
Jonathan Javier Calderas, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Thomas Ray Graumlich, West Harrison, IN (US);
Leonard Jenkins, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Robert Phillip Sabin, Cincinnati, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
The noncarbonated beverage products have a pH of between 2.5 and 4.5 and contain from about 300 ppm to about 3000 ppm of a polyphosphate; from about 100 ppm to about 1000 ppm of a preservative selected from sorbic acid, benzoic acid, alkali metal salts thereof and mixtures thereof; from about 0.1% to about 20% by weight of fruit juice; and from about 80% to about 99% by weight of added water, wherein the added water contains from 0 ppm to about 60 ppm of hardness, and preferably contains from 0 ppm to about 300 ppm of alkalinity. These noncarbonated beverage products can be stored at ambient temperatures for at least about 10 days, without substantial microbial proliferation therein after exposure to beverage spoilage organisms.