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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2004
Filed:
May. 14, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Marian Blyth, Bedford, GB;
Aminata Yanda Kanu, Bath, GB;
Roy Michael Kirby, Bedford, GB;
Malcolm Stratford, Bedford, GB;
Assignee:
Lipton, division of Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23F 3/00 ; A23L 2/44 ; A23L 2/38 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23F 3/00 ; A23L 2/44 ; A23L 2/38 ;
Abstract
A beverage that contains a preservative system that contains 1 to 175 ppm cinnamic acid, 10 to 200 ppm sorbic acid or benzoic acid, and at least one essential oil other than cinnamic acid. Minimizing the concentration of sorbic and benzoic acid in this way enables one to prepare an ambient-stable beverage whilst avoiding the adverse effects that sorbic and benzoic acid can have on taste.