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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2005
Helen Akinruli, Danbury, CT (US);
Cynthia Clark, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Rama Gadiraju, White Plains, NY (US);
Helen Akinruli, Danbury, CT (US);
Cynthia Clark, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Rama Gadiraju, White Plains, NY (US);
PEPSICO, INC., Purchase, NY (US);
Abstract
A shelf-stable, non-refrigerated reduced-calorie beverage that contains about 8 to about 12% fruit juice by volume is provided. The beverage contains at least one nutritive sweetener and at least one non-nutritive sweetener. Preferably, the equivalent sucrose sweetness ratio of the at least one non-nutritive sweetener to all of the total sweeteners is from about 0.35 to about 0.45. Preferably, the at least one non-nutritive sweetener comprises aspartame and acesulfame potassium.