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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 16, 2008
Applicants:

Kieran Patrick Spelman, New City, NY (US);

Jimbay P. Loh, Green Oaks, IL (US);

Maria Velissariou, Scarsdale, NY (US);

Yeong-ching Albert Hong, Kildeer, IL (US);

Inventors:

Kieran Patrick Spelman, New City, NY (US);

Jimbay P. Loh, Green Oaks, IL (US);

Maria Velissariou, Scarsdale, NY (US);

Yeong-Ching Albert Hong, Kildeer, IL (US);

Assignee:

Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC, Northfield, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23C 9/18 (2006.01); A23L 1/304 (2006.01); A23L 2/39 (2006.01); A23C 9/154 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 2/39 (2013.01); A23C 9/1542 (2013.01); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention relates to instant acidified milk beverages and methods for producing such instant acidified milk beverages. More specifically, the present invention provides a powdered composition which can be added to a liquid milk product with minimal mixing to produce an instant acidified milk beverage having a smooth texture. Even more specifically, the powdered composition includes at least one edible monobasic salt of polyprotonic acid. The powdered composition may include a buffer salt, and other optional ingredients such as sweetener, thickener, fiber, bulking agent, anti-caking agent, fruit juice solid, flavor, and colorant, etc.


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