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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2013
Applicant:
Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Remco Joannes Koppert, Woerden, NL;
Krassimir Petkov Velikov, Utrecht, NL;
Assignee:
Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23F 3/14 (2006.01); A23F 3/16 (2006.01); A23L 29/262 (2016.01); A23L 33/21 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23F 3/14 (2013.01); A23F 3/163 (2013.01); A23L 29/262 (2016.08); A23L 33/21 (2016.08);
Abstract
The invention relates to a ready-to-drink tea beverage comprising water, tea solids, protein and primary cell wall material. The primary cell wall material is derived from plant parenchymal tissue and has been treated to contain at least partially disentangled cellulose microfibrils. The invention further relates to a method for preparing said ready-to-drink tea beverage comprising the steps of •—mixing at least part of the water and primary cell wall material; and •—subjecting this mixture to mechanical energy and/or cavitation.