Preserved tea product
AssigneeConopco, Inc.
InventorsGary Mycock, Elizabeth-Ann Simons
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Abstract
The invention relates to a tea product comprising a preservative composition, wherein the tea product is a ready-to-drink beverage or a beverage concentrate, and the preservative composition comprises: (A) hexanal; (B) E-2-hexenal; (C) E-2-hexenol; (D) E-linalool oxide; (E) methanol; and (F) methyl salicylate, wherein the total concentration of (A)+(B)+(C)+(D)+(E)+(F) in the tea product is 10 ppm to 10000 ppm, and wherein tea product comprises linalool at a concentration such that the ratio of the linalool concentration to the total concentration of (A)+(B)+(C)+(D)+(E)+(F) in the tea product is 1:14 to 1:800.
Claims20
A tea product comprising a preservative composition, wherein the tea product is a ready-to-drink beverage or a beverage concentrate, and the preservative composition comprises:
- (A) hexanal;
- (B) E-2-hexenal;
- (C) E-2-hexenol;
- (D) E-linalool oxide;
- (E) methanol;
- and
- (F) methyl salicylate,
- wherein the total concentration of (A)+(B)+(C)+(D)+(E)+(F) in the tea product is 10 ppm to 10000 ppm, and
- wherein tea product comprises linalool at a concentration such that the ratio of the linalool concentration to the total concentration of (A)+(B)+(C)+(D)+(E)+(F) in the tea product is 1:14 to 1:800.
A method for preparing a preserved tea product, the method comprising adding a preservative composition to a tea product, wherein the tea product is a ready-to-drink beverage or a beverage concentrate, wherein the preservative composition comprises:
- (A) hexanal;
- (B) E-2-hexenal;
- (C) E-2-hexenol;
- (D) E-linalool oxide;
- (E) methanol;
- and
- (F) methyl salicylate,
- wherein the total concentration of (A)+(B)+(C)+(D)+(E)+(F) in the tea product is 10 ppm to 10000 ppm, and
- wherein tea product comprises linalool at a concentration such that the ratio of the linalool concentration to the total concentration of (A)+(B)+(C)+(D)+(E)+(F) in the tea product is 1:14 to 1:800.
A tea product comprising a preservative composition, wherein the tea product is a ready-to-drink beverage or a beverage concentrate, said preservative composition consisting essentially of:
- (A) hexanal;
- (B) E-2-hexenal;
- (C) E-2-hexenol;
- (D) E-linalool oxide;
- (E) methanol;
- and
- (F) methyl salicylate,
- wherein the total concentration of (A)+(B)+(C)+(D)+(E)+(F) in the tea product is 10 ppm to 10000 ppm, and
- wherein tea product comprises linalool at a concentration such that the ratio of the linalool concentration to the total concentration of (A)+(B)+(C)+(D)+(E)+(F) in the tea product is 1:14 to 1:800.
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