C. bot prevention in coffee
AssigneeKerflummox Holdings, LLC
InventorsJanice Benson, Oussama Sabky
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Abstract
A packaged coffee product with oxygen dissolved therein along with milk and/or sweeteners in the sealed packaging is provided. Preferably, the pH of the product is 4.6 or greater, preferably 5.0 or greater. The coffee product may be hot or cold brew coffee and may have other gasses such as nitrogen and/or carbon-dioxide in the sealed container. Ideally, there is oxygen in both the headspace and liquid portion of the beverage in order to inhibit C. bot growth without requiring retort processing. Preferably, the calorie count is in the range of 0.5-9 calories per ounce.
Claims20
A method of manufacturing shelf stable packaged coffee comprising:
- dissolving oxygen into a liquid coffee product;
- and
- packaging said liquid coffee product with oxygen dissolved therein into a sealed container along with one or more of the group consisting of:
- milk, flavor additives, carbohydrate sweetener and artificial sweetener, to create a packaged coffee product wherein the packaged coffee product which has a caloric content of 0.5-9 calories per ounce;
- and
- shipping said packaged liquid coffee product and such that after packaging and prior to shipping said packaged liquid coffee product has been only subject to temperatures less than 100 deg Celsius while in the sealed container and not subject to temperatures above 100 deg Celsius while in the sealed container such that said packaged liquid coffee product is not subject to retort processing.
A packaged coffee product comprising:
- a sealed container with a liquid portion comprising coffee with oxygen dissolved therein;
- wherein the product is free of Clostridium botulinum (C. bot) and the liquid portion further includes one or more of the group consisting of:
- milk, carbohydrate sweetener and artificial sweetener, to create the packaged coffee product wherein the packaged coffee product has 0.5-9 calories per ounce wherein said packaged liquid coffee product is not subject to temperatures associated with retort processing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.