Phenolic antioxidant-supplemented infusion beverage
OwnerDaniel Perlmaninventor
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Abstract
A dry composition that is brewed with potable liquid to produce an infusion beverage and methods of using such compositions are described. The composition includes a first amount of fruit and/or vegetable-derived particulate solids combined with a second pre-measured amount of a particulate bioactive component-containing material, advantageously an antioxidant-rich material. When immersed in the liquid the composition releases the phenolic antioxidants to produce a serving of the beverage. The bioactive component-containing material is advantageously configured and sized to remain substantially uniformly distributed throughout the dry composition.
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A dry composition that is brewed with water to produce an infusion beverage, comprising
- fruit-derived or vegetable-derived particulate solids or both that provide flavor in said infusion beverage;
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- a separate artificially produced particulate material comprising at least one bioactive component that is released into said fusion beverage, wherein said particulate material is configured to remain substantially distributed throughout said dry composition.
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A dry composition that is brewed with hot water to produce an infusion beverage, wherein said composition comprises
- a first pre-measured amount of fruit-derived or vegetable-derived dry particulate solids or both that provide flavor, combined with
- a second pre-measured amount of antioxidant-containing material sufficient to release during brewing at least 25 mg of water-dispersible phenolic antioxidants (measured as gallic acid equivalents) per serving of said beverage, wherein said antioxidant-containing material is configured and arranged to remain distributed throughout or around said dry composition.
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