Starch-based clouding agent for powdered beverages
AssigneeKraft Foods Group Brands LLC
InventorsStacey Ann Hirt, Andrew E. McPherson, John B. Topinka, Maria Del Pilar Cobos
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Abstract
Disclosed are starch-based powdered clouding agents for dry beverage mixes and beverage mixes including such powdered clouding agents. The starch-based powdered clouding agent may consist essentially of retrograded maltodextrin and is substantially free of titanium dioxide. Methods of preparing beverage mixes including such powdered clouding agents are disclosed. The powdered clouding agents may be added to water to form a cloudy solution or to a dry beverage mix that may form a beverage having an opacity substantially the same as a comparable natural beverage when reconstituted with water.
Claims13
1-12. (canceled)
A method of preparing a powdered starch-based clouding agent for a dry beverage mix composition, the method comprising:
- adding about 10% by weight to about 40% by weight maltodextrin to water to form a first maltodextrin solution where the maltodextrin is dissolved in the water;
- heating the first maltodextrin solution at a temperature from about 125° F. to about 175° F. to form a heated first solution;
- storing the heated first solution for at least about 12 hours to provide a second solution;
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- drying the second solution to form the powdered clouding agent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.