Fat free, non-dairy soft serve compositions
AssigneeThe Coca-Cola Company
InventorsDhaval Patel, Bolivar Cevallos
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Abstract
Fat free, non-dairy soft serve premixes comprising one or more juice concentrates and/or fruit puree concentrate, at least one plant extract rich in saponins, pectin and at least one thickener are provided herein, as well as methods of preparing said premixes. Fat free, non-dairy soft serve products and methods of preparing fat free, non-dairy soft serve products from said premixes are also provided.
Claims17
A fat free, non-dairy, soft serve premix comprising (i) at least one fruit juice concentrate, fruit puree concentrate or combination thereof;
- (ii) at least one plant extract rich in saponins, (iii) pectin and (iv) at least one thickener, wherein the weight ratio of pectin to at least one thickener is at least about 0.75.
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A fat free, non-dairy, soft serve product comprising (i) air;
- (ii) at least one fruit juice concentrate, fruit puree concentrate or combination thereof, (iii) at least one plant extract rich in saponins, (iv) pectin and (v) at least one thickener, wherein the weight ratio of pectin to at least one thickener is at least about 0.75 and the soft serve product has an overrun of at least about 70%.
A method of preparing a fat free, non-dairy, soft serve product comprising:
- a. introducing a fat free, non-dairy liquid soft serve premix into a refrigerated storage tank of a soft serve machine, wherein the fat free, non-dairy liquid soft serve premix comprises (i) water;
- (ii) at least one fruit juice concentrate, fruit puree concentrate or combination thereof;
- (iii) at least one plant extract rich in saponins, (iv) pectin and (v) at least one thickener, wherein the weight ratio of pectin to at least one thickener is at least about 0.75;
- b. introducing the fat free, non-dairy liquid soft serve premix and a volume of air from the refrigerated storage tank into the freezer of the soft serve machine that is equipped with beaters and/or scraping blades, wherein the beaters and/or scraping blades continually blend the premix and air, thereby providing a fat free, non-dairy soft serve product;
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- c. dispensing at least a portion of the fat free, non-dairy soft serve product.
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