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US 5,576,039 AGranted
Colored jelly-type substance, method of preparation, and composition containing same
AssigneeBush Boake Allen Limited
InventorJames A. Lewis
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Abstract
A jelly-type substance incorporating a water-insoluble color is provided. The colored jelly-type substance can be incorporated in a liquid composition having an acidic pH between about 2.5 and 6.0 and the color will remain incorporated in the jelly-type substance. A liquid composition including the jelly-type substances and a method for incorporating the water-soluble colors in the jelly-type substance are also provided.
Claims7
A method of preparing a colored gel comprising:
- preparing a liquid composition including between about 80% and 99.8% by weight water and between about 0.1% and 5% gelling agent including at least gellan gum;
- heating the liquid composition until the gelling agent is fully hydrated to obtain a heated liquid composition;
- adding between about 0.002% and 1% by weight water-insoluble color to the heated liquid composition to obtain a color-containing liquid composition;
- and
- cooling the color-containing liquid composition,
- to form a colored gel that can be incorporated into an acidic liquid and subjected to high heat pasteurization without deterioration or color migration.
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A liquid beverage comprising:
- an acidic liquid having a pH between 2.5 and 6.0;
- and,
- a colored gel including between about 80% and 99.8% by weight water, between about 0.1% and 5% by weight gelling agent including at least gellan gum;
- and between about 0.002% and 1% by weight water-insoluble color, wherein the colored gel can be incorporated into the acidic liquid and subjected to high heat pasteurization without deterioration or color migration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.