Beverage antioxidant system
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorsYing Zheng, Xiaoping Fu, Tawfik Yousef Sharkasi
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Abstract
An antioxidant system for beverages, particularly coffee beverages. The antioxidant system is made up of glucose oxidase, a glucose oxidase substrate and an inorganic oxygen scavenger. The beverages have improved aroma and flavor.
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A ready to drink coffee beverage which includes an antioxidant system, the system comprising an inorganic oxygen scavenger and an enzyme composition consisting essentially of glucose oxidase, a glucose oxidase substrate and a catalase.
A ready to drink coffee beverage which comprises soluble coffee solids, a sweetener, about 0.001% to about 0.03% by weight of a sulfite, and an enzyme composition consisting essentially of about 0.005% to about 0.1% by weight of glucose oxidase, about 0.01% to about 0.3% by weight of a glucose oxidase substrate and a catalase.
A coffee concentrate which includes an antioxidant system, the system comprising an inorganic oxygen scavenger and an enzyme composition consisting essentially of glucose oxidase, a glucose oxidase substrate, and a catalase.
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