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US 8,945,655 B2Granted
Stable and consumable compositions
AssigneeConopco, Inc.
InventorShi-Qiu Zhang
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Abstract
Stable and consumable compositions are described. The stable and consumable compositions can be green tea beverages that have added acidic stabilizer, like gallic acid, to stabilize elevated levels of antioxidants such as catechins formulated in the beverage.
Claims4
A consumable ready-to-drink green tea beverage composition comprising:
- a) 0.05-2% tea solids;
- and
- b) added gallic acid stabilizer;
- wherein the consumable composition comprises from about 0.0125% to about 0.035% catechin, and has a turbidity of less than about 75 Nephelometric Turbidity Units;
- and
- wherein a weight ratio of naturally present acid to acid added with said added gallic acid stabilizer satisfies the equation:
- (weight of acid naturally present in the tea solids)/(weight of added gallic acid stabilizer)=about 0.004 to about 0.25
- and wherein said consumable ready-to-drink green tea beverage composition is stable and comprises less than 0.003% by weight chelator.
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