Lemon/lime flavored beverages having improved stability

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2011-07-05

2011-07-05

Hendricks, Keith D (Department: 1781)

Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products

Inhibiting chemical or physical change of food by contact...

Treating liquid material

C426S650000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07972640

ABSTRACT:
A combination of an acidulant system and a buffer salt system is included in lemon/lime flavored beverages to achieve improved stability. The acidulant system includes citric acid and/or phosphoric acid and an additional organic acid having a smaller dissociation constant than both phosphoric acid and citric acid; the buffer salt system includes a citrate salt and a phosphate salt.

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