Food or edible material: processes – compositions – and products – Inhibiting chemical or physical change of food by contact... – Treating liquid material
Reexamination Certificate
2003-07-29
2009-08-11
McNeil, Jennifer (Department: 1794)
Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products
Inhibiting chemical or physical change of food by contact...
Treating liquid material
C426S650000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07572471
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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Bell Zena
Chang Pei
Lee Thomas
Banner & Witcoff , Ltd.
Chawla Jyoti
McNeil Jennifer
PepsiCo Inc.
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