Food or edible material: processes – compositions – and products – Products per se – or processes of preparing or treating... – Plant material is basic ingredient other than extract,...
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-09
2011-08-09
Heggestad, Helen F (Department: 1789)
Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products
Products per se, or processes of preparing or treating...
Plant material is basic ingredient other than extract,...
C426S106000, C426S115000, C426S481000, C426S599000, C426S661000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07993696
ABSTRACT:
Provided is a packaged beverage which can be discharged from the beverage container uniformly because precipitates containing effective components derived from vegetables or fruits can be dispersed quickly by mild shaking, though the formation of precipitates during long-term storage is allowed from the viewpoint of incorporating the effective components in the beverage without damaging them; is excellent in desorption and re-dispersibility of the precipitates; and is easy to drink.A packaged beverage contains a vegetable juice and/or a fruit juice, which contains the following components (A) to (D):(A) from 0.5 to 12 wt. % of polydextrose,(B) from 0.5 to 12 wt. % of (b1) indigestible dextrose or (b2) a degraded guar gum,(C) from 2 to 30 vol. % of an insoluble solid, and(D) 50 wt. % or greater of water; and satisfying the following conditions:(1) ((A)+(b1))/(C)≦8 (wt. %/vol. %) or ((A)+(b2))/(C)≦3.4 (wt. %/vol. %)(2) pH after heat sterilization: from 3 to 5, and(3) viscosity after heat sterilization: 300 mPa·s or less.
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Sugaya Hiroyuki
Sugiura Yoko
Heggestad Helen F
Kao Corporation
Oblon, Spivak McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
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