Patent ID: 7972640
Filing Date: 2011-07-05
Classification: A23L,A23V

Abstract:
1. A lemon/lime flavored beverage comprising: (a) an acidulant system consisting of (i) citric acid in an amount from about 0.18 to about 0.24% by weight of the finished lemon/lime flavored beverage and (ii) adipic acid having a smaller dissociation constant than citric acid, wherein the ratio by weight of said adipic acid: said citric acid is 1:15 to 1:3; (b) a buffer salt system consisting of a citrate salt and a phosphate salt; and (c) a lemon flavor, wherein the beverage comprises a pH between about 3.2 and about 3.8 at the time of manufacture and wherein for at least four weeks following manufacture the beverage is more tart and has a stronger lemon/lime taste than a beverage having the same amount of lemon flavor and a pH of at least about 3.0 and without said ratio of acids.