Patent ID: 6682767
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: A23L,A23V

Abstract:
A method for reducing the incidence of heartburn episodes in an individual having an orange juice intolerance, comprising the steps of:providing an initial orange juice supply; modifying said initial orange juice supply to a low-acid orange juice supply having a low-acid condition; imparting to said orange juice supply a low-oil condition; said low-acid condition and said low-oil condition combine to provide an orange juice having heartburn-safeguarding characteristics, said orange juice having heartburn safeguarding characteristics being an orange juice product having: (a) a titratable acidity which is not greater than about 0.7 weight percent, based upon the total volume of the orange juice product, and (b) a concentration of citrus oil in said orange juice supply which is not greater than 0.012 volume percent, based upon the total volume of the orange juice supply; and ingesting said orange juice product having heartburn-safeguarding characteristics by an individual having an orange juice intolerance such that the incidence of heartburn episodes by that individual is reduced over the incidence of heartburn episodes by said individual ingesting said initial orange juice supply and by said individual ingesting the orange juice product which has said low-acid condition but not said low-oil condition.