Patent ID: 6265008
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: A23L

Abstract:
Noncarbonated beverage product comprising:(a) from about 100 ppm to about 1000 ppm of a preservative selected from the group consisting of sorbic acid, benzoic acid, alkali metal salts thereof and mixtures thereof;(b) from about 300 ppm to about 3000 ppm of a polyphosphate having the formula: ##STR4##where n averages from about 17 to about 60; and(c) added water having from 61 ppm to about 220 ppm of hardness;wherein the beverage product has a pH of from about 2.5 to about 4.5 and wherein the beverage product, after an initial contamination level of 10 cfu/ml of spoilage microorganisms, exhibits less than a 100 fold increase in the level of microorganisms when stored at 73.degree. F. for at least 28 days.