Patent ID: 6024996
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: A23F

Abstract:
A packaged carbonated coffee beverage with at least one of improved taste and foaming behavior, consisting essentially of:a coffee beverage, CO.sub.2 and nitrogen gas in a pressure-resistant closed container;wherein the CO.sub.2 is dissolved in the coffee beverage in an amount greater than 0.15 wt. % and the pressure in the closed container due to the CO.sub.2 is from 0.5 to 5.0 bar;wherein the nitrogen gas is present in an amount corresponding to a pressure in the closed container at 20.degree. C. of 0.2 to 2.0 bar higher than the pressure due to the CO.sub.2 addition; andwherein the total pressure in the closed container is from 1.01 to 7.0 bar.