Patent ID: 8567642

Claim:
A fountain beverage dispensing system, comprising: a beverage dispense nozzle; a diluent flow path for being fluid coupled to a supply of a first diluent and to said nozzle; first metering means in said diluent flow path and controllable to deliver a metered flow of the first diluent through said diluent flow path to said nozzle; a beverage syrup flow path for being fluid coupled to a supply of concentrate beverage syrup and to said nozzle, said concentrate beverage syrup having a Brix of greater than 65; a water and syrup blender fluid coupled to said beverage syrup flow path for diluting concentrate beverage syrup in said beverage syrup flow path with a second diluent and for mixing the beverage syrup and second diluent to no less than an acidity level sufficient to restrict organism growth for flow through said beverage syrup flow path toward said nozzle; and second metering means in said beverage syrup flow path downstream from said water and syrup blender and controllable to deliver a metered flow of diluted beverage syrup through said beverage syrup flow path to said nozzle, so that a desired ratio of the first diluent to the beverage syrup are delivered by said first and second metering means to said nozzle.