Patent ID: 7976883

Claim:
A method for delivering a non-carbonated beverage comprising: providing at least one packaged source of a liquid premix base comprising at least one degradable beverage component that comprises at least a non-carbohydrate subcomponent, wherein the packaged liquid premix base has a water activity of less than 0.855 and is shelf stable at room temperature; providing separately a plurality of packaged additive sources comprising at least one component selected from the group consisting of flowable favor, aroma, and nutritional additives; dosing the liquid premix base; mixing the dosed premix base with non-carbonated water to provide a beverage base, the beverage base being dispensed into a container using a beverage base delivery line; dosing at least one of a plurality of additives; selecting the at least one of the plurality of additives and delivering the at least one additive separately from the beverage base to the container without making contact with the beverage base or the beverage base delivery line; and dispensing into the container the at least one additive and the beverage base such that the additive and beverage base are mixed in the container during delivery and a concentration of the at least one additive in the beverage base is varied during the dispensing.