Patent ID: 6866877

Claim:
A beverage composition suitable for human consumption comprising per 354 ml of composition: from about 10 ml to about 344 ml of water and from about 0.01 gm to about 50 gm of dry milk powder and/or soy protein; from about 1 ml to about 354 ml of milk and/or yogurt and/or milk whey and/or milk protein concentrates (MPC); from about 0.01 meq to about 119 meq of calcium ions supplied from about 1 mg to about 9,000 mg of a calcium salt selected from the group consisting of calcium picolinate, calcium aspartate, calcium gluconate, calcium ascorbate, calcium benzoate, tricalcium phosphate and mixtures thereof; from about 0.01 g to about 1000 g of a nutritive or non-nutritive sweetener; and from about 0.1 volumes to about 5 volumes of carbon dioxide gas.