Patent ID: 7601380

Claim:
A beverage clouding composition consisting essentially of: an emulsifier in an amount from about 1% to about 30% by weight of the total beverage clouding composition; a hydrophobic clouding agent selected from the group consisting of sterol esters, stanol esters, and combinations thereof, the hydrophobic clouding agent present in an amount from about 1% to about 32% by weight of the total beverage clouding composition; an oil in an amount from about 2% to about 24% by weight of the total beverage clouding composition; optionally, a weighting agent in an amount less than about 16% by weight of the total beverage clouding composition; and the hydrophobic clouding agent, the oil, and the optional weighting agent present in an amount from about 3% to about 40% by weight of the total beverage clouding composition.