Beverage

Abstract

Citrus flavored beverage comprising a beverage base, a citrus flavor and a mega-fat complex to enhance the proportion of citrus flavor. The addition of the mega-fat complex gives the beverage more juice-ness, a more natural flavor.

Description

[0001] This application is a divisional application of Chinese patent application filed on October 21, 2015, with application number 201580052280.3 and entitled "Beverage".

[0002] This disclosure relates to citrus-flavored beverages and ways to obtain citrus beverages with a more natural and better taste.

[0003] Citrus-flavored beverages (especially orange, lemon, and lime) are among the most common beverage flavors. A long-standing goal in the beverage industry has been to produce citrus-flavored drinks that retain more of the natural sweetness and juiciness of the fruit itself.

[0004] It has been discovered that this can be achieved by using specific additives. Therefore, citrus-flavored beverages are offered, containing a beverage base, citrus flavoring, and a mega-fat complex to enhance the citrus flavor.

[0005] A method for preparing citrus-flavored beverages is also provided, which includes adding citrus flavoring and a mega-fat complex to the beverage base to enhance the proportion of citrus flavor.

[0006] The term "citrus flavoring" refers to flavorings derived from the genus Citrus (Citrus) of the family Rutaceae. itrus Citrus flavorings are derived from the fruits of plants. Examples of these fruits include grapefruit, lemon, orange, lime, mandarin orange, bergamot, and pomelo. Flavorings can be entirely natural flavorings extracted from the plant itself, fully synthetic flavorings produced by combining various substances that impart citrus aromas, or mixtures of both. Many commercially available citrus flavorings are available and are used in a wide variety of edible compositions.

[0007] The term "beverage base" refers to a combination of normal ingredients used in the preparation of citrus beverages, excluding citrus flavorings and mega-fat complexes. These are standard ingredients used in amounts recognized in the art and include water, sugars and other sweeteners, surfactants and suspending agents, thickeners, rheology modifiers, dyes, and pigments.

[0008] The term "mega-fat complex" refers to a composition prepared from single-cell oils rich in arachidonic acid. Single-cell oils (SCOs) are edible oils extracted from single-celled microorganisms such as algae, bacteria, and yeast. Besides their use as edible oils, they have numerous applications, including as precursors for biofuels.

[0009] Arachidonic acid-rich SCO (ARA-SCO) is produced commercially (see, for example, "Basic Biotechnology," ed. Ratledge and Kristiansen (Cambridge University Press, 2006), p. 398). An example of commercially available material is extracted from single-celled fungi. Alpine Mortierella And ARASCO sold by RoyalDSM, Netherlands TM It is widely used in food.

[0010] Examples of preparation of mega-fat complexes can be found, for example, in U.S. Patent 5,178,892 and U.S. Publication No. 2007-0009642.

[0011] Given the general use of ARA-SCO and such compounds, it is surprising and entirely unexpected that they can help to obtain superior citrus flavors.

[0012] Typically, mega-fat complexes are added to citrus flavorings at a weight ratio of 0.005-0.02%, particularly 0.007-0.015%, and this combination of flavoring and mega-fat complexes is added to beverages at a weight ratio of 0.01-0.2%, particularly 0.015-0.15%.

[0013] In a typical method, a mega-fatty acid complex is added to a citrus flavoring and thoroughly mixed. The mixture is then washed with a suitable solvent to remove any residual oily material (a typical washing solvent is an ethanol / water mixture). The solvent is then removed and the flavoring is filtered. It is then ready to be added to a beverage.

[0014] The application of flavorings utilizing the mega-fat complex described above in beverage compositions produces beverages with an astonishingly "natural" aroma.

[0015] This disclosure is further described with reference to the following non-limiting embodiments.

[0016] Example

[0017] The method described in Example 1 of US2007-0009642 is provided by ARA-SCO (ARASCO). TM (ex DSM) to prepare mega-fat complex.

[0018] Add 95g of a 60(wt)% ethanol / water mixture at -5℃ with stirring to restore the ethanol / water phase, and then use diatomaceous earth (Hyflo Supercell).TM Tokyo Diatomaceous Earth Industries Co., Ltd. Filtering.

[0019] The following is a formula for preparing beverage base:

[0020] Fructose 43.0g

[0021] Anhydrous citric acid 1.0g

[0022] Sodium citrate 0.35g

[0023] 955.65g of pure water

[0024] Add 0.1% by weight of the following ingredient to a sample of the beverage base:

[0025] (i) Orange oil

[0026] (ii) Orange oil containing 0.002 (wt)% mega-fatty acid complex

[0027] (iii) Orange oil containing 0.02% mega-fat complex

[0028] (iv) Orange oil containing 0.1% mega-fat complex

[0029] The beverages were offered to a group of experienced testers. The testers observed the following:

[0030] (ii) Cannot be distinguished from the control group:

[0031] (iii) Juicy, fruity, and natural flavor

[0032] (iv) Oily or fatty smell

[0033] Sample (i) represents a typical commercially available orange-flavored beverage. The appropriate proportion of mega-fat complex clearly adds a noticeable juiciness and naturalness to the beverage.

Claims

1. Citrus-flavored beverage, containing beverage base, citrus flavoring, and mega-fat complex to enhance the citrus flavor.

2. The citrus-flavored beverage of claim 1, wherein the mega-fat complex is present in a weight percentage of 0.005-0.02%, preferably 0.007-0.015%, of the citrus flavoring.

3. The citrus-flavored beverage of claim 2, wherein the weight percentage of citrus flavoring + mega-fat complex in the beverage is 0.01-0.2%, preferably 0.015-0.15%.

4. A method for preparing citrus-flavored beverages, comprising adding citrus flavoring and a mega-fat complex to the beverage base to enhance the proportion of citrus flavor.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the mega-fat complex is added in a weight ratio of 0.005-0.02%, preferably 0.007-0.015%, of the citrus flavoring.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the citrus flavoring + mega-fat complex is added to the beverage base at a weight ratio of 0.01-0.2%, preferably 0.015-0.15%, of the total beverage.