Methyl xanthine antagonism

Claim 1

A composition for preparing a coffee beverage comprising (a) coffee containing caffeine said coffee being selected from the group consisting of roasted coffee, soluble coffee and combinations thereof, and (b) a caffeine antagonist added to said coffee to provide an amount effective to at least partially antagonize the sleep disturbing effects of the caffeine present in the coffee beverage, said antagonist being comprised of (1) nicotinic acid or soluble salt thereof added to said coffee to provide an amount of from about 4% to 85% by weight of the caffeine present and sufficient to provide from about 6 mg to about 50 mg per cup of coffee beverage prepared from said coffee material, wherein a cup of coffee beverage comprises an aqueous solution containing from about 1.5 to 2.0 grams of soluble coffee solids, and (2) a member selected from the group consisting of nicotinamide or a salt thereof added to said coffee to provide an amount of from about 6 to 500% by weight of the caffeine present, trigonelline or a salt thereof added to said coffee to provide an amount of from about 7 to 500% by weight of the caffeine present, pyridine-2, 3-dicarboxylic acid or a salt thereof added to said coffee to provide an amount of from about 0.3 to 330% of the weight of caffeine present, 3-hydroxymethyl pyridine or a salt thereof added to said coffee to provide an amount of from about 0.6 to 330% by weight of the caffeine present and, pyridoxine or salt thereof added to said coffee to provide an amount of from about 0.4 to 85% of the weight of the caffeine present.