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Beverages
Assignee: Procter and Gamble Co
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Filing: 1989-08-04
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Granted: 1990-08-07
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Expires: 2009-08-04
Abstract
Abstract A beverage containing a flavorant and green tea solids or flavanols is disclosed. The beverage can contain sweeteners. Caffeine can also be present in the beverage in ratio of caffeine to flavanols of from about 1:1 to about 1:30. The beverage can be carbonated or non-carbonated, i.e. a still beverage such as fruit juice or coffee. The preferred green tea solids are catechin and epicatechin and their derivatives. When caffeine is present, this beverage retains the alertness benefit of caffeine along with the relaxing effects attributed to the green tea solids.
Inventors
- 👤 Chee-Hway Tsai
- 👤 David C. Heckert
- 👤 James T. Kuznicki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-11-09 20:44
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23L; A23L2/00; A23L2/38; A23F; A23F3/00; A23F3/16; A23F3/163; A23F3/40; A23F3/405; A23L2/52
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 32
Claim 1
Independent Claim
39 words
A beverage comprising: (a) at least 80% by weight of water; (b) at least about 0.05% flavanols selected from the group consisting of catechin, catechin derivatives, epicatechin, epicatechin derivatives and mixtures thereof; and (c) an effective amount of flavorant.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
39 words
A beverage comprising: (a) at least 80% by weight of water; (b) at least about 0.05% flavanols selected from the group consisting of catechin, catechin derivatives, epicatechin, epicatechin derivatives and mixtures thereof; and (c) an effective amount of flavorant.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
A beverage according to claim 1 wherein said beverage further contains from 1% to about 14% by weight of a sweetener.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
A beverage according to claim 2 wherein said sweetener is selected from the group consisting of sucrose, fructose, dextrose, high fructose corn syrup, high maltose syrup, sugar naturally present in fruit juice and mixtures thereof.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
A beverage according to claim 3 wherein said flavorant is selected from the group consisting of fruit flavor, botanical flavor and mixtures thereof.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
A beverage according to claim 1 wherein said flavorant is selected from the group consisting of coffee, black tea, herbal tea, fruit flavors and from about 2% to about 60% fruit juice.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
A beverage according to claim 5 wherein said flavanols are green tea solids or are derived from other natural sources.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
A beverage according to claim 4 wherein said sweetener from about 0.05% by weight to about 1% by weight of an artificial sweetener.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
A beverage according to claim 2 wherein said water is carbonated water with from 1.0 to about 4.5 volumes of carbon dioxide.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
20 words
A carbonated beverage according to claim 4 wherein said flavanols are derived from green tea solids or other natural source.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
21 words
A carbonated beverage according to claim 9 wherein said sweetener comprises from about 0.05% by weight to about 1% by weight.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
42 words
A beverage syrup or concentrate consisting of: (a) at least 25% by weight of water; (b) at least 0.05% flavanols selected from the group consisting of catechin, catechin derivatives, epicatechin, epicatechin derivatives and mixtures thereof, and (c) an effective amount of flavorant.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
42 words
A beverage syrup or concentrate consisting of: (a) at least 25% by weight of water; (b) at least 0.05% flavanols selected from the group consisting of catechin, catechin derivatives, epicatechin, epicatechin derivatives and mixtures thereof, and (c) an effective amount of flavorant.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
32 words
A beverage syrup or concentrate according to claim 11 further comprising from 30% to about 70% by weight of a sweetener and wherein said sweetener is selected from the group of carbohydrates.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
32 words
A beverage syrup or concentrate according to claim 12 wherein said sweetener is selected from the group consisting of sucrose, fructose, dextrose, high fructose corn syrup, high maltose syrup and mixtures thereof.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
26 words
A beverage syrup or concentrate according to claim 13 wherein said flavorant comprises a member selected from the group consisting of botanical flavors and mixtures thereof.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
20 words
A beverage syrup or concentrate according to claim 11 wherein said flavorant is coffee, black tea, herbal tea or cola.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
27 words
A beverage syrup or concentrate according to claim 12 wherein said sweetener comprises from about 0.05% by weight to about 1% by weight of an artificial sweetener.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
22 words
A beverage syrup or concentrate according to claim 11 wherein said flavanols are derived from green tea solids or other natural source.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
73 words
A beverage concentrate according to claim 11 consisting of: (a) at least 40% by weight of water; (b) from about 0.05% to about 4.0% of flavanols selected from the group consisting of catechin, catechin derivatives, epicatechin, epicatechin derivatives and mixtures thereof; (c) from about 0.002% to about 1.0% caffeine, the ratio of caffeine to flavanols being at least about 1:1; (d) an effective amount of sweetener; and (e) an effective amount of flavorant.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
29 words
A beverage concentrate according to claim 18 wherein said sweetener is from 30% to about 70% by weight of the concentrate and is selected from the group of carbohydrates.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
30 words
A beverage concentrate according to claim 19 wherein said sweetener is selected from the group consisting of sucrose, fructose, dextrose, high fructose corn syrup, high maltose syrup and mixtures thereof.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
24 words
A beverage concentrate according to claim 20 wherein said flavorant is selected from the group consisting of fruit flavor, botanical flavor and mixtures thereof.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
26 words
A beverage concentrate according to claim 21 wherein said flavorant is selected from the group consisting of fruit juice, coffee or black tea or herbal tea.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
31 words
A beverage concentrate according to claim 18 wherein said sweetener is an artificial sweetener and is present in an amount of from about 0.05% by weight to about 1% by weight.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
20 words
A beverage concentrate according to claim 23 wherein said flavanols are derived from green tea solids or other natural source.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
20 words
A beverage concentrate according to claim 19 wherein said flavanols are derived from green tea solids or other natural source.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
57 words
A beverage comprising: (a) at least 80% by weight water; (b) at least about 0.05% flavanols selected from the group consisting of catechin, catechin derivatives, epicatechin, epicatechin derivatives and mixtures thereof; (c) an effective amount of a flavorant; and (d) a bitterness masking agent selected from the group consisting of cellulose, pectins, gums, nucleotides and nucleic acids.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
57 words
A beverage comprising: (a) at least 80% by weight water; (b) at least about 0.05% flavanols selected from the group consisting of catechin, catechin derivatives, epicatechin, epicatechin derivatives and mixtures thereof; (c) an effective amount of a flavorant; and (d) a bitterness masking agent selected from the group consisting of cellulose, pectins, gums, nucleotides and nucleic acids.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
37 words
A carbonated beverage according to claim 26 wherein said water is carbonated water with from 1.0 to about 4.5 volumes of carbon dioxide and which further contains from 1% to about 14% by weight of a sweetener.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
24 words
A beverage according to claim 6 wherein said flavor is selected from the group consisting of flavored teas, coffee, decaffeinated coffee and flavored coffees.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
21 words
A beverage concentrate according to claim 24 selected from the group consisting of flavored teas, coffee, decaffeinated coffee and flavored coffees.
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