Abstract: A shelf-stable, non-refrigerated reduced-calorie beverage that contains about 8 to about 12% fruit juice by volume is provided. The beverage contains at least one nutritive sweetener and at least one non-nutritive sweetener. Preferably, the equivalent sucrose sweetness ratio of the at least one non-nutritive sweetener to all of the total sweeteners is from about 0.35 to about 0.45. Preferably, the at least one non-nutritive sweetener comprises aspartame and acesulfame potassium.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 30, 2005
Publication date:
August 6, 2009
Applicant:
PEPSICO, INC. A NORTH CAROLINA CORPORATION
Inventors:
Helen Akinruli, Cynthia Clark, Rama Gadiraju