Abstract: An equilibrium solution, such as a beverage product, containing a calcium salt of a sequestrant (such as calcium hexametaphosphate), coordinated compound of a calcium sequestrant and a sequestrant allows the delivery of bio-available calcium while maintaining the preservative qualities of the sequestrant (such as sodium hexametaphosphate). In one embodiment, the reaction of a salt such as calcium hydroxide and a sequestrant such as sodium potassium hexametaphosphate (sodium potassium polyphosphate) yields such an equilibrium solution in a beverage matrix. Calcium hexametaphosphate having a relatively short phosphate chain is disclosed, as well as the method of making that material, and beverage compositions containing the material together with a sequestrant preservative, such as SHMP.

Abstract: An equilibrium solution, such as a beverage product, containing a calcium salt of a sequestrant (such as calcium hexametaphosphate), coordinated compound of a calcium sequestrant and a sequestrant allows the delivery of bio-available calcium while maintaining the preservative qualities of the sequestrant (such as sodium hexametaphosphate). In one embodiment, the reaction of a salt such as calcium hydroxide and a sequestrant such as sodium potassium hexametaphosphate (sodium potassium polyphosphate) yields such an equilibrium solution in a beverage matrix. Calcium hexametaphosphate having a relatively short phosphate chain is disclosed, as well as the method of making that material, and beverage compositions containing the material together with a sequestrant preservative, such as SHMP.

Abstract: An equilibrium solution, such as a beverage product, containing a calcium salt of a sequestrant (such as calcium hexametaphosphate), coordinated compound of a calcium sequestrant and a sequestrant allows the delivery of bio-available calcium while maintaining the preservative qualities of the sequestrant (such as sodium hexametaphosphate). In one embodiment, the reaction of a salt such as calcium hydroxide and a sequestrant such as sodium potassium hexametaphosphate (sodium potassium polyphosphate) yields such an equilibrium solution in a beverage matrix. Calcium hexametaphosphate having a relatively short phosphate chain is disclosed, as well as the method of making that material, and beverage compositions containing the material together with a sequestrant preservative, such as SHMP.

Abstract: Coated particulate material used to enable the incorporation of calcium materials in a beverage product (especially those having a low pH) preserved with sodium hexametaphosphate (SHMP) are disclosed. The particulates are made up of a substrate material, such as a calcium salt, such as calcium phosphate. The substrate material can, in preferred embodiments, be incorporated into a prill which utilizes a sterol as the prilling material. The substrate material, preferably in the form of a prill, is then coated with a phospholipid coating, such as hydrogenated phosphatidyl choline, such that the final coated particulate product includes from about 70% to about 200% (by weight of the substrate) of the phospholipid coating. Beverage compositions which include these coated particulates are also disclosed.

Abstract: An improved method of purifying bean extract alpha-amylase inhibitor protein material is described. The materials purified by this process provide significantly more amylase inhibition than materials purified by other processes. In this process: (a) bean extract-derived alpha-amylase inhibitor is suspended in an aqueous solution having a pH of from about 3.0 to about 3.5; (b) a preservative is added to the solution; (c) the solution is heated to about 175 to about 195 F for about 10 to about 120 seconds; (d) the solution is cooled to about 65 to about 85 F and allowed to sit, in a non-agitated state, for about 3 to about 24 hours, such that bean extract particles settle out of solution; and (e) the supernatant, which contains the purified amylase inhibiting protein, is separated from the particles.

Abstract: An improved method of purifying bean extract alpha-amylase material is disclosed. The materials purified by this process provide significantly more amylase inhibition than materials purified by other processes. In this process: (a) bean extract alpha-amylase material is suspended in an aqueous solution at a solution pH of from about 3.0 to about 3.5; (b) a preservative is added to the solution; (c) the solution is heated to about 175 F to about 195 F for from about 10 to about 120 seconds; (d) the solution is cooled to a temperature of from about 65 to about 85 F, and the solution is allowed to sit, under static non-agitated conditions, at a temperature with that defined range for from about 3 to about 24 hours to allow bean extract particles to settle out of solution; and (e) the particles are separated from the supernatant.

Abstract: The present invention is a composition which provides product opacity (“cloud”) to beverages without requiring the use of added oil. The beverage comprises a beverage matrix, a protein having a tertiary or quaternary structure (such as WPC 80) having an average particle size of from about 0.3 to about 10 ?m and a hydrocolloid gum (such as gellan gum) which imparts thixotropic properties to the beverage matrix. The method for importing cloud to a beverage composition, using this composition, is also described.

Abstract: Coated particulate material used to enable the incorporation of calcium materials in a beverage product (especially those having a low pH) preserved with sodium hexametaphosphate (SHMP) are disclosed. The particulates are made up of a substrate material, such as a calcium salt, such as calcium phosphate. The substrate material can, in preferred embodiments, be incorporated into a prill which utilizes a sterol as the prilling material. The substrate material, preferably in the form of a prill, is then coated with a phospholipid coating, such as hydrogenated phosphatidyl choline, such that the final coated particulate product includes from about 70% to about 200% (by weight of the substrate) of the phospholipid coating. Beverage compositions which include these coated particulates are also disclosed.