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Granted Patent B2
US 10,568,347 · App. 15/956,134 · Granted Feb 25, 2020

Bottled carbonated drink

Inventors: Hiroyuki Naganuma (Tokyo, JP); Kenichiro Yamamoto (Tokyo, JP); Yuko Yotsumoto (Tokyo, JP); Hideyuki Wakabayashi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignees: KIRIN HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA; KIRIN BEVERAGE KABUSHIKI KAISHA
A23L2/54A23L2/52A23L2/58A23L2/60A23V2002/00
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Patent No.
US 10,568,347
App. No.
15/956,134
Granted
Feb 25, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a bottled carbonated drink including a sweetener and a caramel composition, wherein the drink contains an indigestible dextrin and the amount of 4-methylimidazole in the drink is less than 200 ppb. The drink is a bottled carbonated drink of which foam is stabilized.

Claims (17)

1. A bottled carbonated drink comprising a high-intensity sweetener and a caramel composition,

wherein the caramel composition is a caramel pigment,

wherein the high-intensity sweetener comprises aspartame,

wherein the high-intensity sweetener comprises 0.01 to 0.2% by mass of the drink,

wherein the drink contains 0.3 to 2.0% by mass of an indigestible dextrin, and

wherein the drink comprises a detectable concentration of 4-methylimidazole, said concentration of 4-methylimidazole being no more than 3 ppb.

2. The bottled carbonated drink according to claim 1 , wherein the caramel pigment comprises 0.01 to 0.5% by mass of the drink.

3. A method for producing a bottled carbonated drink comprising a high-intensity sweetener and a caramel composition, said method comprising adjusting the drink so that the drink contains 0.3 to 2.0% by mass of an indigestible dextrin,

wherein the caramel composition is a caramel pigment,

wherein the high-intensity sweetener comprises aspartame,

wherein the high-intensity sweetener comprises 0.01 to 0.2% by mass of the drink, and

wherein the drink comprises a detectable concentration of 4-methylimidazole, said concentration of 4-methylimidazole being no more than 30 ppb.

4. A method for stabilizing foam of a bottled carbonated drink comprising a high-intensity sweetener and a caramel composition, said method comprising adjusting the drink so that the drink contains 0.3 to 2.0% by mass of an indigestible dextrin,

wherein the caramel composition is a caramel pigment,

wherein the high-intensity sweetener comprises aspartame,

wherein the high-intensity sweetener comprises 0.01 to 0.2% by mass of the drink, and

wherein the drink comprises a detectable concentration of 4-methylimidazole, said concentration of 4-methylimidazole being no more than 30 ppb.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE RECEIVING PARTY PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 050129 FRAME: 0325. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Sep 26, 2019
From: KIRIN KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: KIRIN HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 050496/0515 →
MERGER Recorded Aug 22, 2019
From: KIRIN KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: KIRIN HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 050129/0325 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2013-158305 · Jul 30, 2013 · national
JP 2014-026474 · Feb 14, 2014 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 14908828
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