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US 12,268,222 · App. 17/483,054 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

Cold brew coffee beverage and method of making the same

Inventors: Teodor H. Gelov (Carmel, IN); Ricardo Reyes Trevino (Carmel, IN); Megan Leigh Sawyer (Indianapolis, IN); Peter Deyun Kim (Indianapolis, IN); Kent Crosby (Greenwood, IN)
Assignee: Heartland Consumer Products, LLC
A23F5/262A23F5/00A23F5/246A47J31/002A47J31/0615A47J31/44A47J31/4403A47J31/0636
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Patent No.
US 12,268,222
App. No.
17/483,054
Granted
Apr 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are processes for making cold brew beverage compositions including concentrates and apparatus for preparing cold brew beverage compositions. The disclosed processes and apparatus allow for efficient, rapid, industrial scale production of cold brew beverage compositions having improved total solid content, improved flavor stability, longer shelf-life, and adaptability to use in small volume containers.

Claims (16)

1. A coffee concentrate product aseptically packaged in a container having a volume not greater than 100 ml wherein the product is a cold brew liquid coffee concentrate product

having a Brix level of about 10 to about 15

and wherein the pH of the product in the container remains above 5.25 for a period of at least nine (9) weeks.

2. The product of claim 1 , wherein the pH of the product in the container does not drop below 5.5 and is shelf-stable for a period of about 6 to about 12 months.

3. The product of claim 1 , wherein the product has a Brix level of about 11.

4. The product of claim 2 , wherein the product has a Brix level of about 12.

5. The product of claim 1 , wherein the product is free of sediment.

6. The product of claim 1 , wherein the product is obtained by a process that comprises treatment with one or more enzymes to reduce sediment formation.

7. The product of claim 6 , wherein the one or more enzymes is selected from the group consisting of: pectinase, hemicellulase, cellulase, galactomannase, endo-1-4-beta-mannase, alpha-galactosidase, pectin lyase, polygalacturonase, and rehapact BIL.

8. The product of claim 1 , therein the product is obtained by a process that comprises filtration.

9. The product of claim 1 , wherein the container is a cartridge.

10. The product of claim 9 , wherein the cartridge is adapted to be used with a single serve beverage maker.

11. The product of claim 1 , wherein the container is constructed from material that comprises recyclable plastic or recyclable aluminum.

12. The product of claim 1 , wherein the container has a lid or cover that is adapted to be peeled off or punctured.

13. The product of claim 1 , wherein the product is obtained without adding coffee solids to a coffee concentrate.

14. The product according to claim 1 , wherein the product comprises at least one of potassium carbonate, potassium hydroxide, tri-potassium phosphate as a buffer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2023
From: GELOV, TEODOR; TREVINO, RICARDO; SAWYER, MEGAN; KIM, PETER; CROSBY, KENT
To: HEARTLAND CONSUMER PRODUCTS, LLC
Reel/Frame 062569/0504 →
Continuity (3)
Division 16080165
Provisional Application 62416999 · Nov 3, 2016
Related Publication 20220007671A1 · Jan 13, 2022
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