ALCOHOL-FREE BEVERAGE AND ITS PRODUCTION METHOD Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC A23L2/38 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: alcohol-free beverage contains - 5-20 wt % of Aloe Vera stabilised gel, 0.001-30 wt % of sugar and/or its substitute, 0.02-5.0 wt % of gum, ≥0.01÷<0.8 and >0.8÷≤1.00 wt % of a jellying agent and water - balance. The gum is may be represented by gellan gum, the jellying agent - by calcium lactate. Additionally the beverage may contain taste-and-flavour components. The method consists in addition of Aloe Vera stabilised gel, sugar and/or its substitute to a preliminarily jellied gum solution. The gum jellying is performed by way of blending the gum solution with water solution of the jellying agent which may be used as a dry salt. The gum is may be represented by gellan gum, the jellying agent - by calcium lactate. A complexing agent represented by sodium citrate and a flavouring agent may be added to the beverage.

EFFECT: invention allows to produce a beverage for ensuring ultimate and balanced human nutrition with good organoleptic properties; the beverage peculiarity consists in stabilisation of the disperse phase (aloe pieces) in the dispersion medium.

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