ALCOHOL-FREE BEVERAGE (VERSIONS) Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC A23L2/00 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to production of alcohol-free beverages with an emulsion structure and may be used for the food ration enrichment with biologically active substances. The beverages include (at preset ratio) vegetal compositions of Far Eastern wild herbs, citric acid, sugar sand, essential oil of bergamot, water saponin-containing extract of Saponaria officinalis L. red soap root, ascorbic acid and water. According to the first version, the vegetal composition is represented by hawthorn berries, balm leaves, origanum leaves and cranberries. According to the second version - peppermint (leaves), yarrow (leaves), bearberry (leaves) and rosehips. According to the third version - blackcurrants (leaves), hibiscus (flowers) and echinacea (herb).

EFFECT: invention ensures increase of the beverage biological value, effectiveness of directed preventive and health-improving impact on the human organism as well as imparts antioxidant, antibacterial, antiviral and anti-inflammatory properties to the beverage; additionally, the invention allows to improve organoleptic indices, produce a beverage homogeneous in terms of consistency without signs of separation of a fat-soluble component on the surface which is solubilised in surfactant micelles and securely retained therein during the whole storage life.

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