CANNED BEVERAGES BASED ON BLACK TEA Russian patent published in 2023 - IPC A23L2/38 A23F3/16 A23F3/40 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a black tea-based product containing a preservative composition. A black tea product is proposed, the said product containing a preservative composition, wherein the said black tea product is a ready-to-drink beverage or a beverage concentrate, wherein the said black tea product contains less than 60 ppm of linalool, wherein the said preservative composition contains at least 3 compounds selected from the following: hexanal, E-2-hexenal, E-2-hexenol, E-linalooloxide, methanol and methyl salicylate, and wherein the total concentration of hexanal and E-2-hexenal and E-2-hexenol and E-linalooloxide and methanol and methyl salicylate in the said black tea product is not more than 5,000 ppm. Also the following is provided: a method of producing a canned black tea product, comprising adding a preservative composition to a black tea product, wherein the said black tea product is a ready-to-drink beverage or a beverage concentrate, wherein the said black tea product contains less than 60 m.d. of linalool, wherein the said preservative composition contains at least 3 compounds selected from the following: hexanal, E-2-hexenal, E-2-hexenol, E-linalooloxide, methanol and methyl salicylate, and wherein the total concentration of hexanal and E-2-hexenal and E-2-hexenol and E-linalooloxide and methanol and methyl salicylate in the said black tea product is not more than 5,000 ppm.

EFFECT: invention ensures the production of beverages with a low content of synthetic preservatives through the use of volatile aromatic substances effective in preventing the proliferation of microorganisms that cause spoilage of beverages.

14 cl, 4 tbl, 3 ex