Processed mango juice and beverage containing it

Abstract

Beverages with little sedimentation and low viscosity exhibit excellent flavor derived from fruit juice, as well as a process for their production and processed fruit juice used in the process. Adding processed mango juice containing large amounts of insoluble components as flavor components derived from the juice provides beverages with little sedimentation and low viscosity, exhibiting excellent flavor derived from the juice, even after depulping, a treatment to prevent sedimentation.

1 .- 11 . (canceled)  
     
     
         12 . A beverage having a reduced amount of mango juice pulp, 
 wherein the processed mango juice has a pulp content which is no greater than 20 vol % and a turbidity above 2000 NTU, when restored to a concentration of a squeezed juice based on sugar content,    wherein the reduction of pulp content has been effected by centrifugal separation, and    wherein the processed mango juice has not been subjected to ultrafiltration, wherein the beverage is a non-alcoholic beverage.    
     
     
         13 . A beverage according to  claim 12 , wherein the non-alcoholic beverage is a soft drink.  
     
     
         14 . (canceled)  
     
     
         15 . A process for production of a beverage characterized by adding processed mango juice having a reduced amount of mango juice pulp, 
 wherein the processed mango juice has a pulp content which is no greater than 20 vol % and a turbidity above 2000 NTU, when restored to a concentration of a squeezed juice based on sugar content,    wherein the reduction of pulp content has been effected by centrifugal separation, and    wherein the processed mango juice has not been subjected to ultrafiltration.    
     
     
         16 . A non-alcoholic beverage containing processed mango juice having a reduced amount of mango juice pulp, 
 wherein the processed mango juice has a pulp content which is no greater than 20 vol % and a turbidity above 2000 NTLT, when restored to a concentration of a squeezed juice based on sugar content,    wherein the reduction of pulp content has been effected by centrifugal separation, wherein the pulp components having a particle size over 10 μm are reduced by the centrifugal separation selectively to those having a particle size of 10 μm or less, and    wherein the processed mango juice has not been subjected to ultrafiltration.    
     
     
         17 . A non-alcoholic beverage according to  claim 16 , wherein the processed mango juice imparts flavor to the beverage without inducing sedimentation or viscosity reduction to the beverage.  
     
     
         18 . A non-alcoholic beverage according to  claim 16 , wherein the processed mango juice is added in an amount from 0.1% to 100% based on the concentration in a squeezed juice state.  
     
     
         19 . A non-alcoholic beverage according to  claim 16 , wherein the non-alcoholic beverage is a soft drink.  
     
     
         20 . A non-alcoholic beverage according to  claim 16 , which is filled into a transparent or semi-transparent container.