DE29719641U1 - Fruit juice drink - Google Patents

Description

Fruit juice drink

The invention relates to a fruit juice drink with a juice content of more than 90%, which juice content consists predominantly of a mixture of orange juice and carrot juice, the orange juice content being more than 50% and the carrot juice content being between 5% and less than 50%.

Such fruit juice drinks are called orange-carrot juices. The juice content of these fruit juice drinks is primarily orange juice, with carrot juice added as an additional juice component. Orange juice is a widely consumed and popular fruit juice drink in itself. The citrus acid content is largely responsible for the refreshing orange juice taste.

Carrot juice, whereby the term carrots in this context also refers to carrots and turnips, is nutritionally valuable due to the minerals and vitamins it contains, as well as the carotene. Despite its valuable components, carrot juice is rarely drunk due to the taste, which most people find unpleasant. People who still want to take carotene, for example, therefore use appropriate pharmaceutical preparations. However, this is unsatisfactory.

For this reason, people have started mixing carrot juice with other juices, such as orange juice, to create a

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to obtain a tasty, well-rounded and pleasant refreshing drink, which also contains the nutritionally effective components of a carrot.

While fruit juice drinks that only have a small juice content can be produced with a drink that is perceived as pleasant in terms of taste by adding numerous sweeteners and flavorings, this is not possible to a sufficient extent with fruit juice drinks that have a juice content of more than 90%. Such measures are also undesirable. Instead, efforts are being made to provide fruit juice drinks that have a juice content of 100%. The problem with the well-known orange-carrot fruit juice drinks with a juice content of more than 90% is that they are not considered to have a perfect taste and are therefore not considered to be appealing.

Based on this discussed state of the art, the invention is therefore based on the task of providing an orange-carrot fruit juice drink with a juice content of more than 90%, which is not only refreshing but also has a well-rounded taste.

This object is achieved according to the invention in that the fruit juice drink has an acid content that is less than or equal to 6 g/kg fruit juice drink.

By providing an orange-carrot fruit juice drink with an acid content of less than or equal to 6g/kg, a fruit juice drink is created whose acid content is significantly lower than that of previously known orange-carrot fruit juice drinks. The taste of the fruit juice drink according to the invention is therefore rounded off not by adding sweeteners or flavorings, but exclusively by using fruit or vegetable components, which then only produce a low total acid content when mixed. Such a fruit juice drink combines the refreshing taste of oranges, with oranges preferably being those with a Brix-acid ratio of between 20 and 24, with the nutritional value of carrot juice. It has been recognized according to the invention that the reason for the sensorially unsatisfactory assessment of previously known orange-carrot fruit juice drinks is

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The combination of the orange juice, which has a relatively high citrus acid content, with the carrot juice, which is relatively sweet, is probably the result of the drink, although the orange juice on its own is perceived as very pleasant sensory-wise.

In a preferred embodiment, the orange juice content of the juice component is greater than 85%.

The juice content of the fruit juice drink is particularly preferably 100%. It is then necessary to use oranges for the juice production that have a Brix-acid ratio of between 20 and 24. This ensures that even when producing such a fruit juice drink with an orange juice content of more than 85%, the acid content of the finished fruit juice drink is less than 6g/kg.

It is advantageous to make the carrot juice portion of the fruit juice drink from carrot juice concentrate rather than direct juice. The use of carrot juice concentrate has the advantage that carrot juice made from carrot juice concentrate is often perceived as more pleasant than direct carrot juice.

To round off the taste, the fruit juice drink can contain a lemon juice content of less than or equal to 1%.

A preferred fruit juice drink composition consists of:

88% - 93% orange juice

7% - 12% carrot juice

0.7% - 0.9% lemon juice

Sensorially, such a fruit juice drink is perceived as particularly well-rounded and tasty. The acid content of this orange-carrot fruit juice drink is around 5.5 to 5.6 g/kg.

In a further embodiment, in which the juice content of the fruit juice drink is less than 100%, a honey content of less than 1%, in particular less than 0.5%, is included to round off the taste of such a fruit juice drink.

Claims (7)

-A- Protection claims 1. Fruit juice drink with a juice content of more than 90%, which juice content consists predominantly of a mixture of orange juice and carrot juice, the orange juice content being more than 50% and the carrot juice content being between 5 and about less than 50%, characterized in that the fruit juice drink has an acid content which is less than or equal to 6 g/kg fruit juice drink. 2. Fruit juice drink according to claim 1, characterized in that the orange juice content of the juice component is greater than 85%. 3. Fruit juice drink according to claim 2, characterized in that the juice content of the fruit juice drink is 100% and that the oranges used for the juice production have a Brix-acid ratio between 20 and 24. 4. Fruit juice drink according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the carrot juice portion of the fruit juice drink is made from carrot juice concentrate. 5. Fruit juice drink according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the juice component of the fruit juice drink has a lemon juice content which is less than or equal to 1%. 6. Fruit juice drink according to claims 3, 4 and 5, characterized in that the orange juice content is between 88 and 93%, the carrot juice content is between 7 and 12% and the lemon juice content is between 0.7 and 0.9%. 7. Fruit juice drink according to claim 1, characterized in that the fruit juice drink contains less than 1% honey.