US 11,814,611 B2
Slush
Scott Winston, Welwyn Garden City (GB); Harry Levine, Morris Plaines, NJ (US); Louise Slade, Morris Plaines, NJ (US); and Dennis Brooks, Westport, CT (US)
Assigned to Diageo Great Britain Ltd.
Appl. No. 13/379,105
Filed by Scott Winston, Welwyn Garden City (GB); Harry Levine, Morris Plaines, NJ (US); Louise Slade, Morris Plaines, NJ (US); and Dennis Brooks, Westport, CT (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 15, 2010, PCT No. PCT/GB2010/050994
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Mar. 7, 2013,
PCT Pub. No. WO2010/146392, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 23, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2013/0196044 A1, Aug. 1, 2013
Int. Cl. C12G 3/00 (2019.01); C12G 3/06 (2006.01); A23G 9/04 (2006.01); B65D 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC C12G 3/00 (2013.01) [A23G 9/045 (2013.01); B65D 1/0223 (2013.01); C12G 3/06 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An alcoholic beverage formulation that forms a pourable slush across a range of at least five Celsius degrees between −11 and −20° C., that comprises:
water;
an amount of ethanol such that the pourable slush has a maximum alcohol by volume (ABV) of 19;
a sugar selected from the group of fructose, sucrose, glucose and combinations thereof;
an ice nucleator ingredient;
a total ingredient content for a given ABV (Alcohol By Volume) within a range calculated from the equations:
minimum total ingredient content=(−14.3×ABV)+331.8
maximum total ingredient content=(−15.5×ABV)+513.3
where ingredients, measured in g/L, accumulate to contribute to the total ingredient content but are first divided by a value F dependent on the ingredient, the ingredients contributing to the total ingredient content include the sugar, wherein fructose has an F value of 1.0, glucose has an F value of 1.2, and sucrose has an F value of 1.4, and other ingredients being selected from the group of:
 
 
 
 
 Ingredient F
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Acid 2.0
 
 
 
 Emulsion 2.2
 
 
 
 Gelatin Hydrolysate 1.8
 
 
 
 Propylene Glycol 1.25
 
 
 
 Betaine 0.67
 
 
 
 Trehalose 1.43
 
 
 
 Erythritol 1.43
 
 
 
 Sorbitol 1.43
 
 
 
 Isomaltulose 2.0
 
 
 
 Glycerol 1.25
 
 
 
 Maltodextrin 2.86
 
 
wherein the water and the ice nucleator ingredient do not contribute to the total ingredient content, and further wherein the formulation contains no a gum.