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US 10,051,876 B2Granted
Process and product
AssigneeGivaudan SA
InventorFrans Witteveen
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Abstract
A method of making a coffee flavor soluble granule, including the combining of spray-dried coffee flavor with Maillard process flavor and caramel sugar to form a fine powder, suspending this powder in a fluidized bed and spraying it with a aqueous saccharide binder solution. The product provides both the flavor and appearance of coffee, at considerably lower cost, and it can be used in any application in which coffee flavor is desired.
Claims11
A method of making a coffee flavour soluble granule, comprising:
- (a) adding separately to a fluidized bed spray-dried coffee flavour, Maillard process flavour and caramel sugar, and mixing to form a homogeneous blend of fine powder;
- (b) suspending this powder in the fluidized bed;
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- (c) spraying it with an aqueous saccharide binder solution to produce the coffee flavour soluble granule,
- wherein the aqueous saccharide binder comprises one or more polysaccharide gums in an aqueous solution.
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