Low bulk density composition for making a tea beverage having reduced dust or fines
AssigneeMativ Holdings, Inc.
InventorCedric Rousseau
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an infusion product for making a beverage, such as a tea or tea-like drink. In order to produce the composition of the present disclosure, plant materials are contacted with a solvent to remove an extract. The remaining plant materials are then formed into a fibrous structure or network, such as a sheet or fibrous layer. The extract may be further treated or concentrated and then reapplied to the plant materials. In accordance with the present disclosure, the resulting sheet or layer is then reduced to discrete pieces having a unique particle size distribution. Through the process of the present disclosure, a composition is produced that not only has a minimal amount of fines and dust, but can also have a relatively low bulk density.
Claims19
A composition configured to produce a beverage or broth by soaking the composition in a liquid, the composition comprising:
- a fibrous structured matrix material formed from insoluble residue of plant materials contained in a porous container, and
- wherein the fibrous structured matrix material has been treated with a plant extract, and
- the plant material comprising materials obtained from a tea plant, an herbal tea plant, a fruit, a vegetable, a spice, or mixtures thereof, the composition being in the form of discrete pieces of the fibrous structured matrix material, the discrete pieces have a particle size distribution such that when the composition is subjected to a sieve test using a RETSCH sieve shaker AS200, less than about 25% of the pieces pass through a sieve having a square mesh size of 1 mm, less than about 1% of the pieces pass through a sieve having a square mesh size of 0.5 mm, and wherein greater than about 50% of the pieces fail to pass through a sieve having a square mesh size of 2 mm, wherein the composition has a bulk density of less than about 0.2 g/cm3.
A composition configured to produce a beverage or broth by soaking the composition in a liquid, the composition comprising:
- a fibrous structured matrix material formed from insoluble residue of plant materials contained in a porous container, and
- wherein the fibrous structured matrix material has been treated with a plant extract, and
- the plant material comprising materials obtained from a tea plant, an herbal tea plant, a fruit, a vegetable, a spice, or mixtures thereof, the composition being in the form of discrete pieces of the fibrous structured matrix material, the discrete pieces have a particle size distribution such that when the composition is subjected to a sieve test using a RETSCH sieve shaker AS200, less than about 25% of the pieces pass through a sieve having a square mesh size of 1 mm, less than about 1% of the pieces pass through a sieve having a square mesh size of 0.5 mm, and wherein greater than about 50% of the pieces have a length or largest dimension of greater than about 2.5 mm and fail to pass through a sieve having a square mesh size of 2 mm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.