Soluble coffee powder
AssigneeSociete des Produits Nestle S.A.
InventorsFederico Mora, Daniel Cotter, Aleksander Robaszkiewicz, Xiaoping Fu, Julien Dupas
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a soluble beverage powder of dried coffee extract. In particular to a soluble coffee powder having a gold appearance. Further aspects of the invention are a powder mix for preparing a beverage and a process for making a soluble beverage powder.
Claims15
Soluble beverage powder consisting of dried coffee extract, the powder having a colour difference ΔE from gold below 100, a gloss at 60° geometry of at least 0.5 gloss units, wherein the skeletal density of the powder is from 0.7 to 1.4 g/ml, the powder comprises particles comprising at least one plate having a mean thickness of between 0.3 and 90 microns, and two or more plates comprised within a particle are substantially parallel.
Powder mix for preparing a beverage comprising a soluble beverage powder consisting of dried coffee extract, the powder having a colour difference ΔE from gold below 100, a gloss at 60° geometry of at least 0.5 gloss units, wherein the skeletal density of the powder is from 0.7 to 1.4 g/ml, the powder comprises particles comprising at least one plate having a mean thickness of between 0.3 and 90 microns, and two or more plates comprised within a particle are substantially parallel.
A process for making a soluble beverage powder, the process comprising:
- i. providing a coffee extract having a total solids content of less than 25%;
- ii. freezing the coffee extract having a total solids content of less than 25% by unidirectional freezing at a temperature between −50 and −30° C. for a time between 1 and 12 hours;
- iii. breaking-up the frozen coffee extract to a D4,3 particle size from 0.05 mm to 10 mm;
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- iv. drying the frozen coffee extract.
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