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US 12,501,914 B2Granted
Foamed frozen food products
AssigneeSociete des Produits Nestle S.A.
InventorsMartin Leser, Vincent Daniel Maurice Meunier, Zuzana Sediva, Erich Josef Windhab
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Abstract
Use of a gas hydrate for producing a frozen food foam product, wherein the gas comprises air and/or one or more of carbon dioxide, nitrogen, nitrous oxide, argon and oxygen, preferably the gas comprises carbon dioxide and/or nitrogen.
Claims9
A method of producing a sugar solution-based gas hydrate slurry, the method comprising:
- (a) providing a sugar solution comprising water;
- (b) cooling the sugar solution comprising water to between 0° C. and 5° C.;
- (c) pressurizing the sugar solution comprising water with carbon dioxide (CO2) to 15 to 25 bar followed by introducing nitrogen (N2) to increase the total gas pressure to a pressure from 30 to 285 bar, to provide a slurry comprising gas hydrates.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.