Cold beverage creamer
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorsChristine A. Beeson, Tersita B. Pascual
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Abstract
A powdered creamer soluble in cold water down to the freezing point of a solution, which remains in solution during multiple freeze/thaw cycles. The creamer is made up of powdered or agglomerated creamer particles. The creamer particles are preferably made up of a sweetener, a water-dispersible or water-soluble protein and an edible oil having a melting point below 20 C.
Claims25
A water soluble creamer comprising an edible oil, sweetener, protein, and an emulsifier, provided in proportions effective to render the creamer capable, after dispersion in a beverage component, of remaining in a stable dispersion in a dynamic freeze/thaw equilibrium that includes multiple freeze/thaw cycles.
A process for the preparation of a creamer, the process comprising forming a solution of a sweetener, a water-dispersible or water-soluble protein, an emulsifier, and an edible oil having a melting point of below about 20 C, providing the components in relative proportions selected to render the creamer capable of remaining in stable dispersion in a dynamic freeze/thaw equilibrium that includes multiple freeze-thaw cycles.
A cold-water soluble creamer for use in preparing an ice-slurry beverage product, the creamer comprising a sweetener, a water-dispersible or water-soluble protein, an emulsifier, and an edible oil having a melting point of below about 20 C, the components being in relative proportions selected to render the creamer capable of remaining in stable dispersion in a dynamic freeze/thaw equilibrium that includes multiple freeze thaw cycles.
A process for the preparation of a creamer, the process comprising providing, as components, a sweetener, a water-dispersible or water-soluble protein, an emulsifier, and an edible oil having a melting point below about 20 C, mixing the components together in relative proportions selected to render the creamer capable of remaining in stable dispersion in a dynamic freeze/thaw equilibrium that includes multiple freeze/thaw cycles;
- and forming an aqueous solution containing the mixture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.