Coffee composition
AssigneeKraft Foods Global Brands LLC
InventorsJennifer Ann Castro, Cheong K. Fong
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Abstract
The present invention provides a process of producing grains of coated coffee grounds, the process comprising: heating a mixture of a coating composition and coffee grounds to a temperature below the melting point of the coating composition and at which the coating composition forms a coating on at least some of the coffee grounds; and cooling the mixture to provide grains comprising coffee grounds having a coating of the coating composition formed on at least some of the surface of the coffee grounds. The present invention also provides coated ground coffee compositions that may be produced by this method.
Claims16
A process of producing grains of coated coffee grounds, the process comprising:
- heating a mixture of a coating composition and coffee grounds to a temperature below the melting point of the coating composition and at which the coating composition forms a coating on at least some of the coffee grounds;
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- cooling the mixture to provide grains comprising coffee grounds having a coating of the coating composition formed on at least some of the surface of the coffee grounds.
A coffee composition comprising grains of coated coffee grounds, wherein a coating of a coating composition is formed on at least some of the surface of the coffee grounds,
- wherein the density of the coating is substantially equal to the theoretical density of the coating composition.
A non-agglomerated coffee composition comprising grains of coated coffee grounds, wherein a coating is formed on at least some of the surface of the coffee grounds,
- wherein the coating is between 8% and 50% of the total weight of the grains.
A coffee composition comprising grains of coated coffee grounds, wherein a coating is formed on at least some of the surface of the coffee grounds,
- wherein at least 80% of the grains by weight have a sieve size of less than 4 mm, and the coating is between 8% and 50% of the total weight of the grains.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.