Frozen instant beverage product
OwnerEdith Ramos da Conceicao Neta, Brian E. Farkasinventors
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Abstract
A method of making a frozen instant beverage product, is carried out by (a) providing a chilled solution, the chilled solution comprising water and a freezing point depressant; (b) mixing the chilled solution with solid particles (e.g., ice particles and flavor particles) to produce a mixture thereof, the mixing step carried out at a temperature at which the frozen ice particles do not melt in the chilled solution; and then (c) forming the paste into the frozen instant beverage product. The frozen instant beverage product can be stored in frozen form for subsequent use, at which time it is combined with one or more beverages to produced a semi-frozen beverage for consumption.
Claims22
A method of making a frozen instant beverage product, comprising:
- (a) providing a chilled solution, said chilled solution comprising water and a freezing point depressant;
- (b) mixing said chilled solution as a continuous phase with solid particles to produce a mixture thereof, said solid particles comprising ice particles,
- and with said mixing step carried out at a temperature at which said frozen ice particles do not melt in said chilled solution;
- and then
- (c) forming said mixture into said frozen instant beverage product.
A frozen instant beverage product comprising a continuous phase and a particulate phase;
- said continuous phase comprising water and a freezing point depressant;
- and
- said particulate phase comprising ice particles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.