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US 2017/0000152 A1Published application
Method of producing a soluble coffee powder
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorsRobert Thomas Boehm, Xiaoping Fu, Adam Gregory Yunker
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of producing a freeze dried soluble coffee powder which produces foam when dissolved in water. The method involves partly melting the surface of a granulated frozen coffee extract and mixing it with a porous spray dried coffee powder whereby the porous spray dried powder particles stick to the surface of the granulated frozen coffee extract particles, and freeze drying the particles.
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A method of producing a soluble coffee powder, the method comprising:
- a) providing a porous spray dried soluble coffee powder;
- b) providing a granulated frozen coffee extract;
- c) heating the granulated frozen coffee extract to partly melt the powder surface;
- d) mixing the porous spray dried coffee powder with the heated granulated frozen coffee extract to produce particles of the frozen coffee extract covered by particles of the porous spray dried coffee powder;
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- e) freeze drying the covered particles of frozen coffee extract obtained in step d.
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