Process for supplying magnesium and/or calcium enriched water based beverage and associated manufacturing apparatus
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorsEric Marchal, Renaud Sublet
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Abstract
The invention relates to a process for producing magnesium and/or calcium-enriched drinking water based beverage, comprising: preparing a concentrated aqueous solution of magnesium and/or calcium bicarbonate by, a) providing a powder of magnesium and/or calcium compound in a reactor (4); b) adding an aqueous liquid in said reactor; and c) injecting carbon dioxide (CO2) into said reactor; adding at least part of the concentrated aqueous solution of magnesium and/or calcium bicarbonate into a flowing circuit comprising an aqueous liquid. The invention also relates to the associated manufacturing apparatus comprising a reactor.
Claims19
A process for producing magnesium and/or calcium-enriched drinking water based beverage, comprising:
- preparing a concentrated aqueous solution of magnesium and/or calcium bicarbonate by,
- providing a powder of magnesium and/or calcium compound in a reactor;
- adding an aqueous liquid in the reactor;
- and
- injecting carbon dioxide into the reactor;
- and
- adding at least part of the concentrated aqueous solution of magnesium and/or calcium bicarbonate into a flowing circuit comprising an aqueous liquid.
An apparatus for manufacturing magnesium and/or calcium enriched drinking water based beverage comprising:
- an open flow circuit with a line of aqueous liquid comprising an outlet for feeding a reactor with aqueous liquid and an inlet for receiving a quantity of concentrated aqueous solution of magnesium and/or calcium bicarbonate from the reactor;
- the reactor comprising inlets for receiving magnesium and/or calcium compound, aqueous liquid and carbon dioxide and an outlet provided with a dosing member for dosing a quantity of concentrated aqueous solution of magnesium and/or calcium bicarbonate to be fed to the line of the open flow circuit;
- injection member for incorporating carbon dioxide into the reactor;
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- a solid dosing member for supplying portions of magnesium and/or calcium compound to the reactor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.