Compact-pods of nutrients that dissolve in liquid solutions and manufacturing methods thereof
AssigneeREPS JAPAN CO., Ltd.
InventorsZachary Wayne Bell, Alistair James Brock, Fosca Mirata
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Abstract
Nutrients and/or nutrient supplements compacted into soluble pods are described, namely the invention is a combination of formulation with compaction methods and coating/encapsulating methods. The formulation includes combining nutrients and/or nutrient supplements with at least one dissolution agent, and with at least one binding agent. The methods include compaction and coating/encapsulating the resulting compact-pod or formula to generate a single serve compact-pod unit that can be dissolved into a beverage or liquid.
Claims8
A method of converting a nutrient into a compact-pod unit, comprising:
- combining a first nutrient with at least one organic acid to the create a first formula;
- adding a first binding agent to the first formula;
- combining a second nutrient with at least one bicarbonate salt to create a second formula;
- adding a second binding agent to the second formula;
- combining the first and second formulas to create a third formula;
- adding at least one hydrophobin to the third formula;
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- converting the third formula into the compact-pod unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.