System and method for producing a coloring and flavoring solution

Abstract

A system for producing a coloring and flavoring solution from a liquid coloring formulation comprises a pre-mixer (I) with a liquid coloring formulation inlet (1) and a compressed air inlet (2), and a pre-disintegrated mixture outlet (3) with a tubing (4), a disintegrating device (II) being a body (5) with a superheated steam inlet (6), a pre-disintegrated mixture inlet (7) supplied by a tubing (4) and a compressed air inlet (8), and a disintegrated mixture outlet (9) with a tubing (4′), and a final mixer (III) with a disintegrated mixture inlet (11) supplied by the tubing (4′), comprising a superheated steam inlet (12) and a disintegrated coloring and flavoring solution outlet (13). A method for producing a coloring and flavoring solution from a liquid coloring formulation comprises steps in which: a liquid coloring formulation and compressed air are fed into a pre-mixer to produce a pre-disintegrated mixture, the resulting pre-disintegrated mixture is introduced into a disintegrating device through which superheated steam flows, where the compressed air is simultaneously fed for further mixing and disintegrating the particles of the coloring formulation, and further the resulting finely disintegrated mixture is fed into a final mixer, in which the mixture is contacted for further disintegration with superheated steam supplied by the tubing, obtaining a coloring and flavoring solution at the outlet from the final mixer.

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