Infusion beverage product comprising co-agglomerated creamer and sweetener suitable for bag and filter pack brewing
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorGordon K. Stipp
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an infusion product for making a beverage comprising an infusible material and a soluble additive material packaged in an infusion bag, wherein the soluble additive material comprises a co-agglomerate of a creamer base and a sweetener base. The present invention also relates to a process for making an infusion product comprising packaging an infusion material and a co-agglomerate of a creamer base and a sweetener base in an infusion bag. The present invention further relates to a method of preparing an individual serving of a beverage such as coffee, tea or the like, comprising immersing in a receptacle of hot water such an infusion product.
Claims17
An infusion package for making a beverage comprising an infusible dry beverage making substance containing water soluble extractable solids and a water soluble additive material, both packaged in a water permeable infusion bag, wherein the soluble additive material comprises a dry steam agglomerated co-agglomerate of a particulate, dairy or non-dairy creamer and a particulate, natural or artificial sweetener wherein the co-agglomerate has a bulk density in the range from about 0.3 g/cc to about 0.7 g/cc.
A process for preparing an infusion package useful for making a beverage, said process comprising:
- a) steam agglomerating a particulate, dairy or non-dairy creamer and a particulate, natural or artificial sweetener to form a co-agglomerate of the creamer and the sweetener having a bulk density ranging from about 0.3 g/cc to about 0.7 g/cc,
- b) mixing the co-agglomerate of step a) with an infusible dry beverage making substance containing-water soluble extractable solids, and
- c) packaging the mixture of step b) in a water permeable infusion bag.
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