Aromatization of beverage powders
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorsDean Frederick Rushmore, Lawrence G. Carns
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Abstract
A process for incorporating an aroma-containing substrate into a beverage powder. The beverage powder is transported in the form of a moving bed and caused to fall in an annular curtain into a filler for filling the beverage powder into containers. As the beverage powder falls in the annular curtain, the aroma-containing substrate is sprayed onto the beverage powder from a position above the moving bed. This provides a substantially homogenous distribution of the aroma-containing substrate in the beverage powder in the filler.
Claims20
A process for incorporating an aroma-containing substrate into a beverage powder, the process comprising:
- transporting the beverage powder in the form of a moving bed and causing the moving bed to fall in an annular curtain into a filler for filling the beverage powder into containers;
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- spraying the aroma-containing substrate onto the beverage powder as it falls in the annular curtain from a position above the moving bed for providing a substantially homogenous distribution of the aroma-containing substrate in the beverage powder in the filler.
A process for incorporating an aroma-containing substrate into a beverage powder, the process comprising:
- transporting the beverage powder in the form of a moving bed by feeding the beverage powder into an elongated channel member and causing the channel member to vibrate;
- causing the moving bed to fall in an annular curtain directly into a filler for filling the beverage powder into containers, by transporting the bed over a substantially circular distribution aperture;
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- spraying the aroma-containing substrate onto the beverage powder as it falls in the annular curtain from a position above the moving bed for providing a substantially homogenous distribution of the aroma-containing substrate in the beverage powder in the filler.
A process for incorporating an aroma-containing substrate into a beverage powder, the process comprising:
- transporting the beverage powder in the form of a moving bed and causing the moving bed to fall in an annular curtain;
- and
- spraying the aroma-containing substrate onto the beverage powder as it falls in the annular curtain from a position above the moving bed for providing a substantially homogenous distribution of the aroma-containing substrate in the beverage powder;
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- collecting the annular curtain in a filler for filling the beverage powder into containers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.