Dry clouding agent for dry beverage mixes and method for manufacture thereof
AssigneeQuest International B.V.
InventorsDiederik Schmedding, Henk Kremer, Bert Sloot
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Abstract
The invention relates to a dry clouding agent for dry beverage mixes prepared by drying an aqueous mixture, which on a dry weight basis, comprises (a) from 15 to 35% by weight of finely divided TiO2; (b) from 35 to 55% by weight of a suspending agent; and (c) from 20 to 40% by weight of a spacing agent with the proviso that the weight ratio of TiO2 to suspending agent is 1:1.1 to 1:3. Further the invention relates to a method for producing said clouding agent which can be used in dry beverage mixes. Those beverage mixes provide increased opacity stability properties in the aqueous produced therefrom.
Claims14
A dry clouding agent for dry beverage mixes prepared by drying an aqueous mixture, which on a dry weight basis, comprises
- (a) from 15 to 35% by weight of finely divided TiO2;
- (b) from 35 to 55% by weight of a suspending agent;
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- (c) from 20 to 40% by weight of a spacing agent with the proviso that the weight ratio of TiO2 to suspending agent is 1:1.1 to 1:3.
A method of making a dry clouding agent for dry beverage mixes comprising
- (a) subjecting a combination of 15 to 35%, by weight on a dry weight basis, of particulate TiO2, 35 to 55%, by weight on a dry weight basis, of a suspending agent, 20 to 40% by weight on a dry weight basis, of a spacing agent, and water, wherein the weight ratio of TiO2 to suspending agent is 1:1.1 to 1:3, to high smear mixing;
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- (b) drying the obtained aqueous mixture to form a particulate clouding system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.