Nestec S.a.

Nestac S.a.

Antonio Jimenez-Laguna

Josephine E Lometillo

Gilles Fayard

Michel John Arthur Groux

The invention relates to a method for preparing a hot beverage having foamed milk-based topping. A frozen concentrated and aerated milk is combined with a liquid to form the beverage. The invention also relates to a product comprising a flavored beverage base and frozen milk concentrates constituting distinct separate portions of the product. The frozen milk incorporates gas, so that the product provides a flavored beverage having a foamed milk topping upon addition of a liquid.

Beverage topping

Frozen concentrated milk is prepared by introducing a concentrated milk, such as a concentrated whole or skim milk, into the barrel of an apparatus for extrusion of a product which contains at least one screw which is rotated for transport of the concentrated milk through the apparatus barrel for extrusion of product through an extrusion apparatus product exit die, and during the transport of the concentrated milk through the extrusion apparatus, the concentrated milk is cooled to a temperature of equal to or lower than &minus;8&deg; C. to obtain, from the exit die, frozen concentrated milk.

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Lausanne, Switzerland

Antonio Jimenez-Laguna