Nestec S.a.

Societe Des Produits Nestle S.a.

Heinz Wyss

Yann Epars

Nihan Dogan

Sophie Abraham

Lucio Scorrano

Alain Meier

Vincent Martin

Daniel Roland Manser

Nicolas Bezet

Jean-Marc Flick

Youcef Ait Bouziad

Raphael Bernhardsgruetter

Nicolas Jean-Guy Bezet

Frederic Doleac

Thierry Jean Robert Fabozzi

Frédéric Doleac

Philippe Baenninger

Yasmine Doudin

Ines Magniet

Thierry Jean Fabozzi

Oliver Chmiel

Hanspeter Maier

Anne Roulin

Marc Furrer

Michel Chaveron

Matthew David Steven

Conchita Tran

Roland Lehmann

Hans Engel

Jurg Schlaginhaufen

Martinas Jurgis Kuslys

HansPeter Pleisch

Stephane Hentzel

Olaf Wehrspann

Bruno Bizet

Daniela Doris Munz-Schaerer

Silvio Lardelli

Renaud Sublet

Wolfgang Zangerle

Martine Daenzer-Alloncle

Luigi Poisson

Nicole Langenegger

Catia Filipa Monteiro Pimenta De Sousa

Marie Georgina Feuvrier-Roy

Marco Ramaioli

Stéphane Hentzel

Hans Markus Kohli

Josef Kerler

Hans-Markus Kohli

Marie Georgina Roy

Hanspeter Pleisch

Inès Magniet

Nihan Dodan

A fitment for a package for preparing a beverage connectable to a machine for supplying sanitized liquid to the package is disclosed. The fitment includes a sealing portion and a housing and a fluid connector for fluidly connecting to the machine and to supply liquid inside the container. Also disclosed are packages containing same and methods of producing and using same.

Fitment for package and package for preparing a beverage from liquid supplied to the package by a device

Filtration unit () for use in a beverage preparation machine using a container for preparing the beverage; the unit being adapted to engage a container holder () intended to be inserted in the machine; said filtration unit comprising a filter () and a protective casing () encompassing the filter; said casing comprising an inlet wall with at least one liquid inlet () and an outlet wall with at least one liquid outlet () for delivering filtered liquid to a container lodged in the container holder wherein the filter () is arranged in a removable manner from the casing.

Filtration unit for use in machine for preparing ready-to-drink nutritional liquids

A capsule for preparing a beverage and connectable to a machine for supplying sanitized liquid to the capsule is disclosed. The capsule includes a product compartment and a spout that includes a housing and a fluid connector adapted to be fluidly connected to the machine and to supply liquid inside the product compartment.

Capsule for the preparation of a beverage from liquid supplied by a device

An apparatus for preparing a beverage by delivering sanitized liquid within a package containing nutritional ingredients. The apparatus includes a package comprising a product compartment containing nutritional ingredients and a spout arranged for the supply of liquid inside the compartment. The apparatus also includes a machine comprising a control unit and a liquid supply and treatment unit. Methods of production and use thereof are also disclosed.

Apparatus and method for preparing a beverage from liquid supplied to a package by a machine

A capsule has an inlet face C formed by a circular section and a bulge section extending from the circular section so that the inlet face C is not symmetric in rotation. The capsule further has an optically readable code on a side wall of a cup-shaped body of the capsule opposite the bulge section. A beverage production machine has a capsule holder for holding the capsule in the beverage production machine so that the optically readable code can be read by a code reader. Liquid can be supplied to the capsule to produce a nutritional product. The optically readable code and the code reader can be prevented from being contaminated with liquid, vapor, dirt or the like. The beverage production machine can perform an automatic detection of the capsule type and a corresponding automatic setting of preparation parameters.

Capsule, beverage production machine and system for the preparation of a nutritional product

Container holder () for use in a nutritional liquid preparation machine () for the preparation of a nutritional liquid from the mixture of ingredients contained in a container and liquid supplied by the machine in the container; said holder comprising a body with a container receiving seat () arranged for receiving the container () in a defined container sitting position and a filtration unit (); such filtration unit comprising a liquid outlet () wherein the filtration unit is arranged with the container holder to be movable between a first position in which the container receiving seat () of the holder is uncovered for enabling the loading and unloading of the container in the container holder and a second position in which the container receiving seat () is covered by the filtration unit for enabling the liquid outlet () of the filtration unit to be positioned at the inlet side of the container () when a container is present in the container holder ().

Container holder with filtration unit for use in a nutritional preparation machine

The present invention relates to a kit, comprising: &#x2014;at least one capsule () for insertion in a beverage production machine and containing nutritional ingredients, preferably infant formula ingredients, the capsule having a cup-like base body () comprising an opening () being closed off by an outlet face (), and &#x2014;at least one capsule opening device () provided separately to the capsule (), the capsule () and the opening device () being provided with means for mechanically associating the opening device () to the capsule () by the consumer, preferably without using tools, the capsule opening device () comprising an integrally formed opening member () arranged to be operated by a user and designed for opening said outlet face () of the capsule ().

Capsule opening kit

A portioned system for preparing a nutritional liquid product comprising a liquid supply device () and a container () containing nutritional ingredients; said container having an opening (), the system furthercomprising a liquid injection interface () for supplying an amount of liquid in the container () thereby providing the nutritional liquid product, wherein the liquid injection interface () comprises a liquid inlet () and a product outlet () for removing the nutritional liquid product from the container wherein the liquid injection interface comprises a wall () extending 10 transversally relative to the opening of the container during the operation of the system; said transversal wall () comprising the liquid inlet () and the product outlet () which are transversally distant one another along the said wall.

Portioned system for preparing a nutritional product

The present invention presents a capsulehaving an inlet face C, which is formed by a circular sectionand a bulge sectionextending from the circular sectiongiving the inlet face C a not symmetric in rotation. The capsulefurther has an optically readable codeon a side wallof a cup-shaped body of the capsuleopposite the bulge section. The present invention further presents a beverage production machine with a capsule holderfor holding a capsulein such a way in the beverage production machine, that the optically readable code can be read by a code reader. Liquid can be supplied to the capsule to produce a nutritional product. The present invention provides means to prevent the optically readable codeand the code reader, respectively, from being contaminated with liquid, vapor, dirt or the like. An automatic detection of the capsule type, and a corresponding automatic setting of preparation parameters by the beverage production machinebecomes possible, and is more reliable than state of the art solutions.

Production machine () for beverages and liquid comestibles, the machine comprising: a housing (); a capsule holder designed for insertion into the housing (), wherein the capsule holder comprises a capsule receiving means (); a liquid injection assembly () provided in the housing (). The capsule holder and the machine are designed such that the capsule holder can be transferred manually, via a relative movement of the capsule holder and the housing of the machine, at least between: &#x2014;a first capsule loaded position, in which any capsule () received in the capsule holder is positioned ready for being engaged by the liquid injection assembly () and, &#x2014;a second capsule loading position adapted for loading a capsule outside of the housing (). Complementary stopping means of the capsule holder and the housing are provided which are configured to automatically engage each other to stop the capsule holder in the second capsule loading position. The capsule holder () can be resiliently removed completely from the housing () for cleaning/replacing purposes and in a way that it is not damaged or does not require tools.

Beverage production machine comprising features to facilitate capsule loading and unloading

A capsule for preparing a beverage and/or nutritional product is disclosed that includes a body that forms a first compartment for liquid injection and a second compartment for containing beverage and/or nutritional ingredients. A separation wall separates the first and second compartments and includes an aperture for the liquid transfer from the first compartment to the second compartment. A separate liquid injector is inserted in and/or against the separation wall and is arranged for transferring liquid from the first compartment to the second compartment.

Capsule for preparing a beverage or nutritional product

A capsule for the preparation of a nutritional product in a device adapted to supply liquid into the capsule. The capsule includes at least one compartment containing nutritional ingredients for the preparation of the nutritional product in combination with the supplied liquid, and a filter adapted for removing contaminants contained in the liquid. The capsule also has a selectively openable gas inlet which is placed on or in the capsule to allow gas introduction from outside the capsule into the compartment without passing through the filter.

Capsule, method and device for preparing a nutritional product

The invention proposes a capsule () for use in a beverage production device, the capsule containing ingredients for producing a nutritional liquid when a liquid is fed into the capsule () at an inlet face () thereof, the capsule () furthermore containing heat sensitive bioactive ingredients such as probiotic microorganisms () which are physically separated from the other nutritional ingredients in the capsule.

Capsule containing nutritional ingredients and method of delivery of a nutritional liquid from the capsule

Capsule and filter unit for the preparation of a nutritional product in a device adapted to supply liquid in the capsule. The capsule is constructed to have at least one compartment containing nutritional ingredients for the preparation of the nutritional product in combination with the supplied liquid, and a filter adapted for removing contaminants contained in the liquid. The filter is formed as a relatively rigid filter unit that includes a filter membrane and an outlet wall for supporting the filter membrane. The outlet wall has at least one liquid outlet communicating with the compartment.

Capsule for preparing a nutritional product including a filter and method

Nutritional delivery system using single-serve capsules comprising: a dispenser for a nutritional composition comprising means for providing water into a single-use capsule containing a portion-controlled serving of a nutritional formula; different types of capsules () being designed according to a nutritional feeding plan corresponding to persons or categories of persons to be fed, each type comprising capsules containing a nutritional formula; the capsules of different types having at least one differentiating characteristic so that each type of capsules corresponds to a feeding time period determined by the feeding plan; control operation means associated to each type of capsules, said means comprising information relating to at least one differentiating operational parameter relevant to produce and deliver a differentiated nutritional liquid in the dispenser according to the feeding plan.

Portion-controlled nutrition system and method using capsules

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Oberdiessbach, Switzerland

Heinz Wyss