Nestec S.a.

Josephine E Lometillo

William French

Antonio Jimenez-Laguna

Singhachai Surintranspanot

A frozen dessert novelty which is a water ice molded confection product that includes a thin translucent shell and a multi-colored core which is encased into the shell and which is visible in the product before and during consumption, and a process for preparing it. The product is mounted on a stick to facilitate handling and eating.

Frozen dessert novelty and method for its preparation

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

A patterned composite food product has an ice confectionery composition component and an edible material component which is different from the ice confectionery composition, the edible material having a pattern form which is an inclusion pattern zone in the ice confectionery composition, and the pattern may have a layer form wherein a plurality of edible material layers are separated one from another and surrounded by the ice confectionery composition. The composite product is prepared by pumping an ice confectionery composition into a former structure provided with an extrusion die for product extrusion from the former structure and by pumping a the edible material component through an assembly of a hollow spindle with nozzle(s) attached wherein the nozzle(s) is (are) provided with ports, particularly slots, for delivering the edible material to within the ice confectionery composition pumped through the former structure. The spindle of the assembly is located and extends longitudinally towards the die about an axis of the former structure within the ice confectionery stream, and the assembly rotates about the axis and also translates axially in a reciprocating movement so that patterns of the edible material are formed in the ice confectionery composition to provide a composite product having edible material inclusion zones and inclusion-free zones. The composite product so-pumped is extruded via the die to provide a strand which has a cross-section given by the die outlet opening and then the strand is cut to provide composite product portions.

Patterned frozen confectionery product

A composite ice confectionery product of the frozen type is prepared by pumping an ice composition into a former structure provided with an extrusion die so that the composition contained within the former passes through the former to the die for extrusion via the die and by pumping a material of texture different from that of the aerated ice confectionery through an assembly of a hollow spindle with nozzle(s) attached wherein the nozzle(s) is (are) provided with ports, particularly slots, for delivering the material into the ice confectionery composition stream in the former. The spindle is located and extends along and about an axis of the former within the ice confectionery stream and rotates about the axis and also translates axially in a reciprocating movement so that patterns of the material are formed in the ice confectionery to obtain a composite product having material inclusion zones and inclusion-free zones, and the composite product so-pumped is extruded via the die, to provide a strand which has a cross-section given by the die outlet opening, and then the strand is cut to provide slabs.

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Hillard, OH, United States of America

Josephine E Lometillo