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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
William F Chalupa, Aurora, IL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426573 ; 426590 ; 426591 ; 426589 ; 426650 ;
Abstract
The invention is a gelled, spherical or substantially spherical bead, comprising gellan gum and one or more beverage or food components. The beads are useful for introducing flavoring, yeast or carbon dioxide components to beverages and foods. The beads can be formed during beverage or food production and introduced to the beverage or food immediately after formation, or they may be formed and stored for later use.