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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:
Jul. 27, 1999
Filed:
May. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23F / ; A23C / ; A23C / ; A23C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426594 ; 426580 ; 426584 ; 426588 ;
Abstract
A soluble beverage powder which, upon reconstitution with water, provides a beverage simulating a coffee drink which contains a small amount of cream. The soluble beverage powder is made up of a soluble coffee powder; and a soluble creamer-containing powder. The creamer-containing powder contains pre-flocculated creamer solids and at least about 10% by weight of soluble coffee solids. The soluble creamer-containing powder has a color similar to that of the soluble coffee powder such that the soluble beverage powder has a substantially homogeneous color. The soluble beverage powder contains a total amount of soluble coffee of at least 25% by weight.