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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2002
Hanspeter Haefliger, Winterthur, CH;
Pierre Dupart, Zuerich/Witikon, CH;
Leonhard Blasius, Tengen, DE;
Peter Kehrli, Winterthur, CH;
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Abstract
A process for the production of the granular food product by preparing a premix of powdered constituents of the filler and fat, forming the premix into granules or agglomerates by atomizing an aqueous solution of binding agent onto a fluidized bed of the premix to incorporate an amount of binding agent and drying the granules to the desired residual moisture content. The resultant free flowing granular food product comprises a swelling powdered food material having a relatively large mean diameter and a relatively narrow span in diameter distribution so that the granular food product is dispersible by simply pouring it into a hot liquid.