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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2004
Andrew Halliday, Hook Norton, GB;
Colin Ballard, Cheltenham, GB;
Satwinder Panesar, Banbury, GB;
Maria Gomez, West Midlands, GB;
Andrew Halliday, Hook Norton, GB;
Colin Ballard, Cheltenham, GB;
Satwinder Panesar, Banbury, GB;
Maria Gomez, West Midlands, GB;
Kraft Foods R & D, Inc., Munich, DE;
Abstract
A cartridge containing one or more liquid beverage ingredients and being formed from substantially air- and water-impermeable materials, the cartridge comprising an inlet for the introduction of an aqueous medium into the cartridge, a compartment containing the one or more liquid beverage ingredients and an outlet for a beverage produced by dilution of the one or more liquid beverage ingredients by the aqueous medium, characterised in that the compartment includes means for controlling dilution of at least a proportion of the one or more liquid beverage ingredients on introduction of the aqueous medium into the compartment.