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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
May. 26, 2011
Ian Denis Fisk, Loughborough, GB;
Ayse Tulay Massey, Banbury, GB;
Ian Denis Fisk, Loughborough, GB;
Ayse Tulay Massey, Banbury, GB;
Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V., Utrecht, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to improvements in the preparation of beverage and food products and, in particular, to an improved composition for preparing beverage and food products in machines. The composition isprepared by the addition of a liquid to said composition and comprises one or more beverage or food ingredients and at least one preparation aid. The preparation aid comprises a plurality of bodies formed from a substantially insoluble material and the preparation aid is selected to have apredetermined effect on the interaction between the liquid and the composition. The bodies have a diameter in the range of 0.1 mm to 200 mm, and preferably in the range of 1 to 20 mm or in the range of 100 to 200 mm.