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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2011
Applicants:
Ian William Burns, Sharnbrook, GB;
Andrea Williams, Sharnbrook, GB;
Shiping Zhu, Sharnbrook, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23G 9/48 (2006.01); A23G 9/46 (2006.01); A23G 3/34 (2006.01); A23G 9/24 (2006.01); A23G 9/28 (2006.01); A23G 9/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23G 3/0068 (2013.01); A23G 9/245 (2013.01); A23G 9/28 (2013.01); A23G 9/282 (2013.01); A23G 9/44 (2013.01); A23G 9/48 (2013.01);
Abstract
A process for preparing frozen particles having an average diameter of from 1 to 10 mm and comprising from 1 to 50 wt % of a frozen aqueous core and from 50 to 99 wt % of a fat-based shell is provided, the process comprising: providing a dispensing device having an inner nozzle and an outer nozzle which surrounds the inner nozzle; supplying an aqueous mix to the inner nozzle and a fat-based mix to the outer nozzle, thereby forming particles with a water-continuous core and a fat-continuous shell, and then dropping the particles into a refrigerant.