Patent · US Expired

Method of making a granular food product

US6579548B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

NESTEC S.A. · CH

Inventors

Hanspeter Haefliger · Winterthur, CH
Pierre Dupart
Leonhard Blasius · Tengen, DE
Peter Kehrli · Winterthur, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 4, 2002
Grant date	Jun 17, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 4, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA23P10/22
WIPO fieldFood chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

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.

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