Instant beverage tablet for producing a layered beverage

US9968112B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• NESTEC S.A. · CH

Inventors

• Laurent Forny · Lausanne, CH
• Lennart Fries · Lausanne, CH
• Vincent Daniel Maurice Meunier · Épalinges, CH
• Gerhard Niederreiter · Savigny, CH
• Stefan Palzer · Lausanne, CH
• Christoph Reh · Épalinges, CH

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 4, 2015
• Grant date: May 15, 2018
• Expiry date: Aug 4, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A23L2/395
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An instant beverage tablet in the form of multilayer tablet for producing a layered beverage having one or more cream layer(s), coffee and/or cocoa layer(s) and optionally a foam upon reconstitution in a liquid comprising a dark component having sugar, coffee and/or cocoa particles for producing a dark layer; a white component having creamer and sugar for producing white layer; wherein the dark component has a density in the range of 0.5 to 0.7 g/cm3 and wherein the white component has a density in the range of 0.74 to 0.9 g/cm3 and wherein the dark component is compressed with a compaction pressure of at least 250 kPa and wherein the white component is compressed with a compaction pressure of at least 1250 kPa.