The present invention provides a freeze dried solid food product that is ready to be consumed without any further preparations, by directly introducing said product into the mouth. The invention also provides processes for the preparation of said food product.

A structured coffee composition and to various items made using such coffee composition are provided. The structured coffee composition is suitable for use in one or more of automatic drip coffee makers, single serving coffee makers, percolating coffee makers, moka pot coffee makers, French press coffee makers, vacuum coffee makers, expresso coffee makers, thermal coffee makers, or any combination of two or more thereof.

A freeze-dried beverage solidified product to be mixed with water or hot water in order to prepare a beverage, the beverage solidified product comprising dextrin, wherein the contained amount of sugars in the beverage solidified product is 8.5 mass % or less.

Nutrients and/or nutrient supplements compacted into soluble pods are described, namely the invention is a combination of formulation with compaction methods and coating/encapsulating methods. The formulation includes combining nutrients and/or nutrient supplements with at least one dissolution agent, and with at least one binding agent. The methods include compaction and coating/encapsulating the resulting compact-pod or formula to generate a single serve compact-pod unit that can be dissolved into a beverage or liquid.

A capsule for preparing a beverage from beverage powder, such as coffee from coffee powder, by introducing water into the capsule. The capsule includes a compacted pellet made of a powder containing at least one polysaccharide. The compacted pellet is sheathed with at least one coating layer that includes a cross-linked polysaccharide. The cross-linked polysaccharide can be obtained by cross-linking a polysaccharide with a cross-linking agent without the use of a polyol spacer. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing such a capsule.

The present disclosure generally relates to a process for preparing a beverage enriched with healthy antioxidant and natural caffeine comprises blending combination of selected ingredients with purified water and vegetable glycerin upon stirring the mixture uniformly; performing cold maceration of the mixture at a low temperature for a period of time prior to the start of fermentation; centrifuging the cold macerated mixture for removing tea/coffee residue from the mixture; concentrating liquid extract of tea/coffee thereby performing secondary clarification for removing left out tea/coffee residue; and concentrating clarified tea/coffee followed by homogenizing the concentrated tea/coffee thereafter filling ready to drink tea/coffee into a jar/packet.

A capsule, especially for preparing a beverage from beverage powder, in particular of coffee from coffee powder, by introducing water into the capsule, wherein the capsule comprises a compacted pellet made of a powder containing at least one polysaccharide, wherein the compacted pellet is sheathed with at least one coating layer, wherein the at least one coating layer comprises a cross-linked polysaccharide, wherein the cross-linked polysaccharide can be obtained by cross-linking a polysaccharide with a cross-linking agent without the use of a polyol spacer.

A method for manufacturing such a capsule comprises the following steps: i) preparing a compacted pellet from a powder containing at least one polysaccharide, ii) bringing at least one part and preferably the entire surface of the compacted pellet used in step i) into contact with a solution of a polysaccharide in a solvent or with a dispersion of a polysaccharide in a dispersant, iii) when appropriate, removing of the compacted pellet from the solution or dispersion of step ii), iv) bringing the compacted pellet obtained in step ii) or iii) into contact with at least one cross-linking agent, v) when appropriate, removing the compacted pellet from the solution of step iv) and vi) drying of the compacted pellet obtained in step iv) or v).

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/cm.sup.3 and wherein the white component has a density in the range of 0.74 to 0.9 g/cm.sup.3 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.

A tablet (12) of soluble coffee comprises a predetermined amount of soluble coffee powder, suitable for producing a coffee-based beverage when immersed in water or other liquid substance. The tablet is characterized in that it comprises at least one hole (14) for increasing the wettable surface area of the tablet (12). Also described is a method for preparing a beverage, associated with the tablet.

A ground roast coffee tablet which is capable of being brewed in a conventional automatic drip coffee maker, and which exhibits sufficient strength to withstand all aspects of manufacture, handling, packaging, transport without breakage but also readily disintegrates when contacted with hot water during brewing, is made by subjecting conventional ground, roasted coffee to a multi-step compaction process in which at least two compression steps are carried out in the same compaction die.