Formulation and dispenser systems create dairy based toppings for beverages. The dispensers include a container, valve, and an actuator for the valve. The formulations include a liquid product and a propellant. The liquid product includes a certain percentage of milkfat provided, for example, by heavy cream, skim milk, nonfat dry milk, sweeteners, and an emulsifier. The propellant is nitrous oxide or nitrogen.

Formulation and dispenser systems create dairy based toppings for beverages. The dispensers include a container, valve, and an actuator for the valve. The formulations include a liquid product and a propellant. The liquid product includes a certain percentage of milkfat provided, for example, by heavy cream, skim milk, nonfat dry milk, sweeteners, and an emulsifier. The propellant is nitrous oxide or nitrogen.

A system arranged for providing controlled discharge of gaseous and fluid elements sequentially into any of a wide variety of individual fluid and gas such as for example, whipped cream dispensing units, while preventing misuse of that system, and also reporting any needs of that system for management or resupply.

A kitchen appliance drive unit (10) is disclosed that comprises a housing (11) including a drive mechanism in the housing; a rotary member (31) driven by the drive mechanism, a first opening (13); a second opening (15) and an fluid pump (40) driven by the drive mechanism and being fluidly connected to the first and second openings, the fluid pump being arranged, in a first mode of operation, to displace a fluid from the first opening 5 (13) to the second opening (15), the fluid pump (40) also being arranged, in a second mode of operation, to displace fluid from the second opening (15) to the first opening (13).

The invention refers to a pumping and foaming device (10) comprising a mixing unit (201) where air and a foamable fluid are conveyed and pre-mixed, and a foaming unit (203) where the mixture of air and fluid is foamed; the device (10) further comprising a processing element (202) rotatable with respect to the foaming unit (203), such that the rotation of the processing element (202) sucks air and fluid by centrifugal forces into the mixing unit (201), where they are conveyed and pre-mixed, that same rotation of the processing element (202) with respect to the foaming unit (203) driving the mixture of air and fluid under a certain level of shear stress which allows the mixture to be foamed. The invention further refers to a pack (100) comprising a device (10) and a fluid container (20), and further to a machine (200) to which such a pack (100) is connectable. The invention also refers to a system (300) comprising a machine (200) and a pack (100).

A food product dispenser includes a drive unit and a dispensing unit removably coupled to the drive unit. The dispensing unit includes a product reservoir configured to store the food product, a dispensing nozzle, and a product transfer assembly including a pump assembly configured to be driven by the drive unit when the dispensing unit is coupled to the drive unit to convey the food product from the product reservoir to the dispensing nozzle.

A portable apparatus for dispensing and foaming of a product, including: a product container which contains a product that is to be foamed by and dispensed from the apparatus; a gas container, at least containing a gas, for example a single gas or a gas mixture, wherein the gas substantially does not contain any greenhouse gases such as N20; a dispersion device, having a product entrance that is connectable to the product container for receiving product, the dispersion device further being connectable to the gas container for supplying the gas to the product during product discharge; a processing device downstream of the dispersion device for performing a mixing treatment and/or pressure reduction on the product provided with the gas; and a product dispensing head, being part of a top section of the apparatus and being arranged downstream of the processing device.

A portable apparatus for dispensing and foaming of a product, including: a product container which contains a product that is to be foamed by and dispensed from the apparatus; a gas container, at least containing a gas, for example a single gas or a gas mixture, wherein the gas substantially does not contain any greenhouse gases such as N20; a dispersion device, having a product entrance that is connectable to the product container for receiving product, the dispersion device further being connectable to the gas container for supplying the gas to the product during product discharge; a processing device downstream of the dispersion device for performing a mixing treatment and/or pressure reduction on the product provided with the gas; and a product dispensing head, being part of a top section of the apparatus and being arranged downstream of the processing device.

A method automatically evaluates the quality of milk foam dispensed by a machine for dispensing milk-based beverages through the analysis of an image of the free surface of the frothed milk contained in a container, wherein the analysis uses automatic procedures for processing images for identifying and quantifying, in the processed image, a physical characteristic representative of the texture of the surface of the frothed milk and hence indicative of the quality of milk foam, the physical characteristic being the plurality of air bubbles.

A method automatically evaluates the quality of milk foam dispensed by a machine for dispensing milk-based beverages through the analysis of an image of the free surface of the frothed milk contained in a container, wherein the analysis uses automatic procedures for processing images for identifying and quantifying, in the processed image, a physical characteristic representative of the texture of the surface of the frothed milk and hence indicative of the quality of milk foam, the physical characteristic being the plurality of air bubbles.