The present invention discloses carrier used for preparing beverage and method for fabrication thereof. Said carrier has primarily components comprising a sealing lid, a filter and a paper-made container, wherein by mold assembly of wet-fiber paper-molding process, solid geometric shape of said paper-made container is integrally formed, and by demolding of said paper-made container along a demolding direction corresponding to said mold assembly, annular cup wall of said paper-made container is laterally formed with at least one protrusive portion, having central axis paralleling with said demolding direction, and after a number of said paper-made containers are one-by-one nested in alignment into a stack assembly, said at least one protrusive portion acts on ensuring that said respective paper-made container is one-by-one drawn from said number of paper-made containers of the stack assembly while passing through picking of component-assembling production line, thereby assembling corresponding components to constitute said respective corresponding carrier.

The present invention discloses carrier used for preparing beverage and method for fabrication thereof. Said carrier has primarily components comprising a sealing lid, a filter and a paper-made container, wherein by mold assembly of wet-fiber paper-molding process, solid geometric shape of said paper-made container is integrally formed, and by demolding of said paper-made container along a demolding direction corresponding to said mold assembly, annular cup wall of said paper-made container is laterally formed with at least one protrusive portion, having central axis paralleling with said demolding direction, and after a number of said paper-made containers are one-by-one nested in alignment into a stack assembly, said at least one protrusive portion acts on ensuring that said respective paper-made container is one-by-one drawn from said number of paper-made containers of the stack assembly while passing through picking of component-assembling production line, thereby assembling corresponding components to constitute said respective corresponding carrier.

One variation of a serving unit includes: a base; a wall extending from the base, including a frustoconical section, and defining a central axis; a rim extending from an upper edge of the wall; a seal extending across the rim and transiently enclosing a cavity defined by the wall and the base; a beater arranged within the cavity, configured to rotate about the central axis, including blades configured to extend along the base and up a portion of the wall, and including a drive coupling coaxial with the central axis; and a dry powdered food product arranged within the cavity and including a first quantity of flavoring, a second quantity of sweetener, and a third quantity of thickener.

There are provided: a thermal history change type indicator by which the degree of reconstitution with hot water of instant cup noodles can be easily visually recognized in conjunction with the temperature in a container; and a set of a thermal history change type indicator and instant cup noodles comprising the thermal history change type indicator and instant cup noodles.

The thermal history change type indicator comprises: a thermally meltable material layer containing a thermally meltable material; a permeation layer, wherein the permeation layer becomes transparent or translucent when the thermally meltable material melts and permeates the permeation layer; a thermally meltable material permeation-inhibiting layer for inhibiting the permeation of the thermally meltable material into the permeation layer, wherein the thermally meltable material permeation-inhibiting layer is arranged between the thermally meltable material layer and the permeation layer; and a protective layer, wherein the thermally meltable material layer, the permeation layer, and the thermally meltable material permeation-inhibiting layer are layered, and the permeation layer side of the layered product is covered with the protective layer. The set of a thermal history change type indicator and instant cup noodles comprises the thermal history change type indicator and instant cup noodles. FIG. 1

There are provided: a thermal history change type indicator by which the degree of reconstitution with hot water of instant cup noodles can be easily visually recognized in conjunction with the temperature in a container; and a set of a thermal history change type indicator and instant cup noodles comprising the thermal history change type indicator and instant cup noodles.

The thermal history change type indicator comprises: a thermally meltable material layer containing a thermally meltable material; a permeation layer, wherein the permeation layer becomes transparent or translucent when the thermally meltable material melts and permeates the permeation layer; a thermally meltable material permeation-inhibiting layer for inhibiting the permeation of the thermally meltable material into the permeation layer, wherein the thermally meltable material permeation-inhibiting layer is arranged between the thermally meltable material layer and the permeation layer; and a protective layer, wherein the thermally meltable material layer, the permeation layer, and the thermally meltable material permeation-inhibiting layer are layered, and the permeation layer side of the layered product is covered with the protective layer. The set of a thermal history change type indicator and instant cup noodles comprises the thermal history change type indicator and instant cup noodles. FIG. 1

A hardly soluble beverage product, comprising: a container comprising a main body that contains a content and that has a container mouth as an outlet of the content, and a cap that is mounted on the container mouth to close the main body. An internal volume of the container is set to a total of: a volume corresponding to a volume of the powder material contained in the container; a volume corresponding to an amount of the liquid determined in accordance with an amount of the powder material to be mixed or dissolved with the liquid; and a volume as an extra space to cause turbulence of the powder material and the liquid.

A hardly soluble beverage product, comprising: a container comprising a main body that contains a content and that has a container mouth as an outlet of the content, and a cap that is mounted on the container mouth to close the main body. An internal volume of the container is set to a total of: a volume corresponding to a volume of the powder material contained in the container; a volume corresponding to an amount of the liquid determined in accordance with an amount of the powder material to be mixed or dissolved with the liquid; and a volume as an extra space to cause turbulence of the powder material and the liquid.

Disclosed is a cup comprising a base and a sidewall. The sidewall can comprise a plurality of spaced ribs projecting outwardly from the sidewall and extending for at least a portion of a length of the sidewall. The sidewall can also comprise an externally mounted sleeve configured to be located with respect to the ribs such that the sleeve is spaced from the sidewall adjacent to the ribs. The sleeve can extend for at least a portion of the length of the sidewall.

Disclosed is a cup comprising a base and a sidewall. The sidewall can comprise a plurality of spaced ribs projecting outwardly from the sidewall and extending for at least a portion of a length of the sidewall. The sidewall can also comprise an externally mounted sleeve configured to be located with respect to the ribs such that the sleeve is spaced from the sidewall adjacent to the ribs. The sleeve can extend for at least a portion of the length of the sidewall.

A container for a foodstuff or beverage preparation machine, the container for containing beverage or foodstuff material and including a code encoding preparation information. The code has a reference portion and a data portion, the reference portion including an arrangement of at least two reference units defining a reference line r, the data portion including a plurality of adjacent sectors arranged on an encoding line D. Each sector is bounded by a first circumferential position and a second circumferential position on the encoding line D, and each sector contains a data unit arranged on the encoding line D between the first and second circumferential positions. The data unit is arranged a distance d extending from the first circumferential position as a variable to at least partially encode a parameter of the preparation information, whereby the encoding line D is circular and is arranged with a tangent thereto orthogonal the reference line r at an intersection point.