The present invention relates to a water-soluble consumable or beverage pod and a method of making a consumable or beverage instantly using the pod. The beverage pod does not leave any trash and a cover covering the pod is also biodegradable. The consumable pod includes a sealed water-soluble body containing a consumable powder which can be a coffee powder, a tea powder, a baby formula powder, and a soup powder. The pod is dropped into water, enabling the body to dissolve, and mixing of consumable powder in the water for instantly preparing the consumable. In some embodiments, sugar is included in the consumable powder or in the sealed water-soluble body, and a liquid beverage concentrate can be used in place of the beverage powder. The pods and their storage bag/packaging are biodegradable to remain environmentally conscious when thrown away.

A solid beverage composition has disintegration properties such that the composition is readily soluble or dispersible in hot water or hot milk to produce a beverage. This is achieved by compressing a powdered extract of an edible material and controlling the compression force, in conjunction with the use of an edible oil as the sole binder. In addition, the particle sizes of the powdered extract can be controlled to optimize the flow properties of the powder in order to aid the compression process.

The present invention relates to a soluble beverage powder comprising dried coffee extract particles having two essentially flat surfaces and a uniform thickness. A further aspect of the invention is a process for making a freeze-dried soluble beverage powder.

A method for coating a powder compact, in particular for producing a capsule containing powdered beverages, comprises the following steps: i) Providing a powder compact of a powder containing at least one polysaccharide, ii) Providing a container having a container wall of a perforated material enclosing a cavity, the container having an inlet opening for introducing coating liquid into the cavity, iii) placing the powder compact in the cavity of the container, the powder compact being smaller than the volume of the cavity, (iv) introducing a coating liquid containing a coating material into the cavity via the inlet port, v) immersing the container filled with the powder compact and the coating material in a hardener liquid containing a hardener compound, the viscosity of the hardener liquid being lower than the viscosity of the coating liquid, and vi) Removal of the container from the hardener liquid and removal of the coated powder compact from the container.

A solid food has a solid form obtained by compression molding a powder. Where a dissolution process from the solid food starting to dissolve until completely dissolving is measured over time on the basis of electric conductivity, times at which a dissolution ratio where electric conductivity at the time of finish of dissolution is 100%, reaches 20%, 63%, and 95% are t.sub.20, t.sub.63, and t.sub.95, and times (sec) at which the dissolution ratio of a reference solid food, formed under conditions in which a difference in weight with the solid food is within ±0.3%, a difference in surface area is within ±2%, a difference in hardness is within ±4%, and a humidification treatment temperature is 100° C. or lower, reaches 20%, 63%, and 95% are t.sub.20ref, t.sub.63ref, and t.sub.95ref, a solubility index (I.sub.d) represented by the following Formula (1) is less than 1.

I.sub.d=(t.sub.20/t.sub.20ref+t.sub.63/t.sub.63ref+t.sub.95/t.sub.95ref)/3  (1)

An all-in-one beverage serving and a method of manufacturing the all-in-one beverage serving is described. The method includes: forming a mixture of a predetermined amount of panela, a predetermined amount of an active ingredient, optionally a predetermined amount of a functional component, and optionally a predetermined amount of a flavoring component. The method then includes placing the mixture into a mold and compressing the mixture to form a solid tablet (e.g., the all-in-one beverage serving). The solid tablet may then be placed into water or milk (or a similar beverage) to form an instant beverage for a user to enjoy.

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 method of producing coffee tablets for making coffee from roasted coffee beans and other ingredients, including: roasting and grinding coffee beans to obtain two or three fractions of different granularity, forming a serving dose and feeding ingredients sequentially into a moistened press matrix and mixing them, pressing tablets and simultaneously heating a superficial layer, controlling and packaging tablets. A blend, a roasting degree, a fraction size, weight and density are selected in a coffee tablet in such a manner so that a cup of premium coffee could be brewed at home, in an office, in a car, a train and a plane.

Systems and methods for soluble coffee tablet comprising a homogeneous compressed mixture of coffee with auxiliary materials adapts to fizz and create foam.