摘要:
A method of making a frozen instant beverage product, is carried out by (a) providing a chilled solution, the chilled solution comprising water and a freezing point depressant; (b) mixing the chilled solution with solid particles (e.g., ice particles and flavor particles) to produce a mixture thereof, the mixing step carried out at a temperature at which the frozen ice particles do not melt in the chilled solution; and then (c) forming the paste into the frozen instant beverage product. The frozen instant beverage product can be stored in frozen form for subsequent use, at which time it is combined with one or more beverages to produced a semi-frozen beverage for consumption.
摘要:
Food nanoemulsion compositions comprising a food safe nonionic surfactant, a hydrophobic food flavorant (e.g., an essential oil), a sugar alcohol kosmotrope, and water. The ratio of the sugar alcohol kosmotrope to the hydrophobic food flavorant is at least 8:1 by weight, and the composition advantageously requires little if any monohydric alcohols for stability and is also free of polyols in addition to the sugar alcohol. Such nanoemulsion compositions are formed from microemulsion concentrates with little or no kinetic energy input. The microemulsion phase inverts to the nanoemulsion upon dilution with additional water. Infinite dilution in water and oil is possible. The high ratio of sugar alcohol to flavorant controls the particle size distribution of the nanoemulsion composition and advantageously alters the organoleptic properties of the nanoemulsion to insert perception of the flavorant near the end of the palatal response.