Formulation and dispenser systems for beverage foam toppings

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11793358-B2
Application number	US-202217673889-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 17, 2022
Priority date	Feb 14, 2019
Publication date	Oct 24, 2023
Grant date	Oct 24, 2023

Abstract

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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for dispensing a foamed topping for a beverage to create a foam layer on the top surface of the beverage, the system comprising:
an aerosol container containing a liquid product and a propellant,
wherein the propellent includes nitrous oxide,
wherein the liquid product comprises from 7.6% to 18.0% by weight milkfat, from 5% to 98% by weight skim milk, from 0% to 5.0% by weight nonfat dry milk, from 0.5% to 3.0% by weight lecithin, and from 30% to 45% by weight sugar;
a valve attached to the aerosol container; and
an actuator for the valve, wherein the actuator has a generally cylindrical body.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the sugar comprises white, granulated sugar.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the cylindrical body terminates at a discharge end including a cylindrical edge portion.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the cylindrical body terminates at a discharge end including a plurality of inwardly curved fingers configured to form the mixture of propellent and liquid product into a rosette shape.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the liquid product further comprises a flavoring.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the liquid product further comprises salt in an amount up to 0.3% by weight.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the lecithin includes at least one of soy lecithin, sunflower lecithin, and canola lecithin.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the cylindrical body defines an interior expansion chamber in fluid communication with a central passageway to receive and shape the mixture of propellent and liquid product.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the actuator further comprises a deflector, and wherein the deflector rises into and is surrounded by the interior expansion chamber.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the cylindrical body further comprises a transverse support partition, the transverse support partition having an upper concave surface.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the cylindrical body further comprises a transverse support partition, the transverse support partition having an upper flat surface.

12. A system for dispensing a topping for a beverage, the system comprising:
an aerosol container containing a liquid product and a propellant,
wherein the propellent is nitrogen,
wherein the liquid product comprises from 7.6% to 30% by weight milkfat, from 5% to 98% by weight skim milk, from 0% to 8% by weight nonfat dry milk, a lecithin, and from a 30% to 45% by weight sugar;
a valve attached to the aerosol container; and
an actuator for the valve, wherein the actuator has a generally cylindrical body.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the sugar comprises white, granulated sugar.

14. The system of claim 12 , wherein the liquid product further comprises a flavoring.

15. The system of claim 12 , wherein the liquid product further comprises salt in an amount up to 0.3% by weight.

16. The system of claim 12 , wherein the lecithin is in an amount from 0.5% to 3.0% by weight.

17. The system of claim 12 , wherein the cylindrical body defines an interior expansion chamber in fluid communication with a central passageway to receive and shape the mixture of propellent and liquid product.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the actuator further comprises a deflector, and wherein the deflector rises into and is surrounded by the interior expansion chamber.

19. The system of claim 12 , wherein the cylindrical body further comprises a transverse support partition, the transverse support partition having an upper concave surface.

20. The system of claim 12 , wherein the propellant is included in an amount from 0.8% to 1.3% by weight.

Assignees

• Conagra Foods Rdm Inc

Inventors

• Lindsey Samantha
• Baker Steven R

Classifications

• B65D83/164

  Actuators comprising a manually operated valve and being attachable to the aerosol container, e.g. downstream a valve fitted to the container; Actuators associated to container valves with valve seats located outside the aerosol container · CPC title

• A47J43/12 Primary

  Whipping by introducing a stream of gas · CPC title

• B05B7/0012

  Apparatus for achieving spraying before discharge from the apparatus · CPC title

• B05B7/0018

  with devices for making foam · CPC title

• B65D83/16

  Actuating means · CPC title