EP0109698A1
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Process for flavouring dry vegetable matter
Assignee: Naarden International NV
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Filing: 1983-10-12
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2003-10-12
Abstract
Abstract Process for flavoring dry vegetable material, especially pieces of leaf and stem like tea, herbs, spices and vegetables by mixing the dry vegetable material with one or more micro-encapsulated flavors as well as with an aqueous adhesive solution containing such quantity of water that said quantity may at least be adsorbed for the most part by the vegetable material, continuing the mixing operation till a dry or almost dry product is obtained and then, if necessary, subjecting the obtained product to a drying operation respectively reduction operation.
Inventors
- 👤 Casper Hendrik Koene
- 👤 Cornelis Vos
- 👤 Jan Brasser
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 21:26
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23L; A23L27/00; A24; A24B; A24B15/00; A24B15/18; A24B15/28; A24B15/281; A24B15/283; A23F; A23F3/00; A23F3/40; A23F3/405; A23L27/70; A23L27/72
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
89 words
A process for flavouring dry vegetable material like tea and cut tobacco by means of at least one micro-encapsulated flavour, characterized by mixing the dry vegetable material with the micro-encapsulated flavour as well as with an aqueous adhesive solution containing such quantity of water that said quantity may at least be absorbed for the most part by the vegetable material, continuing this mixing operation till a dry or almost dry mixture is obtained and then, if necessary, subjecting the obtained product to a drying operation respectively a reduction operation.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
89 words
A process for flavouring dry vegetable material like tea and cut tobacco by means of at least one micro-encapsulated flavour, characterized by mixing the dry vegetable material with the micro-encapsulated flavour as well as with an aqueous adhesive solution containing such quantity of water that said quantity may at least be absorbed for the most part by the vegetable material, continuing this mixing operation till a dry or almost dry mixture is obtained and then, if necessary, subjecting the obtained product to a drying operation respectively a reduction operation.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
The process according to claim 1, characterized by first mixing the dry vegetable material with the micro-encapsulated flavour and then adding the aqueous adhesive solution while continuing the mixing operation.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
The process according to claim 1, characterized by first mixing the dry vegetable material with the aqueous adhesive solution and then adding the micro-encapsulated flavour while continuing the mixing operation.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
50 words
The process according to any one of the claims 1-3, characterized in that the quantity of water used as aqueous adhesive solution is such that the water content of the mixture is at most 5X by weight in excess of the quantity that may be absorbed by the vegetable material.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
38 words
The process according to any one of the claims 1-4, characterized in that the quantity of water used as aqueous adhesive solution is equal to or smaller than the quantity that may be absorbed by the vegetable material.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
55 words
The process according to any one of the claims 1-5, characterized by using micro-encapsulated flavours with a rean particle size of 80/um in a maximum amount of 0.35 kg per kg of vegetable material respectively micro-encapsulated flavours with an other mean particle size in a maximum amount which is directly proportional to the above data.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
36 words
The process according to any one of the claims 1-6, characterized by using as adhesive one or more products selected from the group consisting of film forming hydrocolloids and sugars which form a glass on drying.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
35 words
The process according to claim 7, characterized by using as adhesive one or more products selected from the group consisting of vegetable and microbial gums, modified starch derivatives, cellulose derivatives, gelatin, casein, polyvinylalcohol and saccharose.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
25 words
The process according to claim 8, characterized by using as adhesive one or more products selected from the group consisting of gum arabic and saccharose.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
35 words
The process according to any one of the claims 1-9, characterized by subjecting the dry vegetable material to a treatment with a water miscible organic solvent prior to the addition of the aqueous adhesive solution.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
29 words
The process according to claim 10, characterized by using a water miscible organic solvent a product selected from the group consisting of ethanol, isopropanol, propylene glycol, glycerol and benzylalcohol.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
21 words
The process according to claim 10 or 11, characterized by using at most 100 g organic solvent per kg of endproduct.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
19 words
The process according to claim 12, characterized by using at most 40 g organic solvent per kg of endproduct.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
24 words
A product, wholly or partly consisting of the material obtained by means of the process according to one or more of the claims 1-13.
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