DE102013005870B3 - Capsule for containing beverage ingredients - Google Patents

Abstract

Capsule (1) for holding soup and / or sauce ingredients, the capsule (1) being designed for insertion into a beverage production device (100), in which a liquid penetrates the capsule (1) under pressure, whereby it is the soup and / or sauce ingredients (1A) are dried and / or extracted components of a soup and / or sauce which are completely filled into the capsule (1) up to a degree of filling (4) of 100% and with interact with the liquid introduced under pressure into the capsule (1) in such a way that a soup and / or sauce can be diverted from the capsule (1), the degree of filling being defined as the ratio of the partial internal volume filled to the total internal volume.

Description

The present invention relates to a capsule for containing soups and / or sauces ingredients, the capsule being adapted for insertion into a beverage production device in which a liquid enters the capsule under pressure and to interact with the ingredients in the capsule to derive a soup and / or a sauce from the capsule, having the features of claim 1.

Capsules for containing, for example, coffee and / or espresso powder are well known in the art. Such capsules are known, for example, under the collective name of Einschubtaps, which are inserted into the beverage production device and from which under pressure, for example, under injection of liquid in the capsules, which then passes through the capsule and then exits from this, coffee can be produced.

The pamphlets WO 2009/103 592 A . DE 60 2004 009 718 T2 . US Pat. No. 2,101,115,415 A1 . DE 602 20 992 T2 . US 2010/0 028 495 A1 and US 2010/0 043 644 A show capsules in which soup and / or sauce ingredients are filled.

The publication NL 2000094 shows a loading bag, in which coffee is introduced.

The capsules may be, for example, commercially available capsules, which are already described in the prior art. This offers the decisive advantage that production devices for producing the capsules do not have to be set up and / or calibrated to different or newly formed capsules and their production, but already existing production devices and their production device parameters can also be used for the capsule described here to fill them, and In a particularly simple manner, instead of the input described coffee powder, the soup and / or sauce ingredients described herein can be filled into the capsules.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a capsule for containing soups and / or sauces ingredients, which allows in a particularly simple manner, soups and / or sauces from a capsule for receiving soup and / or To make sauce ingredients.

This object is solved by the subject matter of the currently valid claims 1 and 3. Advantageous embodiments can be found in the dependent claims.

In order to provide a capsule for containing soup and / or sauce ingredients, the present invention makes use, inter alia, of the idea that the soup and / or sauce ingredients are dried and / or extracted constituents of a soup and / or Solle, which are completely filled to a predeterminable degree of filling in the capsule and interact with the introduced under pressure into the capsule liquid such that a soup and / or a soup is ausleitbar from the capsule.

In this case, the capsule described here for receiving soup and / or sauce ingredients at least a top and a bottom surface, which are interconnected by at least one side wall. Preferably, the bottom and / or top surface is a pierceable surface, so that on then introduced into the bottom and / or top surface holes, the pressurized fluid in the capsule and then again is routable. For example, the bottom and / or top surface is a wall formed with a pierceable material, such as a metal (eg, aluminum).

In principle, however, it is also conceivable that the capsule has a side wall which comprises at least two or more individual and interconnected partial walls. In addition, it is conceivable that in a plan view of the capsule, the capsule has a circular cross section and / or an oval cross section.

"Filling level" in this context means a ratio of that partial internal volume of the capsule which is filled by the soup and / or sauce ingredients introduced into the capsule to the total internal volume of the capsule. Mathematically, the degree of filling can be determined by the formula F = (filled partial internal volume / total internal volume) × 100% be expressed. In this respect, the degree of filling also provides information about the filling level and also about the still remaining not filled with the soup and / or sauce ingredients part of the inner volume of the capsule information. In this case, the degree of filling varies between at least 1% and at most 100%, so that at a filling level of 100% corresponding to the inner volume of the capsule for receiving soups and / or sauces ingredients is completely filled.

In accordance with at least one embodiment, the capsule is adapted for containing soups and / or sauces ingredients for insertion into a beverage production device in which a Liquid under pressure penetrates into the capsule to interact with the ingredients in the capsule and to drain a soup and / or sauce from the capsule. The soup and / or sauce ingredients are dried and / or extracted constituents of a soup and / or sauce, which are completely filled in the capsule up to a predefinable degree of filling and with the liquid introduced under pressure into the capsule interact in such a way that a soup and / or sauce can be diverted from the capsule.

According to an embodiment not claimed here, a degree of filling of the soup and / or sauce ingredients amounts to at least 40% of a total internal volume of the capsule. In other words, in such an embodiment, the capsule is sufficiently filled with the soup and / or sauce ingredients such that, as it passes through the pressurized liquid, the liquid has sufficient time in contact with the soup and / or sauce ingredients to interact with them and thus be able to wash out as many flavors from the capsule.

In this respect, such a degree of filling ensures that the soup and / or sauce emerging from the capsule has a clearly perceived taste and therefore tastes neither pale nor tasteless. In this respect, for example, a resulting sauce for flavor enhancement and / or as a side dish for hearty food is suitable.

According to an embodiment not claimed here, a degree of filling of the soup and / or sauce ingredients is at least 60% and at most 80% of a total internal volume of the capsule. By such a limitation of the degree of filling to at least 60% and at most 80% of the total internal volume of the capsule ensures that there is sufficient space within the capsule, in which, for example, the pressurized water can accumulate to a flow time and thus a time during of contacting the water with the soup and / or sauce ingredients. The guaranteed limitation to a degree of filling of at most 80%, for example, causes foaming within the capsule, which has surprisingly proven to be particularly effective in terms of the extraction of flavorings and / or other individually perceptible substances. In other words, depending on the degree of filling, the intensity and the respective, for example seasoning, of the soup and / or sauce leaving the capsule can be selected and offered according to the respective requirements, for example within the scope of a "capsule range".

According to an embodiment not claimed here, a degree of filling of the soup and / or sauce ingredients is at least 80% of a total internal volume of the capsule. In particular, this ensures that the capsule is filled with as many soup and / or sauce ingredients, so that it has been found in such an embodiment that, for example, little foam forms within the capsule, but this for example, particularly mild tasting soup and / or gravy. In addition, a degree of filling of at least 80% ensures a particularly effective filling and utilization of the total internal volume of the capsule which leads to reduced manufacturing costs.

According to at least one embodiment, the soup and / or sauce ingredients of at least one of the ingredients are potato flakes, croutons, modified starch, fried onions, vegetable oils, iodinated and uniodinated salt, glucose syrup, flavor enhancers, maltodextrin, cream powder, sugar, chives, seasoning, Skimmed milk powder, emulsifier, natural flavoring, stabilizer, spices, acidulant, citric acid, antioxidant, wheat, egg, yeast, mushrooms and noodles. Surprisingly, it has been shown that flavoring substances of the above-described soup and / or sauce ingredients are very particularly effectively extracted from the capsule by the pressurized liquid, so that even with short flow times of the pressurized, for example, water through the capsule Through, already an intense taste experience can be generated.

There is also provided a beverage production device comprising a capsule for containing soup and / or sauce ingredients according to one of the preceding embodiments and a beverage production device.

In particular, the beverage production device may be a device in the manner of an espresso and / or coffee machine, into which the capsule can be mechanically fixed and arrested. By means of a locking and / or puncturing device, both the top surface of the capsule and the bottom surface can be at least partially punctured, so that the pressurized liquid can be introduced into the capsule, for example through the top surface and its pierced regions (ie the holes). there, that is within the capsule, the pressurized liquid interacts with the soup and / or sauce ingredients and, for example, flushes out flavorings from the soup and / or sauce ingredients, and the liquid together with the washed out and / or extracted soup and / or sauce ingredients on perforated areas in the bottom area can leave the capsule again to be introduced in a vessel such as a cup or a soup plate can.

Here, the beverage production apparatus described herein includes the same advantages as described in connection with the capsule described herein for containing soups and / or gravy ingredients.

In the following, the capsule described here for picking up soup and / or sauce ingredients, as well as the beverage production device described here, will be explained in more detail by means of an embodiment and the associated figures.

The 1 shows a schematic side view of a capsule described here for receiving soup and / or sauce ingredients.

The 2 shows a schematic side view of a beverage production facility described here.

In the embodiments in the figures, identical or equivalent components are each provided with the same reference numerals. The illustrated elements are not to be considered as true to scale, but individual elements may be exaggerated to better understand.

In the 1 is a schematic side view of a capsule described here 1 for containing soups and / or sauces ingredients, the capsule 1 to insert in an associated with 2 described beverage production device 100 is designed. It can be seen that the capsule 1 in the in the 1 side view shown a side wall 12 which has a respective opposite top surface 13 and floor space 14 connects with each other. In a plan view (not shown here) has in the present embodiment, the capsule 1 a circular cross section. Inside one through the side wall 12 , the floor area 14 and the top surface 13 limited overall volume 1 In the present case, the soup and / or sauce ingredients described here are filled in. In this case, in the present embodiment, the bottom surface 14 a larger cross-sectional area than the top surface 13 , so that the capsule in the side view starting from the bottom surface 14 towards the deck area 13 reduced in their cross-section and thus tapered conically. Alternatively, however, any other suitable form for an example commercial beverage production facility is conceivable.

In this case, the capsule described here 1 a degree of filling of at least 40%, alternatively, for example, a degree of filling of at least 60% at most 80% or even a degree of even at least 80% is conceivable, depending on the needs of the user, so that a taste on the degree of filling as individual as possible is adjustable. It is conceivable that in the context of a host situation according to the individual wishes of the guest, in view of a very individual taste experience, capsules of different flavors are provided to vote sauces and / or soups to the respective guest.

The soup and / or sauce ingredients from at least the ingredients are potato flakes, croutons, modified starch, fried onions, vegetable oils, iodised and uniodinated salt, glucose syrup, flavor enhancers, maltodextrin, cream powder, sugar, chives, seasoning, skimmed milk powder, emulsifier, natural flavor, stabilizer, spices, acidulant, citric acid, antioxidant, wheat, egg, yeast, mushrooms and noodles. It has surprisingly been found that the so-called soup and / or sauce ingredients are very particularly suitable in order to be able to set a taste experience, for example, also in connection with the respective degree of filling and, moreover, the capsule as inexpensively as possible 1 to be able to offer in the trade.

Here are the bottom and the top surface 13 and 14 about, for example, a locking mechanism 101 within the beverage production device 100 at least partially pierceable, so that a pressurized fluid, for example, starting from the top surface 13 can be pressed through them, by the total volume 11 passes through and interacts with the soup and / or sauce ingredients and during the interaction of these ingredients in particular flavors ingredients are washed out and the liquid together with these ingredients on the at least partially piercing bottom surface 14 from the capsule 1 can emerge.

In the 2 is a schematic side view of an embodiment of a beverage production device described here 100 where it can be seen that the capsule 1 within the locking mechanism 101 being clamped, being over the tips 101A and 101B Holes in the top surface 13 and the floor area 14 the capsule 1 can be introduced and, for example, via additional introduction mechanisms or over within the beverage production facility 100 self-established fluid lines in the capsule 1 through the holes a pressurized liquid can be introduced (indicated by the arrow).

In this respect, a beverage production device is in a particularly simple manner 100 which contains the capsule described here 1 used for picking up soup and / or sauce ingredients in order to be able to produce soups and / or sauces in a particularly efficient and cost-effective manner.

The invention is not limited by the description with reference to the embodiments, but the invention includes any novel feature and the combination of features in the claims, even if this feature in the combination itself is not explicitly stated in the claims or the embodiments.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1

capsule

1A

Soup and / or sauce ingredients

3

ingredients

4

filling level

11

Total interior volume

12

Side wall

13

cover surface

14

floor area

100

Beverage production facility

101

locking mechanism

101A

sharpen

101B

sharpen

200

Beverage production device

Claims (3)

Capsule ( 1 ) for taking in soup and / or sauce ingredients, the capsule ( 1 ) for insertion into a beverage production device ( 100 ) in which a liquid under pressure in the capsule ( 1 ), whereby the soup and / or sauce ingredients ( 1A ) are dried and / or extracted constituents of a soup and / or gravy, which are up to a degree of filling ( 4 ) of 100% complete in the capsule ( 1 ) and with the under pressure into the capsule ( 1 ) have been introduced in such a way that from the capsule ( 1 ) a soup and / or a sauce is divisible, wherein the degree of filling is defined as the ratio of filled partial internal volume to total internal volume. Capsule ( 1 ) for taking in soup and / or sauce ingredients according to claim 1, characterized in that the soup and / or sauce ingredients are selected from at least one of the following ingredients: potato flakes, croutons, modified starch, fried onions, vegetable oils, iodised and uniodinated salt, glucose syrup, flavor enhancer, maltodextrin, cream powder, sugar, chives, seasoning, skimmed milk powder, emulsifier, natural flavoring, stabilizer, spices, acidulant, citric acid, antioxidant, wheat, egg, yeast, mushrooms and noodles. Beverage production facility ( 100 ) containing a capsule ( 1 ) for containing soup and / or sauce ingredients according to one of the preceding claims and a beverage production device ( 200 ).

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