WO2008108627A1 - Récipient non réutilisable contenant une portion unique d'un concentré de boisson - Google Patents

Récipient non réutilisable contenant une portion unique d'un concentré de boisson Download PDF

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WO2008108627A1
WO2008108627A1 PCT/NL2007/000061 NL2007000061W WO2008108627A1 WO 2008108627 A1 WO2008108627 A1 WO 2008108627A1 NL 2007000061 W NL2007000061 W NL 2007000061W WO 2008108627 A1 WO2008108627 A1 WO 2008108627A1
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Marisa Brenda Janine Smid
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D65/00—Wrappers or flexible covers; Packaging materials of special type or form
    • B65D65/38—Packaging materials of special type or form
    • B65D65/46—Applications of disintegrable, dissolvable or edible materials
    • B65D65/463—Edible packaging materials
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23L—FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES A21D OR A23B-A23J; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OF NUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL
    • A23L2/00—Non-alcoholic beverages; Dry compositions or concentrates therefor; Their preparation
    • A23L2/385—Concentrates of non-alcoholic beverages
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23L—FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES A21D OR A23B-A23J; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OF NUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL
    • A23L5/00—Preparation or treatment of foods or foodstuffs, in general; Food or foodstuffs obtained thereby; Materials therefor
    • A23L5/55—Rehydration or dissolving of foodstuffs
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23P—SHAPING OR WORKING OF FOODSTUFFS, NOT FULLY COVERED BY A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS
    • A23P20/00—Coating of foodstuffs; Coatings therefor; Making laminated, multi-layered, stuffed or hollow foodstuffs
    • A23P20/20—Making of laminated, multi-layered, stuffed or hollow foodstuffs, e.g. by wrapping in preformed edible dough sheets or in edible food containers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/28—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in composite wrappers, i.e. wrappers formed by associating or interconnecting two or more sheets or blanks
    • B65D75/30—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding
    • B65D75/32—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents
    • B65D75/36—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents one sheet or blank being recessed and the other formed of relatively stiff flat sheet material, e.g. blister packages, the recess or recesses being preformed
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/70—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for materials not otherwise provided for
    • B65D85/72—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for materials not otherwise provided for for edible or potable liquids, semiliquids, or plastic or pasty materials

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  • Non-reclosable container comprising a single portion of a drink concentrate
  • the present invention relates to a container, comprising a single portion of a liquid drink concentrate, to a method for the preparation of a ready to consume drink using the said container and to a kit, comprising such a container and a second container of water.
  • Liquid drink concentrates are popular products that are used to produce ready to consume drinks, such as lemonades and are in particular enjoyed by children. Such liquid drink concentrates are currently only available in relatively large volumes and packaged in reclosable bottles of e.g. 500-1000 ml. Such bottles should be refrigerated after the bottle has been opened, therewith taking space in the refrigerator. Because of relatively large volume of the liquid drink concentrate, the bottle is opened many times before it becomes empty. Each time of opening and closure involves the risk of microbial infection. As these liquid drink concentrates often contain a relatively high concentration of sugar, such concentrate forms a rich growing medium for microbes .
  • liquid drink concentrates have the additional problem in that such bottles are impractical to use a during journeys, daytrips, walking trips etc. In particular, it is impractical for families with small children to take such large bottles on a daytrip with the children. Most of the time, the concentrate is diluted at home with tap water, packed in another bottle and carried by the parents. However, such a bottle again has a considerable weight and volume.
  • the invention now addresses the above problems and provides a container according to claim 1.
  • a container is considerably smaller than the presently available bottles and contains only a single portion and is non-reclosable.
  • a versatile light weight container is provided, without the risk of contamination.
  • a small number of containers can be taken on a day trip with e.g. small children without the need of carrying a large volume of ready to consume drink. Water is commonly available and can be provided during the day trip.
  • the container is also attractive for restaurants, visited by families with children, as the ready to consume drinks are prepared by opening a single container without reclosure, therewith avoiding any microbial contamination.
  • a plurality of containers, containing different flavours of liquating drink concentrates can be displayed in an attractive manner to provide a possibility for the customer to choose from those different flavours for the drink.
  • the container is lid-free, which means that the container does not have a separate lid part, removably attached to the container, creating an opening for the container upon removal of the said lid part.
  • the presence of such a lid part is disadvantageous, as upon opening, the lid part has to be discharged separately. Further, such a lid part is often of a different material than the container, e.g. a metal foil whereas the container is of plastic, which results in difficulties in recycling.
  • the container according to the invention is intended for single use.
  • the container can have any shape and can be of any suitable material, available to the skilled person that allows opening of the container by manual actions, e.g. by breaking, cracking, tearing, applying pressure, or by disintegration upon contact with water, such as dissolution.
  • the terms ⁇ opening' and ⁇ can be opened' mean that opening of the container can be performed in a controllable manner. This means that if the container is designed such, that it opens by applying pressure, the opening is controllable, e.g. by the provision of a weaker part in a container wall that controllably breaks open upon application of pressure, therewith forming a liquid outlet.
  • the container can be made of any suitable material known to the skilled person, such as plastic, metal foil, laminated paper foil, biodegradable polymers, such as polylactic acid or be made of water soluble material. The skilled person will be aware of additional suitable materials.
  • the liquid drink concentrate can be any concentrate for the preparation of a drink by adding the said concentrate in a volume of water.
  • Such drink concentrates are known in the art, such as sweet syrups having a fruit flavour, which are very popular for younger children.
  • any drink concentrate, resulting in a ready to consume drink upon dilution in water is intended to be encompassed by the present invention. It can e.g. be contemplated to incorporate an alcoholic beverage concentrate in the container.
  • concentrates that are to be added to another liquid than water, e.g. in the case of concentrated milk, to function as coffee whitener in coffee are not intended to be encompassed by the present invention.
  • the ready to consume drink is obtained by dilution of the liquid drink concentrate in water.
  • the container according to the invention it is not necessary for the container according to the invention to be stored in a refrigerator.
  • the container is preferably designed for single use, the risk for contamination upon opening is not existent, therewith obviating the need for refrigerated storage.
  • the liquid drink concentrate may be chosen to be less stable at an ambient temperature, so that refrigerated storage can be recommended in such cases.
  • the volume of the liquid drink concentrate is preferably between 0.1 and 10 ml, more preferably between 0.5 and 5 ml.
  • the commonly known liquid drink concentrates, that are also suitable for incorporation in the container according to the present invention are usually diluted 5 to 20 times with water to obtain the ready to consume drink.
  • the liquid drink concentrate therein can optionally be concentrated further as long as the concentrate retains its liquid characteristics.
  • Such a liquid drink concentrate can be highly viscous, as long as the ready to consume drink is prepared by dilution of the liquid drink concentrate.
  • a volume of 0.1 ml of liquid drink concentrate would be sufficient for a drink portion of 100 ml of a ready to consume drink, which portion is sufficient for a small child.
  • concentration of the liquid drink concentrate and the volume of water are chosen such, that dilution of the concentrate is easily accomplished by simple short stirring by hand.
  • the container is made of such material, that it disintegrates in water.
  • a material should remain its integrity upon contact with the liquid drink concentrate, which concentrate is often on water basis, and preferably also on contact with air and contact with human skin. It should lose its integrity upon contact with water.
  • the integrity of the capsule can be pH dependent and is unaffected at the pH of the liquid drink concentrate, but becomes affected at the pH of the water.
  • the concentrate may comprise an agent, capable of counteract disintegration (dissolution) of the capsule into the drink concentrate. If such a container is added to water, the container will disintegrate, as said agent will not be present in the water.
  • the container allows entry of water once contacted therewith.
  • the capsule may comprise a web of polymers, which web loses its integrity upon contact with water. It may also be possible that the integrity of the web is accomplished by saturation of the liquid drink concentrate with such polymers. Skilled persons in the packaging industry will readily be able to design in a straight forward manner a suitable container material that will disintegrate, e.g. dissolve in water and be capable to hold a liquid drink concentrate, without losing its integrity upon contact with e.g. air or human skin.
  • the container is of food grade and is preferably edible. Food grade material ensures consumer safety. Edible material is highly preferred when the container is designed such, that it disintegrates upon contact with the water, to provide a fully safe ready to consume drink.
  • the container can have any suitable form, and is preferably chosen from a capsule, pouch or sachet.
  • the container is a blister package.
  • a blister package can be made of any material, and are known, e.g. for packaging of pharmaceutical tablets.
  • a common blister package comprises a plastic sheet, wherein depressions are made to form cavities to accommodate a tablet. This sheet is then laminated with a thin foil, e.g. a metal foil. By pressing on the plastic sheet at the location of a cavity, the tablet accommodated therein is pressed through the sheet and available for use.
  • the cavities of the blister package can be filled with the liquid drink concentrate, therewith providing a package, comprising multiple portions of the liquid drink concentrate.
  • these multiple portions can have different flavours, so that in a single blister package, multiple portions of the liquid drink concentrate having different flavours are provided.
  • the above- described containers can as such be packaged in a blister package. By doing so, the container material will not come into contact with the human skin and is accommodated in a cavity of the blister package having a constant environment with regard to e.g. atmospheric composition and humidity. This gives more versatility for the materials that are suitable to be used as container material, in particular for disintegration upon contact with water.
  • such a blister package can comprise a plurality of containers according to the invention, which may, in a preferred embodiment, comprise different liquid drink concentrates of different flavour and e.g. colour. This makes the blister package more appearing.
  • the above described blister package comprising the liquid drink concentrate without being packed in a additional container, but directly accommodated in the cavities of the blister package.
  • the invention further relates to a method for the preparation of a ready to consume drink according to claims 9-11.
  • the container is opened by manual action, e.g. by breaking, cracking, tearing or applying pressure to provide an opening in the container.
  • the drink concentrate is then brought into contact with the water, e.g. by pouring the concentrate out of the container, and subsequently, the concentrate is allowed to dilute homogeneously in the water. This dilution can be facilitated by e.g. manual stirring.
  • said blister package can be opened, e.g. by applying manual pressure thereto upon which the liquid drink concentrate can be poured into the water.
  • a container designed to disintegrate upon contact with water, can be packaged in any suitable packaging material, such as a small cardboard, or metal box, or in plastic foil or, as described above, in a blister package. Such a package can first be opened by manual action to release the said container from the package and to bring the said container into contact with the water.
  • suitable packaging material such as a small cardboard, or metal box, or in plastic foil or, as described above, in a blister package.
  • Such a package can first be opened by manual action to release the said container from the package and to bring the said container into contact with the water.
  • such containers can optionally remain unpackaged, although packaging such container enables a larger choice for the container material, as the packaging allows a constant and more protected environment for the container.
  • the volume of the liquid drink concentrate is preferably 0,1 and 10 ml, more preferably between 0,5 and 5 ml, as described above.
  • the second volume of water can be any volume, as long as a ready to consume drink results from the addition of the liquid drink concentrate therein.
  • the said volume is preferably between 100 and 1000 ml, preferably between 200 en 400 ml.
  • the invention further relates to a kit, comprising a container according to the invention and a second container, comprising the envisaged volume of water.
  • the kit comprises a plurality of containers according to the invention, or a blister package according to invention and a second container comprising water.
  • the volume of the water is preferably tailored to the water volume, needed for the plurality of containers comprising the drink concentrate to produce the ready to consume drink.
  • the kit comprises eight containers of liquid drink concentrate, the kit preferably contains sufficient water to prepare eight portions of ready to consume drinks therefrom.
  • This water can be provided in a single container or optionally in a plurality of separate containers.
  • the invention also relates to the use of a container according to the present invention for the preparation of a ready to consume drink from a liquid drink concentrate.

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L'invention concerne une capsule comprenant un premier volume d'un concentré de boisson liquide pouvant être dissout dans un second volume d'eau, la dissolution dudit premier volume dans ledit second volume produisant une boisson prête à consommer, ainsi qu'un procédé de préparation d'une boisson prête à consommer utilisant un tel récipient. En outre, l'invention concerne un kit constitué d'un tel récipient et d'un second récipient contenant un volume d'eau approprié.
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US5681606A (en) * 1993-02-11 1997-10-28 R. P. Scherer Method of preparing a water-based beverage
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