SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOVING BITTER TASTE FROM LIQUID BEVERAGES

• Main Authors: Babcock, Martin, Parish, Jr., William L
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 08.03.2023
• Subjects: AGEING; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; CLARIFICATION; COFFEE; ENZYMOLOGY; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; MANUFACTURE, PREPARATION, OR INFUSION THEREOF; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PASTEURISATION; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; PRESERVATION; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; PURIFICATION; SPIRITS; STERILISATION; TEA; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; THEIR SUBSTITUTES; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TRANSPORTING; VINEGAR; WINE

An apparatus and method for the removal of unwanted taste components from beverages is described. The apparatus provides a method for contacting a oleophilic-absorbing surface and/or hydrophobic-absorbing surface of polymer media with a beverage before, during or after it is dispensed so that undesirable flavors are selectively removed from the beverage without removing desirable flavors improving the enjoyment of its consumption.