CAPSULE FOR PREPARING A NUTRITIONAL PRODUCT INCLUDING A FILTER AND METHOD

• Main Authors: MEIER, ALAIN, EPARS, YANN, ABRAHAM, SOPHIE, WYSS, HEINZ, SCORRANO, LUCIO, FABOZZI, THIERRY JEAN ROBERT, DOLEAC, FRÉDÉRIC, BEZET, NICOLAS, DOGAN, NIHAN, DOUDIN, YASMINE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 30.11.2015
• Subjects: FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

CAPSULE FOR THE PREPARATION OF A NUTRITIONAL PRODUCT IN A DEVICE ADAPTED TO SUPPLY LIQUID IN THE CAPSULE, SAID CAPSULE COMPRISING: AT LEAST ONE COMPARTMENT (13) CONTAINING NUTRITIONAL INGREDIENTS FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE NUTRITIONAL PRODUCT IN COMBINATION WITH THE SUPPLIED LIQUID, A FILTER ADAPTED FOR REMOVING CONTAMINANTS CONTAINED IN THE LIQUID, WHEREIN THE FILTER IS FORMED AS A RELATIVELY RIGID FILTER UNIT (18) WHICH COMPRISES A FILTER MEMBRANE (20) AND AN OUTLET WALL (23) FOR SUPPORTING THE FILTER MEMBRANE; THE OUTLET WALL COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE LIQUID OUTLET (26) COMMUNICATING WITH THE COMPARTMENT (13). THE INVENTION ALSO RELATES TO THE FILTER UNIT (18) AS SUCH.