FOOD CONCENTRATE

• Main Authors: BLIJDENSTEIN, Theodorus, Berend, Jan, STOYANOV, Simeon,Dobrev, RUTKEVICIUS, Marius, PAUNOV, Vesselin, Nikolaev
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 09.10.2017
• 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

The present invention relates to a food concentrate comprising a solid phase and a gel phase; in particular the invention relates to a food concentrate with gel particles embedded in the solid matrix. The invention further relates to a method for preparing such compositions, and to use of the compositions. It is an object of the invention to provide a food concentrate that is dissolving fast in hot water, and is easy to crumble. It is found that a food concentrate comprising gel particles embedded in a solid matrix provides a good strength of the concentrate, a fresh appearance due to the gel particles and fast dissolution due to the hybrid structure of solid and gel phases in a single concentrate.