BEVERAGE PRECURSOR AND ITS PRODUCTION METHOD Russian patent published in 2011 - IPC A23L2/00 A23L2/395 A23F3/00 A23F5/00 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: inventions group relates to a dried beverage precursor slab weighing at least 0.2 g and containing a vegetable extract chosen from a group consisting of dry substances of tea, coffee, cocoa, fruit and their mixtures and at least one inclusion which is insoluble in boiling water. The insoluble inclusion has a maximum linear dimension equal to at least 1 mm. The packed beverage precursor contains at least one beverage precursor slab. The beverage production method envisages production of the beverage precursor slab and contacting the slab or its part with an aqueous medium. The method for production of the dried beverage precursor slab envisages production of a water premix containing a vegetable extract, production of one or more inclusions which are insoluble in boiling water, combining one or more insoluble inclusions with the water premix to produce a mixture; drying the mixture and releasing the cohesive part of the mixture weighing at least 0.2 g to produce a slab.

EFFECT: inventions group allows to produce a dried beverage precursor slab whereof one may conveniently produce a beverage containing inclusions.

28 cl, 10 dwg, 6 tbl, 10 ex