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WO2017014760A1
WO2017014760A1 PCT/US2015/041379 US2015041379W WO2017014760A1 WO 2017014760 A1 WO2017014760 A1 WO 2017014760A1 US 2015041379 W US2015041379 W US 2015041379W WO 2017014760 A1 WO2017014760 A1 WO 2017014760A1
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Nagendra Rangavajla
Jr. Robert Miller
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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
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    • B65D81/32—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents for packaging two or more different materials which must be maintained separate prior to use in admixture
    • 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
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    • B65D85/70—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for materials not otherwise provided for
    • B65D85/804—Disposable containers or packages with contents which are mixed, infused or dissolved in situ, i.e. without having been previously removed from the package
    • B65D85/8043—Packages adapted to allow liquid to pass through the contents
    • B65D85/8049—Details of the inlet
    • 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
    • B65D85/804—Disposable containers or packages with contents which are mixed, infused or dissolved in situ, i.e. without having been previously removed from the package
    • B65D85/8043—Packages adapted to allow liquid to pass through the contents
    • B65D85/8052—Details of the outlet
    • 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
    • B65D85/804—Disposable containers or packages with contents which are mixed, infused or dissolved in situ, i.e. without having been previously removed from the package
    • B65D85/8043—Packages adapted to allow liquid to pass through the contents
    • B65D85/8067—Packages for several ingredients

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  • Many drinks, nutritional products, and other beverages can be made by mixing water, steam or some combination thereof with a powder or a liquid.
  • Other nutritional products require both powder and liquid ingredients.
  • Some exemplary nutritional liquid products made from ingredients including a powder are infant formula, soup, and hot chocolate.
  • Certain known nutritional products are prepared as a single serving product.
  • a nutritional powder may be mixed with water to create a product suitable for consumption.
  • the choice of the nutritional powder requires the preparer to manage certain criteria related to the preparation of the nutritional product, such as for example, the temperature of the finished product, the time to prepare the finished product, the size of the serving, the calories per ounce of the finished product, and the threat of contamination within the finished product. Further, the powder must be reconstituted to a predetermined level within an amount of water prior to serving.
  • a nutritional powder or a nutritional liquid or liquid concentrate may be mixed with water several different ways, including manually shaking a closed container containing some combination of a powder, a liquid, and water.
  • Other prior art techniques to reconstitute consumable powders with a liquid, such as water, to render the powders fit for consumption are known.
  • WO 2006/015689 discloses reconstituting consumable powders with a liquid to provide a food liquid such as milk, cappuccino-type beverage, or soup.
  • 2011/031294 discloses a method and apparatus that use a cartridge which includes a beverage medium, such as a dry fruit material. An interaction between water and the beverage medium within a single-serve machine produces a beverage. Other prior art techniques are known for producing a single-serve beverage.
  • the present application describes a pod for preparation of a nutritional liquid composition.
  • a pod in an exemplary embodiment, includes a first compartment and a second irm 7 ⁇ 904 nnr-1 ⁇ 1 compartment.
  • the first compartment contains a powder and the second compartment contains a liquid.
  • One or more inlets in the first compartment may introduce fluid into the first
  • Figure 1 is a front sectional view of a pod, showing a first compartment containing a nutritional powder and a second compartment containing a nutritional liquid;
  • Figure 2 is a front sectional view of another pod, showing a first compartment containing a nutritional powder and a second compartment a containing nutritional liquid, and illustrating optional locations for compartment inlets and outlets;
  • Figure 3 is a front sectional view of yet another pod, showing a first compartment containing a nutritional powder and a second compartment containing a nutritional liquid, and illustrating optional locations for compartment inlets and outlets;
  • Figure 4 is a front sectional view of a yet another pod, showing a first
  • compartment containing a first nutritional powder a second compartment containing a second nutritional powder, and a third compartment containing a first nutritional liquid
  • Figure 5 is a front sectional, partial assembly view of yet another pod, showing a housing, a seal and a lid.
  • pod When discussing the invention, the term "pod" is used in the specification and the claims. The term is generally used to mean a hermetically sealed body containing ingredients that, when mixed with water, yield a liquid beverage.
  • a pod may have two or more
  • a pod may be loaded into a machine in which water is automatically mixed with the ingredients to produce a single serving of a liquid beverage.
  • the pod may be loaded into a machine in a commercial, healthcare, or residential environment.
  • the nutritional powders may be reconstituted to form nutritional liquids suitable for oral consumption by a human.
  • the concentrated liquids may be diluted or otherwise augmented to form nutritional liquids suitable for oral consumption by a human.
  • the ingredients of the nutritional powder may be any combination of one or more of dissolved, dispersed, suspended, colloidally suspended, emulsified, or otherwise blended within the matrix of the liquid product. Therefore, the resulting reconstituted liquid product may be characterized as any combination of a solution, a dispersion, a suspension, a colloidal suspension, an emulsion, or a homogeneous blend.
  • a nutritional composition may be said to be "reconstituted” even if a nominal portion (e.g., less than 10%) of the powder remains un-reconstituted in the resulting liquid product.
  • the process of the powder being "reconstituted” may take place entirely inside pod, or partially inside the pod and partially inside the container predetermined to hold the nutritional
  • composition beverage is a composition beverage.
  • pre-treat refers to a process by which a liquid and/or gaseous fluid is applied to the nutritional powder to partially
  • This pre -treating phase when applicable, at least partially precedes a reconstituting phase in which a reconstituting liquid mixes with the pre- treated nutritional powder, to complete reconstitution of the nutritional composition as the reconstituting liquid enters the pod chamber, passes through an outlet aperture produced in the pod chamber, and is discharged into a serving container that collects the nutritional liquid.
  • fluid flow refers to movement of a fluid whether in response to manipulation of the fluid or in accordance with natural forces (e.g., gravity) acting thereon.
  • fluid flow also encompasses movement of a fluid that has been reshaped or otherwise altered, such as atomization of a stream of liquid water.
  • the present application describes a pod which may be conveniently loaded into a single serving dispensing machine.
  • the pod may be loaded into a single serving dispensing machine to produce a liquid volume of nutritional composition, such as for example, infant baby formula.
  • the formula could be outputted by the machine into and through the open neck of a clean baby bottle.
  • the present invention may be practiced with a pod containing a powder and a dilutable liquid.
  • a combination of a nutritional powder and a nutritional liquid for an infant formula, a toddler formula, or an adult nutritional beverage may be used in the practice of this invention.
  • the pod may vary in size, such as for example, the pod may have between 2 grams and 150 grams of powder within the body and may produce a beverage between 25 ml and 500 ml. Other powder and liquid combinations may be used in the practice of this invention.
  • the exemplary pod may be an infant formula pod.
  • the temperature of the finished product is product dependent.
  • Infant formula is especially temperature dependent because of safety issues surrounding the infant, rather than for example, very hot coffee which is consumed by an adult.
  • the infant formula may be dispensed in the 25 to 40° C temperature range while an adult nutritional product may be dispensed in a wider temperature range, and in a range outside of the narrow infant formula range, such as for example, a hotter temperature range, or in a colder temperature range, such as for styles of iced coffee, and in the 10 to 20° C temperature range.
  • a pod system has other typical features. Any mixing, reconstitution, and dispensing may be assisted through the use of hot water and pressure. A combination of air, steam, and water may also be used.
  • the reconstituted product leaves the pod through means of a outlet, which may be an exit valve, discharge unit, or other type of dispenser, designed into the pod or created through a mechanical action within a machine (e.g., piercing by a needle).
  • the water entering the pod may be pre-filtered or filtered through filtration units assembled within the pod structure.
  • the entry of water into the pod is through an inlet, which may be mechanical (e.g., injection through the piercing of the pod surface) or through inlet ports designed into the pod. For example, the inlet ports may be formed into the walls of the pod.
  • Other features of a pod system will be discussed herein.
  • the invention is directed to a pod or other single serving container having multiple compartments which are used to separate one or more liquid components and one or more powder components within the pod.
  • the pod may have more than one compartment to separate more than one type of powder, and more than one compartment to separate more than one type of liquid.
  • the pod is arranged to be loaded into a beverage preparation system for forming a nutritional composition from the powder and liquid housed in the pod by delivering a quantity of fluid to the pod, whereby a liquid nutritional composition is prepared.
  • An exemplary embodiment may include an outer cartridge, a lid, and a separating wall at least partially defining a liquid compartment and a powder compartment.
  • the liquid compartment may include fat ingredients within the liquid portion.
  • the pod may be arranged to accept a quantity of fluid from an outside source to produce a nutritional composition.
  • the fluid may be water, steam, or a combination of different fluids.
  • One embodiment of the invention features a nutritional product pod.
  • the pod has an outer cartridge and a separating wall within the outer cartridge at least partially defining a first compartment and a second compartment.
  • the first compartment contains a powder and the second compartment contains a liquid.
  • At least one first inlet in the first compartment introduces fluid into the first compartment to mix with the powder.
  • Another embodiment of the invention features a nutritional product pod having a housing, a first compartment within the housing, and a second compartment within the housing.
  • the first compartment contains a powder.
  • the second compartment contains a liquid.
  • the pod includes one or more inlets for introducing fluid into the housing to mix with at least one of the powder and the liquid. The powder and the liquid are separated within the housing.
  • the pod for preparing a nutritional liquid composition.
  • the pod includes a body having one or more walls, a first compartment within the body, a second compartment within the body, at least one first inlet formed within the one or more walls of the body, and at least one first outlet and at least one second outlet, each outlet formed within the one or more walls of the body.
  • the first compartment contains a nutritional powder.
  • the second compartment contains a nutritional liquid.
  • the at least one first inlet is configured to introduce fluid from the outside of the first compartment to the inside of the first compartment.
  • the at least one first outlet is configured to empty the contents of the first compartment to outside the body.
  • the at least one second outlet is configured to empty the contents of the second compartment to outside the body.
  • the contents include a nutritional powder, such as infant baby formula.
  • a nutritional powder such as infant baby formula.
  • other powder may be used, and the liquid contents may be a nutritional liquid concentrate.
  • a pod When discussing the invention, a pod will be discussed for use in a single serve machine.
  • the exemplary discussion and figures are directed to a pod which a caregiver may easily load and unload from a machine.
  • the pod may produce formula to fill one baby bottle.
  • the exemplary pod includes nutritional powder. Powder of a variety of sizes may be used, such as for example, infant formula powder, which may have a particle size range of 10- 500 microns.
  • the pod may include more than one compartment which contains a powder.
  • one compartment may contain a powder and another compartment may contain a power.
  • the two powders may be the same, or the two powders may be different.
  • the two powders are different powders, one powder with a different level of nutrients than the other powder.
  • the powder in a first compartment may be of a higher fat content than the powder in a second compartment.
  • the powder in a first compartment may be of a higher protein content than the powder in a second compartment.
  • the powder in a first compartment may reconstitute at a faster rate than the powder in a second compartment.
  • One skilled in the art will appreciate that other differences may exist between the powders in the practice of the invention.
  • the pod may have various constructions.
  • an outer cartridge may have an internal separating wall which at least partially defines a first compartment and a second compartment.
  • One or more additional separating walls may at least partially define additional compartments.
  • the outer cartridge may include a housing.
  • the housing may have side walls and a bottom wall, the side walls defining a top opening of the outer cartridge.
  • the pod may include a body having walls.
  • the walls may define two or more compartments.
  • the body may be formed of a plastic, such as for example, a single piece of thermoplastic.
  • the body may be a container that includes polypropylene or polyethylene.
  • the container may be a single molded piece.
  • the container may be a multiple layer structure which incorporates an oxygen barrier.
  • the outer cartridge or body of the pod may have other invention features which are advantageous to the preparation of a nutritional liquid composition.
  • the body may be shaped to allow mechanical grasping by a machine, i.e., the single serve machine which produces the beverage.
  • the grasping can be grabbing, pinching, squeezing, or other temporary securing in an effort to hold the pod in place.
  • the machine may engage the pod at other surface areas.
  • the machine will engage the pod near or around the outside surface of one or more of the inlets. This area immediately around the inlet will likely undergo mechanical grasping by a machine, i.e., the single serve machine which produces the beverage.
  • the machine contact may be by tubing or other machinery which engages or otherwise contacts the inlet.
  • the pod 10 includes an outer cartridge 12 having two compartments 14, 16.
  • a separating wall 18 within the outer cartridge 12 at least partially defines the two compartments 14, 16.
  • the individual compartments are identified as a first compartment 14 and a second compartment 16.
  • the first compartment 14 contains a powder 20 and a second compartment 16 contains a liquid 22.
  • the contents are a nutritional powder 20, such as infant baby formula.
  • other powder may be used, and the liquid contents may be a nutritional liquid concentrate.
  • the invention may be practiced with a first compartment and second compartment as discussed in this exemplary embodiment, and in addition, may also have other compartments in addition to the first compartment and second compartment. For example, if the product mixture required two types of powders and two types of liquids, then four compartments would be utilized, one compartment for each type of ingredient.
  • the pod is shown in an upstream position above a container in Figure 1.
  • the container 30 may be a baby bottle, a coffee cup, a beverage glass, or any other container suitable for the type of single-serve product which the pod and beverage machine will produce.
  • the container 30 defines a cavity 32.
  • Material exits the pod through a first outlet and a second outlet and each is orientated in the same direction for formation of a nutritional liquid composition outside of the outer cartridge and inside the container.
  • finished product, or finished product ingredients exits the pod 10 from two outlets 34, 36, in a bottom wall 38 of the cartridge with the exiting material traveling in parallel directions Al, A2.
  • the fluid flow from each compartment 14, 16 enters the cavity 32 within the container 30.
  • the outer cartridge 12 includes a housing 40 having side walls 42, 44 and a bottom wall 38. As seen in the partial assembly view in Figure 5, the side walls 42, 44 may define a top opening 46 to the outer cartridge. The top opening may be covered by a seal.
  • the seal 50 is hermetically sealed to the housing 40 to protect the contents of the pod 10 from the atmosphere before and during the mixing, reconstituting, and discharging.
  • the seal may be made of foil, a plastic film, metal, or any suitable material to form a hermetic seal over the housing 40.
  • the top opening may also be closed by a lid 50.
  • the invention separates the powder and liquid components of a product mixture within a pod.
  • Each powder component is within a separate compartment, and each liquid component is within a separate compartment.
  • the pod includes multiple inlets to introduce fluid to the contents of the compartment and multiple outlets to empty the contents of each compartment.
  • the pod 10 includes a first inlet 60 to the first compartment 14 and a second inlet 62 to the second compartment 16.
  • the first inlet 60 is shown above the level of the powder 20 and in the side wall 42 of the cartridge.
  • the second inlet 62 is shown above the level of the fluid 22 and in the top wall 39 of the cartridge.
  • Air, steam, or water may be added through either of the inlets, and may be added at ambient temperature or pressure, or may be added at a temperature above or below ambient temperature, or at a pressure above ambient pressure.
  • the first inlet 60 may be used to introduce fluid, such as water, steam or gas, into the first compartment 14 to mix with the powder 20.
  • the second inlet 62 may be used to introduce fluid, such as water, steam or gas, into the second compartment 16 to mix with the liquid 22.
  • FIG. 1 shows another exemplary embodiment of a pod.
  • the pod 100 shares many of the same features of the pod 10 shown in Figure 1, but has inlet in different places.
  • the pod 100 has a first compartment 114 containing a powder 20 and a second compartment 116 containing a liquid 22.
  • the first compartment 114 has a first inlet 60 located in a side wall 42 of the housing 40
  • the second compartment has a second inlet 102 located in an opposing side wall 44 of the housing 40.
  • the height of the inlet relative to the bottom wall of the pod may vary.
  • the inlet may be above or below the height of the contents of the compartment.
  • the first inlet 60 of the first compartment 14 is above the top surface of the powder 20.
  • the first inlet 60 is below the top surface of the powder 20, and the second inlet 102 is above the level of the top surface of the liquid.
  • a compartment may have more than one inlet, and may have more than one inlet on the same wall.
  • Figure 3 shows another exemplary embodiment of a pod.
  • the pod 120 includes a first compartment 124 containing powder 20 and a second compartment 126 containing a liquid 22.
  • the first compartment includes one or more inlets.
  • the first compartment includes a side wall inlet 60 in the side wall 42 of the housing 40, and a top wall inlet 128 in the top wall 39 of the housing 40.
  • the same fluid may be distributed though each inlet during the preparation process, or a different fluid may be distributed.
  • water or steam may be distrusted out of the side wall inlet, and steam or air may be distributed out of the top wall inlet.
  • the fluid introduced through each of the inlets may be at the same temperature, pressure, and volume, or one or more of the characteristics of temperature, pressure, and volume may be different between the fluid introduced through each of the inlets.
  • the introduction of the fluid through any inlet to the first compartment promotes mixing of the fluid and the nutritional powder within the first compartment.
  • the inlets to the pod may be apertures in the side of the housing wall which are corresponding positioned to mate with tubing in the beverage machine.
  • the inlets may also be a hole made by a needle piercing in the wall of the pod by a part of the beverage machine.
  • the inlets may be built-in ports which are secured on, or formed into, at a variety of positions throughout the outer surface of the pod.
  • the variety of positions may cause a variety of flow patterns of material within the pod during pre-treating.
  • the placement of the built-in ports may substantially eliminate any clumping of the nutritional powder.
  • the built-in ports may create turbulent flow within the pod.
  • the variety of positions may cause a variety of flow of material within the pod during mixing and reconstitution.
  • Reconstitution may occur within the pod, within the dispenser, or outside of the pod itself, i.e., within the bottle during filling.
  • the body of the pod may be configured to reconstitute at least 50 percent of the total amount of nutritional powder within the internal compartment by the fluid introduced through the plurality of built-in ports.
  • the pod may be configured to reconstitute at least 20 percent of the total amount of nutritional powder within the dispenser of the pod by the fluid introduced through the plurality of built-in ports.
  • the pod may be configured to reconstitute at least 70 percent of the total amount of nutritional powder within the pod by the fluid introduced through the plurality of built-in ports.
  • the timing of reconstitution during this inventive pod system is also a feature of port characteristics. Under certain variables, at least 90 percent of the nutritional powder is pre- treated by the fluid introduced through the plurality of built-in ports within 90 seconds, and may be as low as within 30 seconds. Under other variables, it is believed that at least 90 percent of the nutritional powder is pre-treated by the fluid introduced through the plurality of built-in ports prior to any solution exiting the internal compartment through the dispenser. Also, it is believed that at least 75 percent of the total amount of nutritional powder is reconstituted by the fluid introduced through the plurality of built-in ports within 45 seconds. More specifically, it is believed at least 75 percent of the total amount of nutritional powder is reconstituted by the fluid introduced through the plurality of built-in ports within 30 seconds. These times are given for exemplary discussion and the invention may be practiced under different times, some as for example, under faster or slower times.
  • the built-in ports may offer a variety of flow rates or velocities. For example, a flow rate of fluid through at least one of the plurality of built-in ports may be variable. Also, a flow rate of fluid through at least one of the plurality of built-in ports may be pulsating. Further, the flow rates between two ports may be alternating.
  • the built-in ports also offer a safety feature during operation of the pod system.
  • the plurality of built-in ports prohibit the nutritional powder from exiting the pod through any and all of these built-in ports.
  • a built-in port prohibits backflow of reconstituted material through the port.
  • each of the plurality of built-in ports prohibits fluid to travel in a direction from the inside of the pod to the outside of the pod. Further, each of the plurality of built-in ports prohibit fluid to travel in a direction from the inside the pod to the outside of the pod during treating, or pre-wetting, and reconstitution stages. In other words, the ports will not inhibit evacuation of the reconstituted product. Further, each of the plurality of built-in ports prohibit atmospheric introduction to the nutritional powder before the fluid introduction.
  • one, or two, or more built-in inlet ports may vary in the practice of this invention.
  • two ports may be disposed on the top surface of the pod, two ports may be disposed on the bottom surface, one port may be on the bottom and one port may be on the top, etc.
  • Other port locations are possible in the practice of this invention.
  • the invention may be practiced with a pod having more than two compartments.
  • the nutritional composition may be formed from three components, a first powder, a second powder, and a liquid.
  • the pod would include three compartments, a component for each of the powders, and a component for the liquid.
  • the pod 150 includes two compartments 152, 154 which contain a powder and one compartment 156 which contains a liquid.
  • the compartments 152, 154, 165 are defined at least in part by a vertical wall 218 which separates the two powder compartments and a horizontal wall 220 which separates between the powder compartments and the liquid compartments.
  • the positioning and orientation between the three compartments i.e. the two powder compartments side-by-side, and the liquid compartment below the powder compartments is for example only.
  • the three or more compartments may be orientated differently, for example, any liquid compartments may be on top of any powder compartments, or the liquid and powder compartments may maintain the side -by-side
  • the multiple powder compartments may be in a stacked relationship.
  • the location and path of any inlet and outlet into and out of each compartment will need to be considered.
  • the first compartment 152 contains a first powder 162.
  • An inlet 164 in the top wall 39 of the housing 40 allows fluid to be introduced to the powder 162.
  • the contents of the first compartment 152 exit out an outlet 166 formed in the horizontal wall 220. In this orientation, the contents of the first compartment flow into the third compartment 156. In other orientations, the contents of the first compartment may flow directly into a container suitable for the final product.
  • the outlet 166 may be a valve, a weakness in the wall, or otherwise formed in the wall 220 in a predetermined location when pressure in the first compartment 152 reaches a predetermined level.
  • the second compartment 154 contains a second powder 172.
  • the top wall 39 of the housing 40 allows fluid to be introduced to the powder 172.
  • the contents of the second compartment 154 flow out an outlet 176 formed in the horizontal wall 220, and directly into the third compartment 156.
  • the third compartment 156 has more than one outlet.
  • Third compartment outlets 186, 188 are formed in the bottom wall 38 of the housing 40.
  • the contents of the third compartment 156 flow into in a beverage container for formation of a nutritional liquid composition consisting from the first powder, the second powder, and the liquid.

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L'invention concerne une dosette (10) pour préparer une composition liquide nutritionnelle. Cette dosette (10) comprend une poudre (20) et un liquide (22) qui sont séparés à l'intérieur de la dosette (10). Une ou plusieurs entrées (60, 62) ménagées dans la dosette permettent l'introduction d'un fluide destiné à être mélangé avec au moins une partie du contenu de la dosette. Le contenu de la dosette (10) sort par une ou plusieurs sorties (34, 36).
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