Capsule containing nutritional ingredients and method of delivery of a nutritional liquid from the capsule

1. A capsule for use in a beverage production device, the capsule containing ingredients for producing a nutritional liquid when a liquid is fed into the capsule at an inlet face thereof, the capsule comprising:

heat sensitive bioactive components selected from the group consisting of probiotic microorganisms, lactoferrin, immunoglobulins, milk fat globule membrane fractions (FGM), growth factors, DHA, DGLA and combinations thereof, and

the heat sensitive bioactive components are physically separated from at least a part of the ingredients by at least one separation wall which has a characteristic selected from the group consisting of permeability to a liquid and impermeability to a liquid, the separation wall extending longitudinally in the capsule in a direction of the flow path in the capsule from the inlet face to an outlet face.

2. The capsule according to claim 1 , wherein the heat sensitive bio active components are probiotic microorganisms.

3. The capsule according to claim 1 , wherein the separation wall is an antimicrobial filter.

4. The capsule according to claim 3 , wherein the antimicrobial filter has a pore size of less than 1 μm.

5. The capsule according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one separation wall has the characteristic of permeability to a liquid.

6. The capsule according to claim 1 , wherein the ingredients forms an infant formula powder.

7. A capsule for use in a beverage production device, the capsule containing ingredients for producing a nutritional liquid when a liquid is fed into the capsule at an inlet face thereof, the capsule comprising:

an antimicrobial filter extending longitudinally in the capsule in a direction of the flow path in the capsule from the inlet face to an outlet face; and

probiotic microorganisms physically separated from at least a part of the ingredients by the antimicrobial filter.