Instant beverage tablet for producing a layered beverage
An instant beverage tablet in the form of multilayer tablet for producing a layered beverage having one or more cream layer(s), coffee and/or cocoa layer(s) and optionally a foam upon reconstitution in a liquid comprising a dark component having sugar, coffee and/or cocoa particles for producing a dark layer; a white component having creamer and sugar for producing white layer; wherein the dark component has a density in the range of 0.5 to 0.7 g/cm 3 and wherein the white component has a density in the range of 0.74 to 0.9 g/cm 3 and wherein the dark component is compressed with a compaction pressure of at least 250 kPa and wherein the white component is compressed with a compaction pressure of at least 1250 kPa.
1. An instant beverage tablet in the form of a multilayer tablet for producing a layered beverage having at least one layer selected from the group consisting of a cream layer, coffee layer and cocoa layer comprising:
a dark component having sugar, coffee and/or cocoa particles for producing a dark layer;
a white component having creamer and sugar for producing white layer;
wherein the dark component is compressed with a compaction pressure of at least 250 kPa and wherein the white component is compressed with a compaction pressure of at least 1250 kPa; and
wherein the dark component has a density in the range of 0.5 to 0.7 g/cm 3 and wherein the white component has a density in the range of 0.74 to 0.9 g/cm 3 .
2. The tablet of claim 1 , wherein the tablet has a compressed dark layer portion and wherein the total moisture content of the dark component is below 6%.
3. The tablet of claim 2 , wherein the total moisture content of the dark component ranges between 1 to 4% by weight.
4. The tablet of claim 1 wherein the tablet is in the form of a multilayer tablet having a compressed white layer portion wherein the total moisture content of the white component is below 5%.
5. The tablet of claim 4 , wherein the total moisture content of the white component ranges between 2.5 to 4% by weight.
6. The tablet of claim 1 wherein the dissolution time (t90) of the dark component is less than 10 seconds.
7. The tablet of claim 6 wherein the dissolution time (t90) of the dark component is between 3 to 6 seconds.
8. The tablet of claim 1 wherein the dissolution time (t90) of the white component is less than 30 seconds.
9. The tablet of claim 8 wherein the dissolution time (t90) of the white component is between 13 to 20 seconds.
10. The tablet of claim 1 wherein the ratio of sugar:coffee for the dark component ranges between 1:1 to 3:1.
11. The tablet of claim 1 wherein the ratio of sugar:creamer for the white component ranges between 1:1 to 1:3.
12. The tablet of claim 1 wherein the creamer is selected from the group consisting of dairy creamer, non-dairy creamer, field-dairy creamer, fresh milk, milk powder, whole milk and skimmed milk.
13. The tablet of claim 1 wherein the sugar is selected from the group consisting of low-caloric sweeteners, maltose, maltodextrin, sucrose, lactose, fructose, glucose and galactose.