Patent ID: 8460732
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A method of preparing a single serving of an infant formula, the method comprising: puncturing a portion of a sealed disposable capsule with a puncturing element located in the sealed disposable capsule, the sealed disposable capsule comprising a housing having a perforated plate from which the puncturing element extends, the perforated plate forming a lower part of the sealed disposable capsule, and the sealed disposable capsule containing a unit dose of a concentrated infant formula in a form of a powdered concentrate or a liquid concentrate, introducing water into the punctured disposable capsule at approximately ambient pressure in two steps, a first amount of from 30 to 50% of the volume of the serving at a temperature of between 70 and 80° C. and a second amount of the remainder of the volume of the serving at room temperature, so as to reconstitute the concentrated infant formula and form a liquid infant formula, and draining the liquid infant formula directly from the punctured disposable capsule into a receiving vessel.