Tablets for Flavouring, Colouring and Sweetening Table Jellies, Custards and other like Artioles of Confectionery and for Beverages.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Dec., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Oct., 1899-Accepted, 2nd Dec., 1890
Tablets for Flavouring, Colouring and Sweetening Table Jellies,
Custards and other like Artioles of Confectionery and for Beverages.
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I, CHARLES RICHARD VALENTINE, of Whitcliffe, Chinbrook Road, Grove Park,
Lee, in the County of Kent, Colonial Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows-
This invention relates to the manufacture of tablets adapted for flavouring,
colouring and sweetening table Jellies, custards and like home made articles of
confectionery also for effervescent beverages, the object being to provide tablets
of small bulk which shall contain fixed proportions of flavouring, sweetening
and colouring ingredients, whereby home made Jellies, beverages and the like
can be flavoured, sweetened and coloured in one operation and without the
necessity of measuring the quantities of the ingredients
In carrving out my invention I take a given proportion of essential oil, tinc-
ture or essence as a flavouring and add thereto a sufficient quantity of saxin
or saccharine, a colouring ingredient and a binding material such as sugar of
milk or starch The whole is well mixed in a cold state, dried and moulded
into tablets of any required size ready for use
In practice I find that for the manufacture of tablets for use with jellies and
the like good results are obtained by mixing and combining an essential oil, a
colouring ingredient, soluble saccharine and sugar of milk
For tablets for use with beverages, I find it advantageous to employ saxin
in place of saccharine, and to add to the sugar of milk a quantity of citric or
tartaric acid and bicarbonate of soda
To make use of my tablets, it is simply necessary to drop one or more into a
fixed quantity of jelly, or the like or into the beverage In the case of jellies
and the like the tablets can be first dissolved in a small quantity of liquid
before placing it in the mass thereof
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G. F REDFERN & Co,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicant
Tablets for Flavouring, Colouring and Sweetening Table Jellier,
Custards and other like Articles of Confectionery and for Beverages.
I, CHARLES RICHARD VALENTINE, of Whitcliffe, Chinbrook Road, Grove Park,
Lee, in the County of Kent, Colonial Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of
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page_text: this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement.-
This invention relates to the manufacture of tablets adapted for flavouring,
colouring and sweetening table jellies, custards and like home made articles of
confectionery also for effervescent and other beverages, the object being to pro-
vide tablets of small bulk which shall contain fixed proportions of flavouring,
sweetening and colouring ingredients, whereby home made jellies, and the like
can be flavoured, sweetened and coloured and beverages made in one operation
and without the necessity of measuring the quantities of the ingredients
In caying out my invention I take a given proportion of essential oil, tino-
ture or essence as a flavouring and add thereto a sufficient quantity of saxın
or soluble saccharine, a colouring ingredient and a binding material such as
sugar of milk or starch. The whole is well mixed in a cold state and as herein-
after described, and moulded into tablets of any required size ready for use.
To enable the invention to be fully understood I will describe how it can be
carried out in practice for the manufacture of tablets for use with jellies,
custards etc and for making beverages
For making tablets for use with jellies, custards etc. I mix together the
following ingredients in the following manner, that is to say, I take the colour
and the tincture forming the flavour and rub them down or mix them together; :
I then take bicarbonate of soda and mix with the above ingredients To this
mixture I add ordinary saccharine and rub them down together after which the
binding material such as sugar of milk or starch 18 added and the whole
thoroughly mixed and incorporated together The whole process should be
carried out in a cool dry atmosphere If a soluble sweetening were used in
lieu of the ordinary saccharine the bicarbonate of soda could be practically dis-
pensed with
I have found that good results can be obtained by using the ingredients in
the following proportions viz :-
About 60 to 90 grains of the colouring matter
About 850 to 1100 grains of flavouring
About 2 ounces of bicarbonate of soda
About 9 ounces of saccharine
About 4
5
5
ounces of sugar of milk.
The quantity of the colouring matter varies practically within the above
stated limits according to the colour used For example, for yellow about
70 grains, for red about 80 to 90 grains and for light green about 60 grains are
used
varies within the
For example for
for lemon about
In all cases what are
With regard to the flavouring the proportion of this also
above mentioned limits according to the flavouring required
orange about 1100 grains; for almond about 850 grains;
1000 grains and for vanilla about 850 grains are used
known as best tincture or best oils are referred to.
In producing tablets for use for making beverages I proceed as follows, that
is to say, I take the flavour and rub it down with bicarbonate of soda, I then
add the saxın or other soluble sweetening and rub it down with the mixed
flavour and bicarbonate of soda The citric or tartaric acid is then rubbed
down with the whole
The following proportions of the ingredients have been found to give good
results namely
About 150 to 200 grains of flavouring.
"
2 oz of bicarbonate of soda
"
292 grains of soluble sweetening

page_text: 200 grains and for lime juice about 180 grains can be employed. These pro-
portions also refer to best tinctures or best oils.
The mixtures obtained as above described are moulded into tablets of con-
venient size and are then ready for use. I have found that for jellies etc, a tablet
weighing about 5 grains is sufficient to flavour, colour and sweeten a pint of the
Jelly, custard or the like, whilst for drinks a tablet of about 6 grains suffices
to make an ordinary tumbler of beverage
To make use of my tablets, it is simply necessary to drop one or more into a
fixed quantity of jelly, or the like or into the water for the beverage In the
case of jellies and the like the tablet can be first dissolved in a small quantity
of liquid before placing it in the mass thereof.
by mixing the ingredients in the order and manner above set forth, the said
ingredients are homogeneously mixed so that if a tablet be divided up to vary
the required strength of the combined flavour, strength and sweetening, each
portion will be uniform in composition with the complete tablet
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. The manufacture of tablets for flavouring, colouring and sweetening table
Jellies, custards and the like and for beverages from an essential oil or tincture,
a soluble sweetening, a colouring ingredient and a binding material mixed and
incorporated, substantially in the proportions and in the manner herein before
described.
2 Tablets manufactured from the herein described ingredients combined,
substantially in the manner and proportions herein before described
Dated the 23rd day of October 1899
G. F REDFERN & Co,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicant