Patent ID: 7856921

Claim:
A device for the preparation of a whipped food, the device comprising: a container portion containing a food component and configured for receiving a fluid for mixing with the food component to produce a fluid mixture having a gas such that the fluid mixture includes gas bubbles; and a foam conditioning conduit associated with the container portion for receiving the fluid mixture therefrom with the gas bubbles entrained therein to produce a fluid food product, the foam conditioning conduit comprising: a restriction channel associated with the container portion downstream thereof to receive the food product, the restriction channel being configured for conditioning the bubbles into a foam and having a cross-section sufficiently small and sufficient length for selectively feeding bubbles in the food product that are smaller than a preselected maximum bubble size, wherein the gas is introduced into the foam conditioning conduit upstream of the restriction channel and wherein the foam conditioning conduit is free of an air inlet downstream of the restriction channel, a deceleration channel in fluid communication with the restriction channel downstream thereof to receive the food product therefrom, the deceleration channel configured to substantially reduce the flow speed of the food product, and an outlet downstream of and in fluid communication with the deceleration channel to dispense the slowed flow of food product.