Patent ID: 7615245

Claim:
An article of manufacture for preparing a frozen beverage comprising: a. first frozen pellets, said first frozen pellets comprising: i. a milk fluid, said milk fluid being about 25% to about 78% by weight of said first frozen pellets; ii. inulin, said inulin being about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of said first frozen pellets and providing fiber, sweetness and slowing the melting rate of said first frozen pellets relative to an equivalent weight percentage of sucrose; iii. a sweetener iv. a flavoring; and v. a stabilizer mix; said first frozen pellets being of relatively uniform size and shape and being unaerated; and b. second frozen pellets, said second frozen pellets comprising: i. a milk fluid, said milk fluid being about 60% to about 85% by weight of said second frozen pellets; ii. inulin, said inulin being about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of said second frozen pellets and providing fiber, sweetness and slowing the melting rate of said first frozen pellets relative to an equivalent weight percentage of sucrose; and iii. a sweetener; iv. a flavoring; v. a stabilizer mix; said second frozen pellets being of relatively uniform size and shape and being unaerated; and said second frozen pellets being of different milk fluid percentage composition than said first frozen pellets.