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A complete, nutritionally balanced coffee drink providing caloric and protein nutritional support for patients, particularly elderly and long-term care patients is provided. An instant coffee composition, a method for making the instant coffee composition and coffee drink made therefrom are describe

A complete, nutritionally balanced coffee drink providing caloric and protein nutritional support for patients, particularly elderly and long-term care patients is provided. An instant coffee composition, a method for making the instant coffee composition and coffee drink made therefrom are described. The composition and drink has a caloric distribution including from about 16% to 30% of a protein component, from about 40% to 60% of a carbohydrate component and from about 15% to 33% of a lipid component. The instant coffee composition readily dissolves in hot water to provide a beverage which looks and tastes like black coffee which may be administered to a patient in need of nutritional support.

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[ We claim:] [1.] A nutritional composition that when reconstituted with hot water provides a complete, nutritionally balanced, black coffee drink, the composition being in the form of an agglomerated, dissolvable powder comprising:coffee powder;from about 16% to about 30% of calories of a protein c

[ We claim:] [1.] A nutritional composition that when reconstituted with hot water provides a complete, nutritionally balanced, black coffee drink, the composition being in the form of an agglomerated, dissolvable powder comprising:coffee powder;from about 16% to about 30% of calories of a protein component exhibiting high clarity in aqueous solution for providing a black coffee drink;from about 40% to about 75% of calories of a carbohydrate component; andfrom about 15% to about 33% of calories of an atomized lipid component.