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Flavored instant coffee products having a variegated appearance that contain darker colored agglomerated soluble particles containing a darker colored flavorant selected from cocoa and instant coffee agglomerated onto an edible carrier such as sugar and lighter colored agglomerated soluble particles

Flavored instant coffee products having a variegated appearance that contain darker colored agglomerated soluble particles containing a darker colored flavorant selected from cocoa and instant coffee agglomerated onto an edible carrier such as sugar and lighter colored agglomerated soluble particles containing a dairy or nondairy creamer and a noncoffee flavor agglomerated onto an edible carrier such as sugar, provided that when the darker colored flavorant is only cocoa, the lighter colored agglomerated particles further contain instant coffee agglomerated the edible carrier.

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[What is claimed is:] [1.]a. providing a first colored mixture comprising from about 10 to about 40% of at least one darker colored flavorant selected from cocoa and instant coffee, and from about 60 to about 90% of a first edible carrier;b. adding from about 5 to about 10% of an agglomerating fluid

[What is claimed is:] [1.]a. providing a first colored mixture comprising from about 10 to about 40% of at least one darker colored flavorant selected from cocoa and instant coffee, and from about 60 to about 90% of a first edible carrier;b. adding from about 5 to about 10% of an agglomerating fluid to the first colored mixture;c. agglomerating the first colored mixture after step (b) to form first colored agglomerated particles;d. drying the first colored agglomerated particles to a moisture content of about 3.5% or less;e. sizing the dried first colored agglomerated particles to provide sized first colored agglomerated particles having a particle size distribution such that 100% of the particles pass through a 10 mesh screen, from about 10 to about 35% of the particles are on a 16 mesh screen, from about 30 to about 70% of the particles pass through a 16 mesh screen and are on a 45 mesh screen, and from 0 to about 40% of the particles pass through a 45 mesh screen;f. providing a second colored mixture differing in color or shade of color from the first colored mixture and comprising from about 35 to about 75% of a dairy or nondairy creamer, from about 1 to about 10% of a flavorant other than instant coffee, and from about 25 to about 65% of a second edible carrier, provided that when the darker colored flavorant is only cocoa, the second colored mixture further comprises from about 10 to about 30% instant coffee;g. adding from about 5 to about 10% of an agglomerating fluid to the second colored mixture;h. agglomerating the second colored mixture after step (g) to form a second colored agglomerated particles;i. drying the second colored agglomerated particles to a moisture content of about 3.5% or less;j. sizing the dried second colored agglomerated particles to provide sized second colored agglomerated particles having a particle size distribution such that 100% of the particles pass through a 12 mesh screen, from about 5 to about 25% of the particles are on a 16 mesh screen, from about 20 to about 70% of the particles pass through a 16 mesh screen and are on a 45 mesh screen, and from about 15 to about 60% of the particles are pass through a 45 mesh screen; andk. combining from about 10 to about 90% of the sized first colored agglomerated particles with from about 10 to about 90% of the sized second colored agglomerated particles to provide a mixture of first and second colored agglomerated particles.