A device for preparing a whipped food, including a container portion that contains a food component and that is configured for receiving a fluid for mixing with the food component to produce a fluid mixture. A film conditioning conduit is associated with the container portion to receive the fluid mi
A device for preparing a whipped food, including a container portion that contains a food component and that is configured for receiving a fluid for mixing with the food component to produce a fluid mixture. A film conditioning conduit is associated with the container portion to receive the fluid mixture with gas bubbles entrained therein as a food product. The conduit includes a restriction channel associated with the container portion downstream thereof to receive the food product. The restriction channel has a cross-section sufficiently small and a length sufficiently large to selectively feed bubbles in the food product that are smaller than a preselected maximum bubble size. The conduit also includes a deceleration channel and fluid communication with the restriction channel downstream thereof to receive the food product. The deceleration channel substantially reduces the flow speed of the food product. An outlet downstream of and in fluid association with the deceleration channel dispenses the slowed food product.
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The invention is claimed as follows: 1. 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
The invention is claimed as follows: 1. 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. 2. The device of claim 1, wherein the restriction channel is configured for shearing the flow for producing the bubbles below the maximum size and whipping the food product and bubbles to produce a whipped food product. 3. The device of claim 1, wherein the food product is a beverage. 4. The device of claim 1, wherein the food component includes a coffee, tea, milk, or soup product, or a combination thereof. 5. The device of claim 1, wherein the deceleration channel is configured for substantially reducing or preventing the rupturing of the bubbles flowing therethrough. 6. The device of claim 1, wherein the maximum bubble size corresponds to a maximum bubble mass of each bubble, and the deceleration channel is configured for substantially maintaining the individual bubble mass from the restriction channel. 7. The device of claim 1, wherein the deceleration channel is configured to slow the flow sufficiently for dispensing from the outlet at a speed sufficiently low to substantially generally retain the conditioning of the foam in the food product. 8. The device of claim 7, wherein the deceleration channel is configured to slow the flow sufficiently for dispensing from the outlet at a speed sufficiently low to substantially reduce or prevent the rupturing of the bubbles. 9. The device of claim 1, wherein the container portion contains the gas and is configured for receiving an injection of the fluid and mixing the gas as bubbles into the mixture of the food component and fluid. 10. The device of claim 1, wherein the device is configured such that at least about 75% of the gas that is dispensed through the outlet is fed through the restriction channel. 11. The device of claim 1, wherein the restriction channel has a cross-sectional area of between 0.01 mm and 3 mm2. 12. The device of claim 1, wherein the deceleration channel has a total cross-sectional adjacent the outlet of between about 0.05 mm2 and 100 mm2. 13. The device of claim 1, wherein the restriction channel has a length of at least about 20 times a largest cross-sectional dimension thereof. 14. The device of claim 1, wherein the length of the restriction channel is between about 5 mm and 50 mm. 15. The device of claim 1, wherein the deceleration channel is configured for reducing the flow speed to between 1:5 and 1:100 of the maximum speed of the flow through the restriction channel. 16. The device of claim 1, wherein the deceleration channel has a cross-section with an aspect ratio of between about 1:5 and 1:50. 17. The device of claim 1, wherein the deceleration channel comprises a plurality of deceleration sub-channels that have a combined cross-sectional area sufficiently larger than the restriction channel for substantially decelerating the flow. 18. The device of claim 1, further comprising a package that comprises the container portion and the foam conditioning conduit, the package configured for operative association with an extraction device for feeding the fluid under pressure into the container portion. 19. 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 food product; and a foam conditioning conduit associated with the container portion for receiving the food product from the container portion and also a gas such that the food product includes bubbles of the gas, the foam conditioning conduit comprising a foaming channel comprising: a restriction channel in fluid association with the container portion downstream thereof to receive the food product with the gas bubbles, the restriction channel having a cross-section sufficiently small and sufficient length for feeding bubbles 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 association with the restriction channel and downstream thereof to receive the food product and bubbles from the restriction channel, the deceleration channel configured to substantially reduce the flow speed of the food product and bubbles, and an outlet downstream in fluid association with the deceleration channel to outlet the slowed flow of food product and bubbles for dispensing. 20. A method for preparing a whipped food, the method comprising: injecting high pressure fluid into a container portion for mixing with a food component and a gas to provide a food product; feeding the food product from the container portion under pressure through a restriction channel that has a sufficiently small cross-section and sufficient length for feeding bubbles in the food product that are smaller than a preselected maximum bubble size for conditioning a foam in the food product, wherein the gas is introduced upstream of the restriction channel; feeding the food product from the restriction channel through a deceleration channel to substantially reduce the flow speed of the food product and bubbles; and dispensing the food product at a speed that is sufficiently low to substantially reduce or prevent splashing to substantially retain the conditioning of the foam.
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