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A device stores and meters a powder and mixes the powder with a diluent to prepare a food product. The device is able to be connected to a tank containing the diluent and to a source of air. The device includes a multidose container to form a reserve of powder, a powder dosing system, a powder duct

A device stores and meters a powder and mixes the powder with a diluent to prepare a food product. The device is able to be connected to a tank containing the diluent and to a source of air. The device includes a multidose container to form a reserve of powder, a powder dosing system, a powder duct integrated in an air chamber that can carry air around the powder duct outlet. The powder duct outlet emerges in a mixing chamber that includes a diluent inlet and a food product outlet, the whole forming a single piece disposable device.

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1. A device for storing and metering a powder mixing the powder with a diluent to prepare a food product, the device being coupleable to a tank containing the diluent and to a source of air, the device comprising: a multidose container to form a reserve of powder;a powder dosing system;a powder duct

1. A device for storing and metering a powder mixing the powder with a diluent to prepare a food product, the device being coupleable to a tank containing the diluent and to a source of air, the device comprising: a multidose container to form a reserve of powder;a powder dosing system;a powder duct integrated in an air chamber;the powder duct outlet opening into a mixing chamber comprising a diluent inlet and a food product outlet;wherein the device is a single piece disposable device. 2. The device of claim 1, wherein the air chamber is configured to move air around the powder duct outlet. 3. The device of claim 1, wherein the air chamber is configured to provide an air flow essentially parallel to the powder duct. 4. The device of claim 1, wherein the air chamber surrounds the powder duct. 5. The device of claim 1, wherein the air chamber is a tube concentric to the powder duct. 6. The device of claim 1, wherein the air chamber is configured to provide at the powder duct outlet a ring of air flow of homogeneous profile around the flow of powder. 7. The device of claim 1, wherein the outlet of the powder duct enters the upper part of the mixing chamber at a location that is offset with respect to the longitudinal axis of the mixing chamber. 8. The device of claim 1, wherein the longitudinal axis of the powder duct presents an angle of between 0 and 45° with the longitudinal axis of the mixing chamber. 9. The device of claim 1, wherein the mixing chamber presents an upper opening for evacuating steam. 10. The device of claim 1, wherein the mixing chamber is a conical mixing chamber. 11. The device of claim 1, wherein the powder dosing system comprises a dosing chamber and a coupling enabling the dosing chamber to be driven by a motor external to the device. 12. The device of claim 10, wherein the dosing chamber of the powder dosing system comprises an element selected from the group consisting of an endless screw, an auger, a barrel, a sliding chamber and a revolving chamber. 13. The device of claim 1, wherein the food product outlet enables the delivery of the food product directly into a receptacle. 14. The device of claim 1, wherein the multidose container is collapsible. 15. A method for preparing a food product, the method comprising: providing a device comprising a powder multidose container,a powder dosing system,a powder duct integrated in an air chamber, anda mixing chamber in which the powder duct emerges and comprising a diluent inlet and a food product outlet,wherein the powder container, the powder dosing system, the powder duct, the air chamber and the mixing chamber forms a single piece device and the air chamber carries an air current around the powder duct, the current of air being oriented in the direction of the mixing chamber;metering a powder to the mixing chamber;mixing the powder with a diluent; andpreparing the food product. 16. The method of claim 15, wherein the air current is essentially parallel to the powder duct. 17. The method of claim 15, wherein at the powder duct outlet the ring of air flow around the flow of powder presents a homogeneous profile. 18. The method of claim 15, comprising disposing of the device when the multidose container is empty.