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EP 3 451 847 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 12.04.2018 (43) Date of publication: 13.03.2019 Bulletin 2019/11 (21) Application number: 17761239.7 (22) Date of filing: 30.08.2017

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A23G 1/52(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/EP2017/071746 (87) International publication number: WO 2018/041884 (08.03.2018 Gazette 2018/10)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA ME Designated Validation States: MA MD (30) Priority: 30.08.2016 EP 16186273 30.08.2016 EP 16186244 30.08.2016 EP 16186248 30.08.2016 EP 16186252 30.08.2016 EP 16186255 30.08.2016 EP 16186260 30.08.2016 EP 16186272 30.08.2016 EP 16186274 30.08.2016 EP 16186233 02.12.2016 EP 16201877 (71) Applicant: Nestec SA 1800 Vevey (CH)

(72) Inventors: GERMAN, Jamey York Yorkshire YO23 1NX (GB) VIEIRA, Josélio, Batista York Yorkshire YO31 8LG (GB) TICKNER, Jennifer, Anne York Yorkshire YO24 4HT (GB) (74) Representative: Lumsden, Stuart Edward Henry  Nestec S.A. Centre de Recherche Nestlé Vers-chez-les-Blanc Rte du Jorat 57 1000 Lausanne 26 1000 Lausanne 26 (CH)