| abstract |
Process for flavoring dry vegetable material, especially pieces of leaf and stem like tea, herbs, spices and vegetables by mixing the dry vegetable material with one or more micro-encapsulated flavors as well as with an aqueous adhesive solution containing such quantity of water that said quantity may at least be adsorbed for the most part by the vegetable material, continuing the mixing operation till a dry or almost dry product is obtained and then, if necessary, subjecting the obtained product to a drying operation respectively reduction operation. |