Tate & Lyle Public Limited Company

Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas LLC

Henk Westerhof

William E Kelly

David Neal Lewis

Gerrit Schutte

Jane Janssen

Michael D Harrison

Penelope A Patton

Geoffrey A R Nobes

Shiji Shen

Herein disclosed is a composition containing from about 5 weight parts to about 50 weight parts of a branched polylactic acid; from about 50 weight parts to about 95 weight parts of water; and from about 0.1 weight parts to about 1 weight part of a first surfactant. The composition can be coated onto a substrate containing paper or paperboard and having a first surface and a second surface, to form a paper product having oil, grease, and moisture resistance.

Poly(lactic acid)-containing compositions for use in imparting oil, grease, or water resistance to paper

The invention is directed to a method for preparing an environmentally degradable polymeric compound as well as to such a compound per se and to its use. A compound of the present invention includes a polycondensated lactic acid containing polymer, having a molecular weight (Mw) of from 500 to 50,000 g/mol, to which a flexibilizing aliphatic polyester having a molecular weight of from 500 to 50,000 g/mol is coupled. The amount of lactic acid including groups in the polymeric compound ranges from 50 to 99% and the amount of flexibilizing polyester groups ranges from 1 to 50%.

Environmentally degradable polymeric compounds, their preparation and use as hot melt adhesive

Environmentally degradable polymeric compounds their preparation and use as hot melt adhesive

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