National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation

Balchem Corporation

Other

Henkel Ag & Company, Kgaa

Akzo Nobel N.v.

Universiteit Gent

National Starch and Chemical Company Investment Holding Corporation

Universiteit Gent Laboratorium Voor Bromatologie Faculteit Farmaceutische Wetenschappen

Paul H Richardson

John J Tsai

Paul B Foreman

Jean Paul Remon

Dieter Ameye

Jody Voorspoels

Catherine Callens

Ralph M Trksak

Gary Theodore Martino

Hongjie Cao

Eric Weisser

Carl J Pacifico

Robert A Skorge

Michele M Merrette

Vernetta L Dally

David E Martin

Maximilian M R Koxholt

Phillip K Lee

Philip K Lee

The present invention is directed to the use of xanthan gum, particularly heat treated xanthan gum, as a fixative in hair cosmetic compositions. Xanthan gum is advantageous in that it may be used with other hair fixatives and provides rheology modifying and other properties including excellent stiffness, gloss, dry comb, wet comb, non-flake, anti-static, feel and high humidity curl retention.

Use of xanthan gum as a hair fixative

The invention provides bioadhesive composition having increased bioadhesive properties, decreased irritation, and the capacity for higher drug loading. The compositions of the invention comprise intimate mixtures of a polysaccharide and a polycarboxylated polymer, and optionally also an absorption enhancer.

Bioadhesive composition

This invention relates to an inhibited non-solubilized granular starch modified by less than 5% of a carboxylated polymer. In addition, a process is provided wherein a non-solubilized, substantially granular starch is mixed with a carboxylated polymer, dried to form a starch/carboxylated polymer blend and then physically treated to form a starch/carboxylated polymer composite. Further, this invention relates to the improved industrial and food products prepared from these starch/carboxylated polymer composites.

Starch/carboxylated polymer composites

This invention relates to a degraded, inhibited cationic starch for use in papermaking systems, which affords improved physical properties, particularly strength. Additionally these derivatives provide easy-to-prepare alternatives totraditional starches, and can even be added directly to the papermaking process without cooking. While the benefits of these starch compositions can be applied to any type of papermaking method, they are especially useful in high shear, high conductivity and recycle systems.

Starches for use in papermaking

The present invention is an encapsulated yeast composite comprising a core comprising yeast and a coating containing an emulsifiable lipid. The yeast includes . The invention also relates to other encapsulated bioactive substance composites. The nature of the coating provides controlled release of the bioactive substance from the encapsulate. The encapsulated composites are useful in the production of food compositions, food products, and animal feed products.

Controlled release encapsulated bioactive substances

This invention relates to a method of producing a bioadhesive composition comprising the steps of preparing a solution of a solvent and a polymer mixture wherein the polymer mixture comprises at least one natural or synthetic polycarboxylated polymer and at least one polysaccharide; drying the solution to form a solid; and heat treating the solid to effect cross-linking and to form the bioadhesive composition.

The present invention provides methods and compositions for providing controlled protection for hygroscopic ingredients that will be exposed to moist or humid environments for significant periods of time by encapsulating the hygroscopic ingredients with a controlled-protection lipid coating. The methods and compositions are particularly useful for stabilizing a hygroscopic bioactive substance, such as choline chloride or lysine hydrochloride, in an animal feed composition and also providing adequate rumen protection in ruminant feeds.

Stable hygroscopic compositions and methods for stabilizing hygroscopic ingredients

The present invention is an encapsulated yeast composite comprising a core comprising yeast and a soluble coating comprising polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight less than 3050. The yeast includes . The encapsulated composites are useful in the production of food compositions and food products.

Solvent released encapsulated yeast

This invention is directed to degraded, hydrated particulate starches that are hydrophobically modified and a method of providing paper with reduced porosity, resistance to liquid penetration and increased surface strength comprising applying to the surface of a paper substrate an effective amount of a surface sizing composition which comprises such starch. In particular, the starches are those in which the starch base is degraded to a water fluidity (WF) of from about 10 to 80 or the modified and/or particulate starch is degraded using a substantially equivalent amount of degradation agent and substantially the same reaction conditions, the starch is modified with a hydrophobic hydrocarbon group of 5 to 23 carbon atoms at about 1 to 20% substitution level by weight of bound hydrophobe based on the weight of starch, and the hydrated starch has a volume average hydrated particle size of at least about 20 microns and a volume fraction of hydrated particles at 1% solids of at least about 5%.

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Paul H Richardson