Dupont Nutrition Biosciences Aps

Richard Ingram

Kathryn Louise Tse

John Mark Faragher

Torben Isak

Linda Valerie Thomas

Bob Coyne

Sébastien Gouin

Carsten Bjoern Hansen

Carsten Bjorn Hansen

John Faragher

The present invention provides a composition comprising (a) an antimicrobial material; and (b) an extract obtained from or obtainable from a plant of the Labiatae family, wherein (a) and (b) are different; wherein the composition contains phenolic diterpenes in an amount of greater than 1.0 wt. %, based on the composition, and wherein when the antimicrobial material consists of nisin, the composition comprises carvacrol in an amount of less than 0.075 wt. % based on the composition and carvone in an amount of less than 15 wt. % based on the composition.

Composition comprising a bacteriocin and an extract from a plant of the Labiatae family

The present invention provides an antimicrobial material in an encapsulated form, comprising (i) a core comprising an antimicrobial material and (ii) a shell of encapsulating material, wherein the shell of encapsulating material is impermeable to the antimicrobial material. The invention further provides a process for introducing an antimicrobial material into a foodstuff comprising (i) providing the antimicrobial material in an encapsulated form comprising a core of antimicrobial material and shell of encapsulating material, and (ii) introducing encapsulated antimicrobial material into or onto the foodstuff.

Encapsulated antimicrobial material

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