Unilever Patent Holdings B.v.

Loders Croklaan USA LLC

Tom Tongue

Frederick William Cain

Gerald Patrick McNeill

Structured particulate systems of active solid organic components in a matrix in a weight ratio of 99:1 to 1:99 and a mean weight diameter of 25 to 500 microns wherein the active organic component is selected from the group consisting of oleanoic acid, ursolic acid, folic acid, policosanol, phytosterols, or derivatives or salts thereof are novel and can be used to improve the oral properties and/or the homogeneity of the organic, solid, active component in a food product.

Structured particulate systems

A method for improving the chalky-off taste and/or the homogeneity of a solid, active component in a food product by incorporating in the food product an effective amount, preferably 1 to 70 wt % on food product, of a structured particulate system comprising one or more active components in a matrix in a weight ratio of 1:99 to 99:1 and wherein the mean weight diameter of the particles of the structured particulate system ranges from 25 to 500 microns.

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