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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2015
Dupont Nutrition Biosciences Aps, Copenkagen K, DK;
Linda V Thomas, South Ruislip, GB;
Richard Ingram, Beaminster, GB;
Torben Isak, Hinnerup, DK;
Bob Coyne, Lenexa, KS (US);
John Faragher, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Sebastien Gouin, Arhus, DK;
Carsten Bjoern Hansen, Ega, DK;
Kathryn Louise Tse, Copenhagen, DK;
Abstract
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.