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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 1991
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1991
Chee-Teck Tan, Middletown, NJ (US);
Young C Kang, Oakhurst, NJ (US);
Marion A Sudol, Boonton, NJ (US);
Chwan K King, Edison, NJ (US);
Marvin Schulman, Howell, NJ (US);
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Novel controlled release flowable flavoring powders and processes and apparatus for preparing and using such agents, the processes comprising heating a high melting point encapsulating or enrobing material, such as a fat and/or wax and one or more emulsifiers to melt this starting material; mixing one or more water-containing flavor compositions with a texture conditioning agent; mixing the flavor compositions and texture conditioning agent(s) with the molten fat or wax to obtain a homogeneous mixture in the form of an emulsion; and chilling the flavor composition-containing mixture to provide discrete particles of solid encapsulated flavoring agent, together with the products so produced and methods for using same.