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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Zoraida DeFreitas, Polk City, IA (US);
Harlan Hall, Verona, WI (US);
Jerry Newman, West Des Moines, IA (US);
Mike Gordon, Arlington, TX (US);
Assignee:
Kemin Foods, LC, Des Moines, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/16 ; B32B 1/502 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/16 ; B32B 1/502 ;
Abstract
Microcapsules having a carotenoid content of between about 10% and 50% by weight. A crystalline form of one or more carotenoids is processed in a fluidized bed coating machine where a protective coating of a sugar or polyhydric alcohol, a starch, and optionally a protein, is applied. The carotenoid content of the finished microcapsules is in excess of 80% of the carotenoids present in the starting material.