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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Frederick William Cain, Wormerveer, NL;
Gerald Patrick McNeill, Channahon, IL (US);
Tom Tongue, Channahon, IL (US);
Assignee:
Unilever Patent Holdings BV, Vlaardingen, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A21D 2/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A21D 2/00 ;
Abstract
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.