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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2004
Bob Coyne, Lenexa, KS (US);
John Faragher, Richfield, WI (US);
Sébastien Gouin, Århus, DK;
Carsten Bjorn Hansen, Knebel, DK;
Richard Ingram, Yeovil Somerset, GB;
Torben Isak, Hinnerup, DK;
Linda Valerie Thomas, Dorchester, GB;
Kathryn Louise Tse, Københaven S, DK;
Bob Coyne, Lenexa, KS (US);
John Faragher, Richfield, WI (US);
Sébastien Gouin, Århus, DK;
Carsten Bjorn Hansen, Knebel, DK;
Richard Ingram, Yeovil Somerset, GB;
Torben Isak, Hinnerup, DK;
Linda Valerie Thomas, Dorchester, GB;
Kathryn Louise Tse, Københaven S, DK;
DuPont Nutrition Biosciences APS, Copenhagen K, DK;
Abstract
The present invention provides an antimicrobial material in an encapsulated form, comprising (i) a core comprising an antimicrobial material and (ii) a shell of encapsulating material, wherein the shell of encapsulating material is impermeable to the antimicrobial material. The invention further provides a process for introducing an antimicrobial material into a foodstuff comprising (i) providing the antimicrobial material in an encapsulated form comprising a core of antimicrobial material and shell of encapsulating material, and (ii) introducing encapsulated antimicrobial material into or onto the foodstuff.