Surface-reacted calcium carbonate in food
AssigneeOmya International AG
InventorsTanja Budde, Anaïs Hecker, Lalit Sharma, Laura De Miguel
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Abstract
The present invention refers to an edible composition comprising water and/or at least one edible oil and a surface reacted calcium carbonate having a volume median particle size d50 from 0.1 to 90 μm, an edible coating and/or filling comprising the surface-reacted calcium carbonate, a food product or pharmaceutical product or neutraceutical product at least partially coated and/or filled with the edible composition, a method for producing a food product or pharmaceutical product or neutraceutical product at least partially coated and/or filled with the edible composition.
Claims16
A method for producing a food product or pharmaceutical product or nutraceutical product at least partially coated and/or filled with an edible composition comprising:
- a) mixing water and/or at least one edible oil with ground calcium carbonate and a surface reacted calcium carbonate having a volume median particle size d50 from 0.1 to 90 μm and a specific surface area of from 15 m2/g to 200 m2/g, wherein the surface-reacted calcium carbonate is a reaction product of natural ground calcium carbonate or precipitated calcium carbonate with carbon dioxide and one or more H3O+ion donors, wherein the carbon dioxide is formed in situ by the H3O+ion donors treatment and/or is supplied from an external source, for obtaining an edible composition, and
- b) applying the edible composition obtained in step a), one or more times, at least partially on the surface of a food product or pharmaceutical product or nutraceutical product, or filling the edible composition obtained in step a) into a food product or pharmaceutical product or nutraceutical product, wherein the edible composition is a food coating, sugar coating, sugar-free coating, nutra coating, food decoration, food filling, pharmaceutical coating, or a combination thereof.
A method for producing a food product or pharmaceutical product or nutraceutical product at least partially coated comprising:
- a) mixing water and/or at least one edible oil with ground calcium carbonate and a surface reacted calcium carbonate having a volume median particle size d50 from 0.1 to 90 μm and a specific surface area of from 15 m2/g to 200 m2/g, wherein the surface-reacted calcium carbonate is a reaction product of natural ground calcium carbonate or precipitated calcium carbonate with carbon dioxide and one or more H3O+ion donors, wherein the carbon dioxide is formed in situ by the H3O+ion donors treatment and/or is supplied from an external source, for obtaining an edible composition, and
- b) applying the edible composition obtained in step a), one or more times, at least partially on the surface of a food product or pharmaceutical product or nutraceutical product, wherein the edible composition is a food coating, sugar coating, sugar-free coating, nutra coating, food decoration, pharmaceutical coating, or a combination thereof.
A method for producing a food product or pharmaceutical product or nutraceutical product at least partially filled comprising:
- a) mixing water and/or at least one edible oil with ground calcium carbonate and a surface reacted calcium carbonate having a volume median particle size d50 from 0.1 to 90 μm and a specific surface area of from 15 m2/g to 200 m2/g, wherein the surface-reacted calcium carbonate is a reaction product of natural ground calcium carbonate or precipitated calcium carbonate with carbon dioxide and one or more H3O+ion donors, wherein the carbon dioxide is formed in situ by the H3O+ion donors treatment and/or is supplied from an external source, for obtaining an edible composition, and
- b) filling the edible composition obtained in step a) into a food product or pharmaceutical product or nutraceutical product, wherein the edible composition is food filling.
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