Enzyme-containing, hot-melt granules comprising a thermotolerant desiccant
AssigneeDanisco US Inc.
InventorsNathaniel T. Becker, Peyman Moslemy
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Abstract
Described are compositions and methods relating to enzyme-containing, hot-melt-prepared granules produced from a starting material that contains an amount of water sufficient to denature the enzyme under hot-melt processing conditions. The resulting granules are particularly useful in consumer and industrial products, such as detergent, animal feed, food, personal care and agricultural compositions.
Claims24
A hot-melt-prepared enzyme granule, comprising a mixture of a particulate enzyme powder and a desiccant having a water activity of less than 0.15, wherein the desiccant comprises a zeolite having a SiO2/Al2O3 ratio of 20 or less, and wherein the desiccant releases less than 10% of bound water at a temperature above 50° C.
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