Composition and method of stabilized sensitive ingredient
OwnerMonika Barbara Horgan, Julie D. Grefer +2inventors
InventorsMonika Barbara Horgan, Julie D. Grefer, Dean Larry DuVal, Stephen Robert Glassmeyer
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a process of forming a coated sphere comprising the steps: (a) preparing a mixture of an alkali metal alginate combined with a sensitive ingredient; (b) adding water; (c) forming a dough; (d) placing said dough into an extruder; (e) passing said dough through a die to form a sphere; (f) dropping said sphere into an coating matrix; (g) providing a first protective coating around said sphere; (h) forming a coated sphere.
Claims45
A process of forming a coated sphere comprising the steps:
- (a) preparing a mixture of an alkali metal alginate combined with a sensitive ingredient;
- (b) adding water;
- (c) forming a dough;
- (d) placing said dough into an extruder;
- (e) passing said dough through a die to form a sphere;
- (f) dropping said sphere into an coating matrix;
- (g) providing a first protective coating around said sphere;
- (h) forming a coated sphere.
A coated sphere prepared by a process comprising the steps:
- (a) preparing a mixture of an alkali metal alginate combined with a sensitive ingredient;
- (b) adding water;
- (c) forming a dough;
- (d) placing said dough into an extruder;
- (e) passing said dough through a die to form a sphere;
- (f) dropping said sphere into an coating matrix;
- (g) providing a first protective coating around said sphere;
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- (h) forming a coated sphere.
A process of forming a coated sphere comprising the steps:
- (a) preparing a first mixture of a sensitive ingredient combined with a hydrophilic material;
- (b) forming a second protective coating with said sensitive ingredient located with in said second protective coating;
- (c) preparing a second mixture of an alkali metal alginate combined with said first mixture;
- (d) adding water;
- (e) forming a dough;
- (f) placing said dough into an extruder;
- (g) passing said dough through a die to form a sphere;
- (h) dropping said sphere into a coating matrix;
- (i) providing a first protective coating around said sphere;
- (j) forming a coated sphere.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.