Product comprising a form retaining granular composition of gel particles, a method of manufacturing the same and a process of forming a granular slurry
OwnerTom Kamperman, Vasileios Dimitrios Trikalitis +2inventors
InventorsTom Kamperman, Vasileios Dimitrios Trikalitis, Claas Willem Visser, Jeroen Rouwkema
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Abstract
A product comprises a granular composition of gel particles, particularly micro-gel particles. Said composition comprises a carbohydrate matrix (lattice/network) between cells that contain said gel particles. A method of manufacturing such product that comprises a granular composition of gel particles, particularly micro-gel particles, involves forming an aqueous slurry comprising said gel particles and a water soluble carbohydrate compound. Said slurry is shaped into said product and said shaped slurry is solidified.
Claims39
A product comprising a form-retaining granular composition of gel particles, particularly micro-gel particles, wherein said composition comprises a solid structure of said gel particles bonded to one another by a substantially dry or dried carbohydrate matrix in between said gel particles.
A method of manufacturing a solid product that comprises a granular composition of gel particles, particularly micro-gel particles, wherein an aqueous slurry is formed comprising said gel particles and a water soluble carbohydrate compound, wherein said slurry is shaped, particularly moulded, and more particularly compressed, into said product, and wherein said shaped slurry, comprising said gel particles and a water soluble carbohydrate compound, is dehydrated and solidified to form said product.
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