Lipid-based microcapsules

A process for preparing microcapsules, said process comprising the steps of:

• (i) Dispersing an oil phase O1 comprising a hydrophobic material H1 into a continuous phase C1 to obtain a two-phases dispersion D1, wherein the oil phase and/or in the continuous phase C1 comprises a stabilizer S1;
• (ii) Dispersing the two-phases dispersion D1 in an oil phase O2 comprising a stabilizer S2 and a lipid, at a temperature greater than the melting temperature of the lipid, to obtain a multiple dispersion D2,
• (iii) Optionally, dispersing the multiple dispersion D2 in a continuous phase C2 comprising a stabilizer S3 to obtain a multiple dispersion D3;
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• (iv) Cooling the multiple dispersion D2 and fragmenting, or cooling the multiple dispersion D3, to obtain microcapsules.