Fatty acids and derivatives of antimicrobial agents
OwnerJon J. Kabarainventor
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Abstract
There is provided a food-grade microbicidal or microbiostatic composition containing a food or food-grade material and as the primary microbicide a mono-ester of a polyol and a twelve carbon atom aliphatic fatty acid.
Claims4
A microbicidal of microbiostatic food-grade composition comprising a food subject to microbial spoilage and therefore in need of preservation and containing in an effective amount of up to 30% by weight of a primary food-grade microbicide consisting essentially of a 1 or 2 -mono-laurin polyol ester as the sole active microbicide in the composition.
A method for effecting a microbicidal action in a food subject to microbial spoilage and therefore in need of preservation;
- comprising adding thereto a microbicidally or microbiostatically effective amount of a food-grade microbicide consisting essentially of a 1 or 2-mono-laurin polyol ester as the sole active microbicide in the composition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.