Non-caking, water-soluble, granular coated food ingredient
AssigneeBalchem Corporation
InventorsPaul Ciliberto, Stanley Kramer
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Abstract
Granular water-soluble food ingredients which deteriorate upon exposure to the atmosphere, such as hygroscopic organic acids which cake or coloring agents which oxidize, are protected by encapsulation in a protective coating consisting essentially of 5-37% a fatty acid derivative selected from the group consisting of polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate, polyoxyethylene sorbitan monostearate and lecithin, 15-56% propylene glycol and 38-62% flow agent, e.g., fumed silica or carboxymethylcellulose. The resulting coated particles have a long shelf life and still are substantially instantaneously soluble in water.
Claims14
A non-caking granular food ingredient composition comprising core particles of a normally hygroscopic, water-soluble food ingredient and a continuous encapsulating coating on said core particles consisting essentially of 5-37% of fatty acid derivative selected from the group consisting of polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate, polyoxyethylene sorbitan monostearate and lecithin, 15-56% propylene glycol and 38-62% finely divided flow agent.
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