Process for encapsulating the flavor with colloid gel matrix
AssigneeArnhem, Inc.
InventorMichael J. Bonner
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Abstract
A stable liquid suspension of an encapsulated flavor oil, oleoresin or spice in a gel matrix is prepared by forming a gel matrix in an aqueous medium with high shear mixing of a colloidal gelling agent at a temperature above the freezing point of the aqueous medium and preferably below ambient temperature and dispersing and encapsulating the flavor oil, oleoresin or spice in the gel matrix during the formation of the gel matrix.
Claims11
The method for preparing a uniform suspension of at least one liquid flavor oil, oleoresin or spice encapsulated in a gel matrix comprising:
- forming a gel matrix by high shear mixing a colloidal gelling agent in water at a temperature below ambient temperature and above the freezing point of water, for a time which is sufficient to form a gel matrix;
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- dispersing said flavor oil, oleosin or spice into said gel matrix to thereby form a stable gel matrix of microencapsulated liquid flavor oil, oleoresin or spice.
A method of treating food products comprising the steps of:
- forming a gel matrix by high shear mixing of a colloidal gelling agent in water at a temperature below ambient temperature and above the freezing point of water for a sufficient time to form a stable gel matrix;
- encapsulating one or more of a group of food additives selected from the group consisting of flavor oils, oleoresins or spices into said gel matrix by addition thereof to said gel matrix;
- and incorporating said gel matrix into a food product.
A method of making pumpable liquid flavor additives capable of being incorporated into food products comprising the steps of:
- forming a gel matrix by high shear mixing of a colloidal gelling agent in water at a temperature below ambient temperature and above the freezing point of water so as to form a stable gel matrix;
- and encapsulating therein a liquid flavor selected from the group consisting of flavor oils, oleoresins and spices by the addition of same to said gel matrix.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.