Freshness retaining gel composition
OwnerToru Okada, Kenji Kuranari +1inventors
InventorsToru Okada, Kenji Kuranari, Yukari Mihara
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Abstract
The freshness of meat, vegetables and fruits in a refrigerator or food storage box can be retained for a long period of time by using (1) a freshness retaining gel composition which comprises a freshness retainer component comprising an isothiocyanic acid compound and an aliphatic carboxylic acid or (2) a freshness retaining gel composition which comprises a freshness retainer component comprising an isothiocyanic acid compound, a nonionic surfactant or a fatty acid ester, and a gelling agent.
Claims11
A freshness retaining gel composition which comprises:
- (i) a freshness retainer component comprising 1 to 50% by weight of an isothiocyanic acid compound;
- and
- (ii) 30 to 99% by weight of an aliphatic carboxylic acid comprising from 12 to 24 carbon atoms.
A freshness retaining gel composition which comprises:
- (i) a freshness retainer component comprising 1 to 50% by weight of an isothiocyanic acid compound,
- (ii) 10 to 90% by weight of a nonionic surfactant;
- and
- (iii) 1 to 40% by weight of at least one gelling agent selected from the group consisting of 11-hydroxystearic acid, 12-hydroxystearic acid and N-lauroyl-L-glutamic acid .alpha., .gamma.-di-n-butylamide.
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