Production of dry powders of one or more oxygenated carotenoids
AssigneeBASF SE
InventorsFrank Runge, Erik Lüddecke, Helmut Auweter, Angelika-Maria Pfeiffer, Willy Hinz
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Abstract
A process is described for preparing dry powders of one or more oxygenated carotenoids by a) dispersing one or more oxygenated carotenoids in an aqueous molecular dispersion or colloidal dispersion of a protecting colloid and b) converting the dispersion formed into a dry powder by removing the water and any solvents additionally used and drying, in the presence or absence of a coating material, which comprises using as protecting colloid in process step a) at least one partially hydrolyzed soybean protein having a degree of hydrolysis greater than 5%.
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A process for preparing dry powders of one or more oxygenated carotenoids by
- a) suspending one or more oxygenated carotenoids in an aqueous molecular dispersion or colloidal dispersion of a protecting colloid and
- b) converting the suspension formed into a dry powder by removing water and any solvents additionally used and drying, in the presence or absence of a coating material,
- which comprises using as protecting colloid in process step a) at least one partially hydrolyzed soybean protein having a degree of hydrolysis greater than 5%.
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