EP0082459A2
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Preparation of flavorant capsules
Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle SA
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Filing: 1982-12-13
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2002-12-13
Abstract
Abstract A process for the production of flavorant capsules containing aromatic and/or flavour principles of food material having a long shelf-life is disclosed. The flavorant capsules produced by this process are also disclosed.
Inventors
- 👤 Charles Hal Anderson
- 👤 Winston R. Nickerson
- 👤 Richard Tien-Szu Liu
- 👤 Leonard E. Belville
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 10:05
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01J; B01J13/00; B01J13/02; B01J13/04; A; A23; A23L; A23L27/00; A23L27/70; A23L27/72
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
64 words
A process for producing flavorant capsules comprising: (a) forming a stable emulsion of an edible fat having a melting point of from 25°C to 55°C and an aqueous essence; (b) adding the emulsion to an agitated powdered edible protein material, carbohydrate material or a powdered edible material comprised of a combination of proteins and carbohydrates; and then (c) curing and collecting the resultant capsules.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
64 words
A process for producing flavorant capsules comprising: (a) forming a stable emulsion of an edible fat having a melting point of from 25°C to 55°C and an aqueous essence; (b) adding the emulsion to an agitated powdered edible protein material, carbohydrate material or a powdered edible material comprised of a combination of proteins and carbohydrates; and then (c) curing and collecting the resultant capsules.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the emulsion is added to the powdered edible material by spraying.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the emulsion is added to the powdered edible material by dropping.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the melting point of the fat is from about 30°C to 40°C.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the emulsion of edible fat and aqueous essence contains between 30% and 80% by weight of fat.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the emulsion of edible fat and aqueous essence contains at least one emulsifier and the amount of fat present is between 25% to 80% by weight.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
The process of claim 6, wherein the amount of emulsifier present is up to 10% by weight based on the weight of the fat.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
The process of claim 2, wherein the capsules are in the range from about 420 µm to 2.0 mm in size.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
The process of claim 3, wherein the capsules are in the range of from about 2.0 to 3.5 mm in size.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
29 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the edible fat is selected from the group consisting of animal fats, vegetable fats, hydrogenated animal oils, hydrogenated vegetable oils and combinations thereof.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
32 words
The process of claim I, wherein the aqueous essence is selected from the group consisting of natural or artificial fruit flavors, meat flavors, seafood flavors, spice flavors, vegetable flavors and combinations thereof.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
22 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the powdered edible material has an average particle size of from 60 µm to 150 pm.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
21 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the powdered edible material has a moisture content of from 1.5% to 6.0% by weight.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
13 words
The process of claim 1, wherein the emulsion contains at least one humectant.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
43 words
Flavorant capsules comprising a hardened shell of edible protein material, carbohydrate material or a combination of protein and carbohdyrate material surrounding an essentially solid core of edible fat having a melting point of from 25°C to 55°C containing a flavor and/or aroma essence.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
43 words
Flavorant capsules comprising a hardened shell of edible protein material, carbohydrate material or a combination of protein and carbohdyrate material surrounding an essentially solid core of edible fat having a melting point of from 25°C to 55°C containing a flavor and/or aroma essence.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
14 words
The capsules of claim 15 having dimensions of from 420 µm to 3.5 mm.
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