Method and manufacture for moisture-stable, inorganic, microporous saccharide salts

Claim 1

A method for producing a volatile flavor or aroma or gas-containing, microporous, non-hygroscopic, water-soluble cation-saccharide salt having a surface area of at least 10 m 2 /g comprising the steps of: (a) forming an aqueous solution of an inorganic compound and a water-soluble saccharide, said compound being present in an amount effective to raise the pH of the solution to between 9 and 14, and wherein the molar ratio of inorganic cation to saccharide is from about 0.5 to 1.5 moles of cation to 1.0 mole of saccharide; (b) providing conditions such that the inorganic compound dissociates to form a dissolved cation and dissolved anion and a saccharide-cation salt is formed, said salt being soluble in water and insoluble in alcohol; (c) spraying the saccharide-cation-containing solution of step (b) into a frigid, dehydrating solvent which quickly solidifies and dehydrates the spray droplets; (d) separating the solidified particles from the solvent; and thereafter, (e) loading the dried microporous particles of step (d) with sorbed gas or volatiles at from 0.1 to 20% by weight.

Claim 2

A method for producing a volatile flavor or aroma or gas-containing, microporous, non-hygroscopic, water-soluble cation-saccharide salt having a surface area of at least 10 m 2 /g comprising the steps of: (a) forming an aqueous solution of an inorganic compound and a water-soluble saccharide, said compound being present in an amount effective to raise the pH of the solution to between 9 and 14, and wherein the molar ratio of inorganic cation to saccharide is from about 0.5 to 1.5 moles of cation to 1.0 mole of saccharide; (b) providing conditions such that the inorganic compound dissociates to form a dissolved cation and dissolved anion and a saccharide-cation salt is formed, said salt being soluble in water and insoluble in alcohol; (c) spraying the saccharide-cation-containing solution of step (b) into a frigid, dehydrating solvent which quickly solidifies and dehydrates the spray droplets; (d) separating the solidified particles from the solvent; and thereafter, (e) loading the dried microporous particles of step (d) with sorbed gas or volatiles at from 0.1 to 20% by weight.

Claim 10

A method for producing a volatile flavor or aroma or gas-containing, microporous, non-hygroscopic water-soluble cation-saccharide salt having a surface area of at least 10 m 2 /g comprising the steps of: (a) forming an aqueous solution of an inorganic compound and a water-soluble saccharide, said compound being present in an amount effective to raise the pH of the solution to between 9 and 14, and wherein the molar ratio of inorganic cation to saccharide is from about 0.5 to 1.5 moles of cation to 1.0 mole of saccharide; (b) providing conditions such that the inorganic compound dissociates to form a dissolved cation and dissolved anion and a saccharide-cation salt is formed, said salt being soluble in water and insoluble in alcohol; (c) spraying the saccharide-cation-containing solution of step (b) into a liquid cryogen to quickly freeze the spray droplets; (d) freeze drying the frozen spray droplets; and thereafter, (e) loading the dried microporous particles of step (d) with sorbed gas or volatiles at from 0.1 to 20% by weight.

Claim 11

A method for producing a volatile flavor or aroma or gas-containing, microporous, non-hygroscopic water-soluble cation-saccharide salt having a surface area of at least 10 m 2 /g comprising the steps of: (a) forming an aqueous solution of an inorganic compound and a water-soluble saccharide, said compound being present in an amount effective to raise the pH of the solution to between 9 and 14, and wherein the molar ratio of inorganic cation to saccharide is from about 0.5 to 1.5 moles of cation to 1.0 mole of saccharide; (b) providing conditions such that the inorganic compound dissociates to form a dissolved cation and dissolved anion and a saccharide-cation salt is formed, said salt being soluble in water and insoluble in alcohol; (c) spraying the saccharide-cation-containing solution of step (b) into a liquid cryogen to quickly freeze the spray droplets; (d) freeze drying the frozen spray droplets; and thereafter, (e) loading the dried microporous particles of step (d) with sorbed gas or volatiles at from 0.1 to 20% by weight.