Chitosan powder

• Main Authors: BORNET AURELIE, TEISSEDRE PIERRE-LOUIS, GRANES DANIELS, PIC-BLATEYRON LUCILE, GAUTIER SANDRINE, MAQUET VERONIQUE
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 07.08.2013
• Subjects: AGEING; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; CHEMISTRY; CLARIFICATION; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; DERIVATIVES THEREOF; ENZYMOLOGY; FISHING; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PASTEURISATION; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PRESERVATION; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; PURIFICATION; SPIRITS; STERILISATION; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TRAPPING; VINEGAR; WINE

The invention relates to a chitosan in the form of a micronised powder, to the use thereof to combat certain yeasts, such as Brettanomyces, and to a method for the treatment of a liquid food. In particular, the invention relates to a water-insoluble chitosan in the form of a micronised powder having a grain size of between 5 and 50 micrometres and to the use thereof in the treatment of liquid foods and/or to combat Brettanomyces.