Encapsulated antimicrobial material

• Main Author: COYNE BOB,FARAGHER JOHN,GOUIN SEBASTIEN,HANSEN CARSTEN B.,INGRAM RICHARD,ISAK TORBEN,THOMAS LINDA V.,TSE KATHRYN L
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 28.02.2007
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BAKERY PRODUCTS; BAKING; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL RIPENING OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLES; DAIRY PRODUCTS, e.g. MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE; EDIBLE DOUGHS; FISHING; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; MAKING THEREOF; MILK OR CHEESE SUBSTITUTES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; PRESERVATION THEREOF; PRESERVING, e.g. BY CANNING, MEAT, FISH, EGGS, FRUIT,VEGETABLES, EDIBLE SEEDS; THE PRESERVED, RIPENED, OR CANNED PRODUCTS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TRANSPORTING; TRAPPING; TREATMENT, e.g. PRESERVATION, OF FLOUR OR DOUGH, e.g. BYADDITION OF MATERIALS

The present invention provides an antimicrobial material in an encapsulated form, comprising (i) a core comprising an antimicrobial material and (ii) a shell of encapsulating material, wherein the shell of encapsulating material is impermeable to the antimicrobial material. The invention further provides a process for introducing an antimicrobial material into a foodstuff comprising (i) providing the antimicrobial material in an encapsulated form comprising a core of antimicrobial material and shell of encapsulating material, and (ii) introducing encapsulated antimicrobial material into or onto the foodstuff.