Encapsulated antimicrobial material

• Main Authors: THOMAS LINDA V, FARAGHER JOHN, GOUIN SEBASTIEN, INGRAM RICHARD, ISAK TORBEN, TSE KATHRYN L, HANSEN CARSTEN B, COYNE BOB
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 12.05.2010
• 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 encapsulated antimicrobial material comprising(i)a core formed by antimicrobial material, and(ii)a shell formed by encapsulating material, wherein the encapsulating material is impervious for the antimicrobial material. The present invention also provides a method for introducing the antimicrobial material into food. The method comprises(i)providing an encapsulated antimicrobial material comprising the core formed by antimicrobial material and the shell formed by encapsulating material, (ii)introducing the antimicrobial material into or onto food.