Process for production of clathrate inclusion complexes

US5523111A · kind A · utility

Inventors

• Gary B. Nickel · Cross Lake, CA
• Bernhard Berger · Gogama, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 25, 1994
• Grant date: Jun 4, 1996
• Expiry date: Jul 25, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C08B31/00
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for the formation of clathrate inclusion complexes comprising suspending a suitable starting material such as acetylated starch in water, heating the resulting suspension past the gelation point of the starting material, cooling the resulting hydrocolloid to just above the convolution temperature of the starting material, cooling the resulting hydrogel while adding a lipid such as a triglyceride and homogenizing the resulting product at a temperature below the melting point of the lipid in the case of fats and 45.degree. C. in the case of oils.