Spray-drying process
US6010725A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 18, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jan 4, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 18, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N1/04
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Spray-drying process in which a composition of microorganisms beneficial for human health is prepared and then reduced to a powder by spraying in a spray-drying device having a heated air inlet temperature of 200-400.degree. C. and an air outlet temperature of 40-90.degree. C., the residence time of the composition in the device being adjusted so as to obtain at least 1% survival of the microorganisms after drying.
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