Spherical sterol preparations, their production and their use

US6911164B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Gerhard Wollmann · Hilden, DE
• Bernhard Gutsche · Hilden, DE
• Wolfgang Albiez · Illertissen, DE
• Jean-Pierre Rigal · Annecy, FR
• Yannik Basso · Muret, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 27, 2002
• Grant date: Jun 28, 2005
• Expiry date: Aug 29, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C11B15/00
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for making spherically-shaped sterol preparations involving: (a) providing a liquid sterol preparation; (b) forming the liquid sterol preparation into liquid sterol droplets; and (c) solidifying the liquid sterol droplets to form the spherically-shaped sterol preparations.