Pellets and process for production thereof

US6984449B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• IPC PROCESS-CENTER GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

• Frank Bretschneider · Radeberg, DE
• Marcel Minor · Wageningen, NL
• Marijke Adamse · Ede, NL
• Wolfgang Kempe · Mörfelden, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 18, 2003
• Grant date: Jan 10, 2006
• Expiry date: Dec 18, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/2985
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to pellets and a production process therefor. Pellets comprise at least one oily component, which is either an active component alone or comprises such an active component. The aim of the invention is to ensure that such active components can be provided at elevated concentration in a long-term stable form for subsequent administration or further processing using such inventive pellets. The at least one oily oxidation-sensitive or else readily volatile active component is distributed homogeneously and discretely in a matrix and encapsulated without a core with at least one water-soluble polysaccharide as filmforming agent. The individual pellets have a respective particle size of at least 100 μm, preferably of at least 300 μm.