Patent ID: 9551527
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: A23L,A23P,A23V,A61K,B05B,B05D,C11B,F26B

Claim:
1. A method of spray drying an ingredient into a dried powder, comprising: forming a slurry including water, a carrier, and the ingredient, wherein the slurry has a viscosity in a range of from 500 to 16,000 mPa-s, and contains from 20 to 50 wt % water, wherein the carrier comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of starch and modified starch, and wherein the ingredient comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of foods, flavors, fragrances, medicaments, bacteria, probiotics, and pigments; atomizing the slurry to generate a spray of liquid droplets of the slurry; introducing the spray of liquid droplets of the slurry into a drying chamber; and feeding air at temperature less than 100° C. into the drying chamber to dry the liquid droplets to form the dried powder comprising a plurality of dried particles containing the ingredient encapsulated within the carrier.