Patent ID: 9718769
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: A23K,B01J,C07C,C07F,C08L,Y10T

Claim:
1. A spray-dried particle, comprising: a spray-dried homogeneous sphere or a fraction of a spray-dried homogeneous sphere, being formed of a complex or a salt, between an acid or a corresponding anion and at least one metal or a corresponding metal cation, said acid or corresponding anion being selected from the group consisting of 2-hydroxy-4-methyl-thiobutanoic acid (HMTBA), methionine, aspartic acid, alginic acids, pectinic acids, corresponding anions, 2-hydroxy-4-methyl-thiobutanoate, methioninate, aspartate, alginates and pectinates, said metal or metal cation being divalent or trivalent, said spray-dried particle having an amorphous fraction a mass of which represents at least 50% of a total mass of said spray-dried particle, said spray-dried particle being substantially devoid of uncomplexed acid or anion and of uncomplexed metal or metal cation.