Patent ID: 6368633
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: A23L,A23V,A61K,A61Q,Y10T

Abstract:
A particulate composition consisting essentially of solid particles which (i) controllably release one or more olfactory sense effecting composition of matter therefrom into the environment surrounding said particles and (ii) provide a burst release of one or more olfactory sense effecting compositions of matter when contacted with water, each of which particle has an effective diameter in the range of from about 10 microns up to about 50 microns, each of which particle is an 80-140Â° C. -extruded, cryogenically-ground matrix of at least one olfactory sense effecting composition of matter-bearing silica particle containing from 40-70% of one or more olfactory sense effecting compositions, intimately admixed with a saccharide composition consisting essentially of a mixture of maltose and mannitol, with the weight ratio of maltose: mannitol being in the range of from about 10 parts mannitol:60 parts maltose down to 60 parts mannitol:10 parts maltose.