Patent ID: 6793949
Filing Date: 2004-09-21
Classification: A23F,A23L,A23P,A23V

Abstract:
A method of making aromatized particles which comprises:providing gasified aromatized vegetable oil; providing an aqueous solution of a water soluble encapsulant containing 50 to 75% by weight dissolved solids based on the weight of the aqueous solution; forcing the gasified aromatized vegetable oil through a first spray nozzle aperture and simultaneously forcing the aqueous solution through an annular spray nozzle aperture which surrounds said first spray nozzle to co-extrude droplets of gasified aromatized vegetable oil encapsulated by said aqueous solution; and contacting said droplets with a liquid desiccant to dehydrate said aqueous solution to form soluble aromatized particles having a solidified shell of a porous water soluble encapsulant encapsulating said aromatized vegetable oil, the porosity of said solidified shell being substantially closed cell porosity, open cell porosity of said shell being not more than 25% of the total porosity of said shell.