Patent ID: 8110221
Filing Date: 2012-02-07
Classification: B01J

Abstract:
1. A method of making a composition comprising a) mixing a protein and subsequently a modified starch in an aqueous medium at a temperature below that of the Maillard reaction to form an encapsulating mixture, b) adding an oxygen sensitive active agent to the encapsulating mixture to form a active agent/encapsulating mixture, and c) homogenizing the active agent/encapsulating mixture to form an emulsion, wherein the composition comprises the active agent encapsulated in the mixture comprising at least one modified starch and at least one protein, the modified starch comprising a starch derivative containing a hydrophobic group or both a hydrophobic and a hydrophilic group which has been degraded by an exo-enzyme and the protein selected from the group consisting of caseins and soy proteins.