Patent ID: 8591974

Claim:
A delivery system for inclusion in an edible composition comprising two or more active components, at least one encapsulating material selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl acetate, crosslinked polyvinyl pyrrolidone, polylactic acid, polyhydroxyalkanoates, and combinations thereof, and a tensile strength modifying agent selected from the group consisting of hydrogenated vegetable oil, talc, dicalcium phosphate, calcium carbonate and combinations thereof; wherein the two or more active components are present in the delivery system such that the two or more active components are released from an edible composition comprising the delivery system when consumed in a similar or substantially similar amount compared to the two or more active components added to the delivery system relative to the amount of the two or more active components released from an edible composition comprising separate delivery systems of each of the two or more active components; wherein the amount of the two or more active components is from about 1% to about 70% by weight of the total weight of the delivery system; wherein the amount of encapsulating material is about 30% to about 99% by weight of the total weight of the delivery system; wherein the amount of the tensile strength modifying agent is 1% to 40% by weight of the total weight of the delivery system; and wherein the delivery system has a tensile strength of at least 10,000 psi.