Patent ID: 8088433

Claim:
Mononuclearly filled seamless microcapsules, comprising: a capsule shell of a hardened capsule material based on an acid polysaccharide selected from the group consisting of alginate, pectate, pectinate, carrageenan, gellan and mixtures thereof, and a filler material surrounded on all sides by the capsule shell, including an organoleptically effective amount of a flavor, wherein the mononuclearly filled microcapsules have a diameter ranging from 200 to 1500 micrometers, are heat stable and/or cook stable and/or deep fry stable; wherein the flavor contained in the filler material comprises a flavor substance with a logK o/w <2; wherein said capsule shell comprises a divalent cation; and wherein the water portion in the capsule shell is adjusted to a value of ≦50 wt. %, based upon the total mass of the capsule shell.