Claims
- 1. A stable, melt-based and extruded solid essential oil composition in particulate form produced by the procees comprising the steps of:
- (a) forming an aqueous mixture of a sugar, a starch hydrolysate and an emulsifier and heating said mixture to approximately its boiling point but not greater than about 126.degree. C.
- (b) combining and blending an essential oil flavor with said aqueous mixture by agitating said aqueous mixture and said essential oil flavor in a closed vessel under a pressure of about 7 to 50 psi to form a homogeneous melt;
- (c) extruding said homogeneous melt into a relatively cool solvent to form a solid extruded material; and
- (d) drying and combining said solid extruded material with an anti-caking agent to produce a stable and relatively non-hygroscopic particulate product having the character of extruded solid amorphous particles, the particles consisting of a sugar, starch hydrolysate, selected emulsifier, selected essential oil flavor and water, the essential oil flavor forming about 14 to 30% by weight of the essential oil flavor in substantially completely encapsulated form.
- 2. The stable and relatively non-hygroscopic extruded particulate product of claim 1 wherein the emulsifier is selected from the class consisting of sulfoacetatee of mono- and diglycerides, polyglycerol esters and lecithin.
- 3. The stable and relatively non-hygroscopic extruded particulate product of claim 1 wherein the extruded solid amorphous particles comprise at least about 5% by weight water.
- 4. The stable and relatively non-hygroscopic extruded particulate product of claim 1 wherein the essential oil flavor is an oil of a citrus fruit.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 754,105 filed July 12, 1985 and entitled PREPARATION OF SOLID ESSENTIAL OIL FLAVOR COMPOSITION, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,610,890, issued Sept. 9, 1986, which in turn was a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 631,302 filed July 16, 1984 by at least one inventor in common with the present application and the above-noted patent, under assignment to the assignee of the present invention, application Ser. No. 631,302 having been abandoned upon filing of application Ser. No. 754,105.
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