US Patent Issued to GIVAUDAN on March 4 for "Encapsulation" (Dutch Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,144, issued on March 4, was assigned to GIVAUDAN SA (Vernier, Switzerland).

"Encapsulation" was invented by Frans Witteveen (Leusden, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An encapsulated flavor, comprising a core material, flavor material and a coating material, the core material comprising a finely-divided native starch, xanthan gum and konjac, the combined weight proportion of the xanthan gum and konjac present in the encapsulated flavour being from about 4% to about 16%, and the relative weight proportions of xanthan gum to konjac being from about 20:80 to about 80:20. The encapsulated flavors may be completely gelatin-free,...