	US 11,889,853 B2
	Surface-reacted calcium carbonate in food
Tanja Budde, Brittnau (CH); Anaïs Hecker, Lyss (CH); Lalit Sharma, Zofingen (CH); and Laura De Miguel, Oftringen (CH)
Assigned to Omya International AG, Oftringen (CH)
Filed by Omya International AG, Oftringen (CH)
Filed on Dec. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/553,613.
Application 17/553,613 is a division of application No. 16/609,333, abandoned, previously published as PCT/EP2018/062115, filed on May 9, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/522,191, filed on Jun. 20, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 17170704 (EP), filed on May 11, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0104525 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A23L 29/00 (2016.01); A23L 5/42 (2016.01); A23L 33/115 (2016.01); A23P 20/15 (2016.01); A23P 20/25 (2016.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 47/02 (2006.01); C09C 1/02 (2006.01)

CPC A23L 29/015 (2016.08) [A23L 5/42 (2016.08); A23L 33/115 (2016.08); A23P 20/15 (2016.08); A23P 20/25 (2016.08); A61K 9/0056 (2013.01); A61K 47/02 (2013.01); C09C 1/021 (2013.01); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01); C01P 2004/61 (2013.01); C01P 2006/12 (2013.01)]

16 Claims

1. A method for producing a food product or pharmaceutical product or nutraceutical product at least partially coated and/or filled with an edible composition comprising:

a) mixing water and/or at least one edible oil with ground calcium carbonate and a surface reacted calcium carbonate having a volume median particle size d50 from 0.1 to 90 μm and a specific surface area of from 15 m²/g to 200 m²/g, wherein the surface-reacted calcium carbonate is a reaction product of natural ground calcium carbonate or precipitated calcium carbonate with carbon dioxide and one or more H₃O⁺ion donors, wherein the carbon dioxide is formed in situ by the H₃O⁺ion donors treatment and/or is supplied from an external source, for obtaining an edible composition, and

b) applying the edible composition obtained in step a), one or more times, at least partially on the surface of a food product or pharmaceutical product or nutraceutical product, or filling the edible composition obtained in step a) into a food product or pharmaceutical product or nutraceutical product, wherein the edible composition is a food coating, sugar coating, sugar-free coating, nutra coating, food decoration, food filling, pharmaceutical coating, or a combination thereof.