CPC A23P 10/35 (2016.08) [A23J 1/02 (2013.01); A23J 1/08 (2013.01); A23L 33/17 (2016.08)] | 16 Claims |
1. A process for producing fat-encapsulated follistatin, the process comprising the steps of
a) metering fat having a melting point of at least 40° C. into an extruder,
b) heating the fat to a melting temperature of the fat in the extruder during rotation of a screw of the extruder,
c) metering follistatin into an extruder barrel of the extruder to mix with the fat at the melting temperature of the fat and produce a flowable mixture of the follistatin and the fat,
d) cooling the flowable mixture in a downstream adjacent section of the extruder barrel to a temperature of at least 10 K below the melting temperature of the fat to form a cooled mixture,
e) subsequently discharging the cooled mixture through an extruder die, and
f) comminuting the cooled mixture after discharge from the extruder die to produce pellets of fat-encapsulated follistatin.
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