Abstract: The present invention relates to gel capsules comprising sterol and solubilizer for use as food supplement or as pharmaceutical.

Abstract: The instant invention concerns aqueous clear, transparent dispersions of lipid-soluble bioactive materials having particle sizes of 20-180 nm or 20-100 nm, processes for their preparation, their use, especially as or in beverages, solid particles derived therefrom, a process/method to evaluate the applicability of emulsifiers for the preparation of such dispersions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to gel capsules comprising sterol and solubilizer for use as food supplement or as pharmaceutical.

Abstract: The present invention relates to blue coloring composition useful in the manufacture of food, feed, cosmetic and pharmaceutical products and preparations based on a stabilized phycocyanin, which is a complex of at least one phycocyanobilin and at least one polyphenol as well as a process for the formation of this complex.

Abstract: Nanoparticulate preparations of pharmaceutical and cosmetic active substances with a core-shell structure, whereby the active substance is present in an X-ray amorphous form, together with a polymer matrix and the shell consists of a stabilizing sheathing matrix.

Abstract: A process for the production of pulverulent phytosterol formulations, includes preparing an aqueous solution, suspension or dispersion of the phytosterol in an aqueous molecular dispersion or colloidal dispersion of a protective colloid and drying.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of partially aromatic, biodegradable polyesters for dressing seed, to seed dressing formulations comprising partially aromatic, biodegradable polyesters, to a process for their preparation and to their use for dressing seed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an emulsifier system comprising a) an ascorbic ester with long-chain fatty acids, b) an ethoxylated sorbitan fatty acid ester and c) a sugar fatty acid ester and emulsions prepared therewith.

Abstract: A process is described for producing solid preparations of at least one water-soluble, sparingly water-soluble or water-insoluble active compound suitable for the food and animal feed sectors or for pharmaceutical and cosmetic applications. In addition, the invention relates to oily suspensions in which these preparations are present as disperse phase, and to the use of these preparations as additive to animal feeds, foods, pharmaceuticals and cosmetic preparations.

Abstract: A pulverulent phytosterol formulation comprising at least one phytosterol having a mean particle size ranging from 0.01 to 100 ?m, a process for producing the pulverulent phytosterol formulation, and a food supplement, an animal feed, food or pharmaceutical or cosmetic preparation comprising the phytosterol formulation.

Abstract: Described is a process for preparing polymer-enrobed pigment particles, which comprises mixing in the presence of finely dispersed pigment particles a solution of a polymer in a first solvent with a second solvent in which the polymer is substantially insoluble. The pigment particle can be specifically modified by judicious selection of the polymer.

Abstract: A process for preparing a stable, aqueous dispersion or a stable water-dispersible dry powder of xanthophylls selected from the group consisting of astaxanthin, lutein and zeaxanthin, by a) dissolving one or more of the abovementioned xanthophylls in a water-miscible organic solvent or a mixture of water and a water-miscible organic solvent at temperatures above 30° C., b) mixing this solution with an aqueous solution of a protective colloid, the solvent component being transferred into the aqueous phase, and the hydrophobic phase of the xanthophyll resulting as nanodisperse phase c) and, where appropriate, converting the dispersion which has formed into a water-dispersible dry powder by removing the solvent and the water and drying, where appropriate in the presence of a coating material, wherein casein or a caseinate is used as protective colloid in step b).

Abstract: Dye-containing polymer particles of at least one dye in a matrix of an essentially water-insoluble polymer and having an average particle size within the range from 5 nm to 5 ?m are prepared by a process which comprises precipitating the dye-containing polymer particles from a solution of the polymer and of the dye in a water-miscible organic solvent by addition of an aqueous phase thereto.

Abstract: Described is a process for preparing polymer-enrobed pigment particles, which comprises mixing in the presence of finely dispersed pigment particles a solution of a polymer in a first solvent with a second solvent in which the polymer is substantially insoluble. The pigment particle can be specifically modified by judicious selection of the polymer.

Abstract: The dyes have an average particle size within the range from 5 nm to 1 &mgr;m and a variance of less than 50%. They are especially useful for ink-jet ink preparations.

Abstract: A process is described for producing solid preparations of at least one water-soluble, sparingly water-soluble or water-insoluble active compound suitable for the food and animal feed sectors or for pharmaceutical and cosmetic applications. In addition, the invention relates to oily suspensions in which these preparations are present as disperse phase, and to the use of these preparations as additive to animal feeds, foods, pharmaceuticals and cosmetic preparations.

Abstract: Preparation of a stable aqueous dispersion, or a stable water-dispersible dry powder, of xanthophylls, which comprises a) preparing a molecularly dispersed solution of at least one xanthophyll, with or without an emulsifier and/or an edible oil, in a water-miscible organic solvent, or a mixture of water and a water-miscible organic solvent, at above 30° C., b) mixing this solution with an aqueous solution of a mixture of protective colloids, b1) in which the mixture comprises at least one low-molecular-weight protective colloid component and at least one high-molecular-weight protective colloid component, whose mean molecular weights differ by at least 10,000, b2) the solvent component being transferred to the aqueous phase and the hydrophobic phase of the xanthophyll being formed as a nanodispersed phase c) and if appropriate, to prepare a water-dispersible dry powder, freeing the resulting dispersion from the solvent and the water and drying it in the presence or absence of a coating material.

Abstract: Organosulfur compounds can be used in complexes with carotenoids for effecting a bathochromic shift in the absorption bands of carotenoids in the UV/vis spectrum. Carotenoid formulations comprising these complexes, a process for preparing these formulations and their use in the food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical sectors are described.

Abstract: Carotenoid preparations in the form of coldwater-dispersible powders are produced bya) preparing a molecular-disperse solution of a carotenoid, with or without an emulsifier and/or an edible oil, in a volatile, water-miscible, organic solvent at elevated temperature and adding therein an aqueous solution of a protective colloid, whereupon the hydrophilic solvent component is transferred into the aqueous phase, and the hydrophobic phase of the carotenoid results as nanodisperse phase,b) heating the resulting hydrosol at from 40.degree. C. to 90.degree. C., with or without cooling of the hydrosol to from 0.degree. C. to 30.degree. C. beforehand, andc) removing the solvent and the water from the heated hydrosol, and converting it into a water-dispersible dry powder.