Protective cover made of yeast - Safe and natural encapsulation of valuable materials
A safe and natural way to encapsulate valuable materials in oder to protect them from envionmental influences using yeast cells.
Natural protective cover
Renewable resources
High storage capacity
Protection against environmental influences
Cheap starting material
Good storability and transportability
Targeted recycling
The microcapsules are suitable for a variety of applications, including in the food sector or the pharmaceutical industry, as the active ingredients are released through targeted contact with water in humans or animals. It is also possible to process the yeast cells filled with the active substance in the form of chewing gum. The mechanical and thermal stress during chewing breaks open the yeast cells and releases the active ingredient. In agriculture, biocides could be activated by contact with rainwater.
Yeast cells are suitable as encapsulation material, their cell walls are fully inact even in used yeast cells, for example the bypoducts of beer and bioehanol. This can be use as an advantage. Yeast cell walls will be permeable once moistend allowing molecules of valuable mateials to diffuse inside and accumulate.
Licensing
08/04/2019 00:00:00
Patent application
5502
Germany
