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(43) Date of publication: 20.03.1996 Bulletin 1996/12 (21) Application number: 94920908.0 (22) Date of filing: 04.06.1994

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A23F 3/ 26( . ) A23F 5/ 32( . ) A23F 3/ 30( . ) A23F 5/ 36( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/EP1994/001848 (87) International publication number: WO 1994/028736 (22.12.1994 Gazette 1994/28)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI NL PT SE (30) Priority: 04.06.1993 GB 19930011536 (71) Applicants: UNILEVER PLC London EC4P 4BQ (GB) UNILEVER N.V. NL-3013 AL Rotterdam (NL)	(72) Inventors: BEE, Rodney, David Cambridge PE19 3LF (GB) HARRIS, Clive, Stanbra Bedford MK44 1HB (GB) WARBOYS, Michael, John Northampton NN9 8EQ (GB) (74) Representative: Kirsch, Susan Edith, et al  Unilever plc, Patent Division, Colworth House Sharnbrook, Bedford MK44 1LQ Sharnbrook, Bedford MK44 1LQ (GB)