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EP 0 822 755 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 11.02.1998 Bulletin 1998/07 (21) Application number: 96913522.0 (22) Date of filing: 19.04.1996

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A23F 5/ 48( . ) B01D 53/ 04( . ) A23F 5/ 50( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/EP1996/001690 (87) International publication number: WO 1996/033622 (31.10.1996 Gazette 1996/48)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU NL PT SE (30) Priority: 24.04.1995 EP 19950201039 (71) Applicant: SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A. 1800 Vevey (CH)	(72) Inventors: SASAKI, Takuya Shizuoka 426 (JP) TSAI, Chun-Dar Galveston, TX 1426 (US) WESTFALL, Scott Marysville, OH 43040 (US)