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(43) Date of publication: 21.06.2000 Bulletin 2000/25 (21) Application number: 98944541.6 (22) Date of filing: 27.08.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A23J 3/14, A23L 1/314, A23D 7/00, A23L 2/66, A23K 1/16, A61K 7/48 (86) International application number: PCT/US9817/727 (87) International publication number: WO 9911/143 (11.03.1999 Gazette 1999/10)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (30) Priority: 01.09.1997 GB 9718520 (71) Applicant: E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY Wilmington,Delaware 19898 (US)	(72) Inventors: FITCHETT, Colin, Stanley Cambridge CB1 3AJ (GB) CANDY, Michael, John Tetbury,Glouchestershire GL8 8YR (GB) BUTTIMER, Eileen, Teresa Milton,Cambridge CB4 6DS (GB) HOWARD, Julie, Ann Haverhill,Suffolk CB9 9JX (GB) (74) Representative: Grant, Anne Rosemary et al Frank B. Dehn & Co.179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)