MICROCAPSULES AND ORAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING THE SAME

摘要

It is intended to provide microcapsules having a foreign material enclosed i n microbial cells which are excellent in the speed, strength or sustainment of release; a process for producing these microcapsules; and oral compositions containing these microcapsules. The microcapsules can be obtained by adherin g at least one member selected from the group consisting of saccharides, sweeteners with high sweetness, proteins and polyhydric alcohols to the surface of a microorganism having the foreign materials enclosed in its cell s.