LETTERS

GF was first in encapsulation
Concerning the article “Food Encapsulation: Capturing One Substance by Another” by J. Peter Clark (November, p. 63), let us get the record and history straight. If the process of coacervation was the first microencapsulation, then work at the Atlantic Gelatin Div. of General Foods Corp. anteceded this NCR work by at least two years.

In response to a request from the old American Chicle Co. to extend flavor life in chewing gum, Frank Kramer began to research a method. …