Good Humor-breyers Ice Cream, Division of Conopco, Inc.

National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation

Unilever Bestfoods, North America Division of Conopco, Inc.

National Starch and Chemical Company

Good Humor &mdash; Breyers Ice Cream, Division of Conopco, Inc.

Good Humor-breyers Ice Creams

Christopher Michael Sidebottom

Andrew John McArthur

Peter John Lillford

Richard Safford

Roger John Westcott

Stephen Alan Jobling

Michael John Gidley

David Cooke

Louise Jane Byass

Margaret Felicia Smallwood

Richard Anthony Fenn

Martine Debet

Charlotte Juliette Doucet

Peter Wilding

David Needham

Carl Dudley Jarman

Keith Smallwood

Donald Frank Darling

Mark Kirkland

Sarah Twigg

Dawn Worrall

Julie Debra Ralfs

Stephen Matthew Morrey

Elliott Kirk

Michael Harry Asquith

The present invention relates to a process for the production of a frozen vegetable or part thereof, wherein said process comprises the steps:

Freezing vegetables

Disclosed is a nucleotide sequence encoding an effective portion of a class A starch branching enzyme (SBE) obtainable from potato plants, or a functional equivalent thereof, together with, inter alia, a corresponding polypeptide, a method of altering the characteristics of a plant, a plant having altered characteristics; and starch, particularly starch obtained from a potato plant, having novel properties.

Plant Starch Composition

Anti-freeze protein comprising at least 40% of the amino acids serine, threonine and asparigine and having at least 80% of sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 as well as modified forms thereof.

Frozen food product

Plant starch composition

Novel antifreeze polypeptides which can be easily obtained from an abundant natural source. Antifreeze polypeptides obtained from carrots show markedly better properties as compared to polypeptides obtained from other vegetables. The antifreeze polypeptides of the invention are capable of providing good recrystallization inhibition properties without significantly changing the crystal shape of the ice-crystals, therewith possibly leading to more favorable properties, e.g., soft ice-cream.

Carrot antifreeze polypeptides

Anti-freeze protein which can be derived from Lichen, said protein having an apparent molecular weight of from 20 to 28 kDa and having an N-terminal amino acid sequence which shows at least 80% overlap with: A-P-A-V-V-M-G-D-A-E-S-F-G-A-I-A-H-G-G-L and modified versions and isoforms of this protein.

A process for the recovery of AFPs from natural sources, said process involving the steps of

High amylose starch from transgenic potato plants

Plant anti freeze proteins can advantageously be incorporated into frozen confectionery products, provided they have the capability of limiting the growth of ice crystals

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Bedford, United Kingdom

Christopher Michael Sidebottom