Cooperatieve Verkoop-en Productievereniging Van Aardappelmeel En Derivaten Avebe B.a.

Cooperative Verkoop-en Productivevereniging Van Aaardappelmeel En Derivaten Avebe B.a.

Cooperatie Avebe U.a.

Jakob Roelf Woltjes

Pieter Lykle Buwalda

Heine Roelf Meima

The invention relates to a gelling agent for production of a reversible gel. The gelling agent is a degraded root or tuber starch comprising at least 95 wt. % of amylopectin, based on dry substance of the starch. The gelling agent according to the invention is particularly suitable for use in food products.

Reversible gel formation

The invention relates to hydrocoloids that are used as thickening, binding, gelling or stabilising agents used in the food industry. The invention provides a starch composition, comprising a first fraction comprising cross-linked starch and at least a second fraction comprising copolymerised starch. Said composition is suitable for example to serve as gelatine replacement in foodstuff of varied nature, and is preferably suitable for use in foodstuff such as confectionery.

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Veendam, Netherlands

Jakob Roelf Woltjes