Sanwa Cornstarch Co., Ltd.

Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation

Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd.

Junichi Takahara

Masaaki Endo

Kazuhiro Obae

Takeshi Takaha

Kazutoshi Fujii

Takashi Kuriki

Ichirou Ibuki

Kenichi Kudo

Michihiro Sunako

Michihiro Sunago

Mamoru Wada

Functional starch powder of 400% or more water retention capacity, 5 hr or more collapse time and 200 g or more gel indentation load. This functional starch powder is produced through the step of heating a starch raw material in the presence of water at 60 to 150&#xb0; C. so as to swell starch particles of the starch raw material and the subsequent step of drying the thus swollen starch particles so as to obtain a powder mixture comprising starch particles and, lying in the exterior thereof, amylose and amylopectin.

Functional starch powder

The present application discloses a molded article, and a process for preparing a molded article consisting essentially of (i) high molecular weight linear &#x3b1;-1,4-glucan and (ii) low molecular weight linear &#x3b1;-1,4-glucan, wherein the process comprises the step of: adding the low molecular weight linear &#x3b1;-1,4-glucan to a solution comprising the high molecular weight linear &#x3b1;-1,4-glucan to gel the solution, wherein the low molecular weight linear &#x3b1;-1,4-glucan has a degree of polymerization of greater than or equal to 180 and less than 620, and has a molecular weight distribution of not greater than 1.25 and, the high molecular weight linear &#x3b1;-1,4-glucan has a degree of polymerization of greater than or equal to 620 and less than 37000, and has a molecular weight distribution of not greater than 1.25.

Molded object comprising &#x3b1;-1,4-glucans and/or modifications thereof and process for producing the same

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Kashiba, Japan

Junichi Takahara