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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 1984
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Otto B Wurzburg, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US);
Virgil L Fergason, Decatur, IL (US);
Assignee:
National Starch and Chemical Corporation, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426578 ; 426579 ; 426658 ; 426661 ; 426589 ; 127 32 ; 127 33 ; 127 69 ; 127 70 ; 127 71 ;
Abstract
A thickener is prepared comprising water and a waxy starch from a selected plant of a wxsu2 genotype, the sol of which starch exhibits superior resistance to breakdown on storage at low temperatures. The starch may optionally be modified. The thickener, which preferably employs a starch extracted from maize, is particularly useful for food applications.