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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 1984
Filed:
Apr. 29, 1982
Lowell E Coker, Keokuk, IA (US);
Kalyanasundram Venkatasubramanian, New Brunswick, NJ (US);
H. J. Heinz Company, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A process for the production of a low D.E. maltodextrin product having a bland non-sweet taste which includes the steps of (1) cooking non-waxy starch in the presence of alpha-amylase to gelatinize and liquefy the starch, (2) dextrinizing the liquefied starch hydrolyzate with alpha-amylase at a temperature above about 93.degree. C. until a D.E. within the range of 10-13 is obtained, (3) stopping the dextrinization reaction by the addition of sufficient mineral acid to inactivate the enzyme within about 30-60 minutes while maintaining the hydrolyzate temperature at least above about 93.degree. C., and then (4) refining the low D.E. maltodextrin while maintaining the hydrolyzate at a temperature of at least above 76.degree. C. until a dry product is obtained. The dry product is preferably produced by spray drying.