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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:
Sep. 24, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Opta Food Ingredients, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426658 ; 426804 ; 426661 ; 426613 ; 426660 ; 426565 ; 426659 ; 426603 ;
Abstract
A method for preparing a food grade, insoluble bulking agent from starch is disclosed. The method involves a retrogradation process followed by enzymatic hydrolysis to form a modified starch product which can be used as a filler or as a bulking or texturizing agent in low-fat food formulations.