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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1993
Cheryl R Mitchell, Stockton, CA (US);
Pat R Mitchell, Stockton, CA (US);
California Natural Products, Lathrop, CA (US);
Abstract
A process for manufacturing a treated polyuronic acid. The process involves heating an aqueous dispersion of a polyuronic acid, such as a pectin, at a temperature above about 100.degree. C. for an amount of time sufficient to obtain a hydrolyzed, or treated, polyuronic acid mixture which separates upon standing and cooling into a clear solution, which is the hydrolyzed polyuronic acid phase, and a precipitate. The hydrolyzed polyuronic acid phase includes at least 25% of the polyuronic acid substance polymers having a degree of polymerization (DP) in the range of about DP1 to about DP20. The hydrolyzed polyuronic acid, or the treated polyuronic acid, then is recovered for use in a food product.