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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:
Dec. 15, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen G Haralampu, Plymouth, MA (US);
Akiva Gross, Newton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Opta Food Ingredients, Inc., Bedford, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08B / ; C08B / ; A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
127 65 ; 127 32 ; 127 67 ; 127 69 ; 127 71 ; 426661 ;
Abstract
A method of producing a granular resistant starch comprising the steps of heating a granular native starch to swell but not rupture the starch granules, debranching the starch, treating the starch to retrograde the amylose therein, optionally annealing the starch and optionally drying the product to a powder is described. Granular resistant starch produced by this method and food formulations containing the granular resistant starch are also described.