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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 06, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Chung-Wai Chiu, Westfield, NJ (US);
Yong-Cheng Shi, Neshanic Station, NJ (US);
Marc Sedam, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Assignee:
National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
127 71 ; 127 32 ; 127 65 ; 127 67 ; 127 69 ; 426578 ; 426658 ; 426661 ;
Abstract
A resistant granular starch with high dietary fiber content and the method of preparing this product wherein a high amylose starch having at least 40% by weight amylose content and total moisture content of from about 10 to 90% by weight, based on the weight of starch and water is heated in the presence of a starch swelling inhibiting agent, particularly an inorganic salt, to a temperature of from about 60 to 160.degree. C. to provide a granular starch which retains its granular structure and has a total dietary fiber content of at least 12%.