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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2000
Filed:
May. 15, 1997
Rita M Delrue, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Mark D Burianek, Greenwood, IN (US);
Carol J Xenides, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Steve T Sheehan, Fishers, IN (US);
Sergio Valle, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Cargill, Incorporated, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
An additive composition made from milled cereal by-products. The additive is for enhancing the strength and/or stability of tortillas and related products. The additive composition comprises a cooked cereal by-product which includes gelatinized edible starch. The starch is gelatinized to an extent, and is present in an amount, such that when the composition additive is added to masa or other cereal grain flour or dough at a level of at least about 0.5 weight percent the composition additive is effective for increasing the strength and/or the shelf life of tortillas made from the additive and flour.