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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Flave E. Markland, Atkins, IA (US);
David A. Dunn, Mount Vernon, IA (US);
Assignee:
Penford Corporation, Bellevue, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08B 3/008 ; C09D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08B 3/008 ; C09D / ;
Abstract
The present invention provides in a method of treating starch, comprising the steps of (1) contacting starch with water to form a slurry and (2) mechanically removing said water from said starch slurry; the improvement comprising incorporating a dewatering composition comprising a dioctyl sulfosuccinate salt and a water miscible polyol into said starch slurry in an amount effective to decrease the water content of the resulting starch cake upon conclusion of the mechanical dewatering step.