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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
May. 29, 1996
David J. Thomas, Woodbury, MN (US);
Chung-Wai Chiu, Westfield, NJ (US);
Eleanor Schiermeyer, Bound Brook, NJ (US);
Manish B. Shah, Franklin Park, NJ (US);
Douglas H. Hanchett, Wharton, NJ (US);
Roger Jeffcoat, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A thermally-inhibited granular starch or flour is used as an ingredient in various foods. The thermally-inhibited starches are functionally equivalent to chemically cross-linked starches. The stashes or flours are prepared by dehydrating the starch or flour to anhydrous or substantially anhydrous (<1% moisture), preferably at a neutral or basic pH, and heat treating the dehydrated starch or flour for a time sufficient to inhibit the starch to the desired degree. The dehydration may be carried out by heating the starch, extracting the starch with a solvent, or freeze drying the starch. The starch may be pregelatinized prior to or after thermal inhibition using known methods which do not substantially rupture the starch granules.