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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2001
Applicants:
Dong-ho Woo, Incheon, KR;
Jin-keun Kim, Incheon, KR;
Inventors:
Dong-Ho Woo, Incheon, KR;
Jin-Keun Kim, Incheon, KR;
Assignee:
Samyang Genex Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D21C 302 ; D21C 100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a high yield process for producing soluble dietary fiber from corn hull. More specifically, the present invention comprises removing starch and protein with enzymes from corn hull which is by-product of wet-milling process for production of corn starch, extracting the resultant with alkaline solution to form a alkaline extract, treating the alkaline extract with enzymes, and drying the enzyme-treated solution, to produce dietary fiber with low viscosity and containing hemicellulose as a major component at high yield.