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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2003
Koji Tsukuda, Kishiwada, JP;
Yasuhiro Hoshii, Fujiidera, JP;
Thomas V. Gottemoller, Mt. Zion, IL (US);
Koji Tsukuda, Kishiwada, JP;
Yasuhiro Hoshii, Fujiidera, JP;
Thomas V. Gottemoller, Mt. Zion, IL (US);
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, Decatur, IL (US);
Abstract
An easily dispersible granule of soybean protein having powdery soybean protein whose surface is coated with a carbohydrate, which is not readily digestible, wherein the carbohydrate is present in an amount of at least 5 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the powdery soybean protein. A method for preparing such an easily dispersible granule of soybean protein in which powdery soybean protein is granulated while the powder is sprayed with an aqueous solution containing a carbohydrate which is not readily digestible and which is characterized by using at least 5 parts by weight of the hardly digestible carbohydrate per 100 parts by weight of the powdery soybean protein is also shown. An alternative method involves spraying a dry mix of soybean protein and not readily digestible carbohydrate with lecithin in water, and removing the water from the resultant lecithin-coated mix.