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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2006
Applicants:
Takeshi Okamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Hidehiko Wakabayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Noriki Nio, Kawasaki, JP;
Hikaru Shibata, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshiya Numazawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Takeshi Okamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Hidehiko Wakabayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Noriki Nio, Kawasaki, JP;
Hikaru Shibata, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshiya Numazawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of improving the quality of a starch-containing food and a method of suppressing the retrogradation of a starch-containing food by adding an enzyme having a glycosyl transfer activity, whereby an α-1,4 bond is converted into an α-1,6 bond, to the starch-containing food; and a quality improving agent for a starch-containing food which contains the enzyme.