Abstract:
Thermally-inhibited starches and flours which are functionally equivalent to chemically-crosslinked starches are prepared by a process which comprises the steps of dehydrating a granular starch or flour to anhydrous or substantially anhydrous (
Abstract:
A resistant granular starch with high dietary fiber content and the method of preparing this product wherein a high amylose starch having at least 40% by weight amylose content and total moisture content of from about 10 to 90% by weight, based on the weight of starch and water is heated in the presence of a starch swelling inhibiting agent, particularly an inorganic salt, to a temperature of from about 60 to 160.degree. C. to provide a granular starch which retains its granular structure and has a total dietary fiber content of at least 12%.
Abstract:
A fat-like carbohydrate, containing 12 to 100%, by weight, short chain amylose, wherein the fat-like carbohydrate is used in foods in an amount effective to function as a replacement for up to 100%, by weight, of one or more fat(s) contained in foods. The short chain amylose may be prepared by the enzymatic debranching of starch, employing an enzyme which specifically degrades the alpha-1,6-D-glucosidic-linkages of the starch molecule. A method of replacing up to 100% of one or more fat(s) contained in foods, wherein the food containing the enzymatically debranched starch exhibits functional and organoleptic qualities equivalent to those of the food containing conventional amounts of fat. Also provided are foods containing the short chain amylose materials in place of fat, cream, oil, oil-in-water and water-in-oil emulsions and other lipids which are conventional components of the foods. These foods include: ice cream, spoonable and pourable salad dressings, margarine, low-fat spreads, low-fat cheeses, baked goods, breaded foods, sauces, whipped toppings, icings, puddings and custards, mayonnaise and coffee whiteners.
Abstract:
This resistant starch product is characterized by a specific melting endotherm over a temperature range of 95.degree.-140.degree. C. with a peak in the range of about 115.degree.-135.degree. C. The product is obtained by gelatinizing and then debranching amylose or a high amylose starch with pullulanase or isoamylase.
Abstract:
Pregelatinized granular starches and flours are thermally inhibited by dehydrating a starch to anhydrous or substantially anhydrous and then heat treating the dehydrated starch at a temperature and for a time sufficient to inhibit the starch. The starch may be pregelatinized prior to or after the thermal inhibition using methods known in the art which retain the granular integrity. Preferably, the pH of the starch or flour is raised to 7.0 or above prior to the thermal inhibition steps. The dehydration step may be carried out by directly heating the starch, by extracting the starch with a solvent, or by freeze drying the starch. Preferably protein and/or lipids are removed prior to or after the thermal inhibition.
Abstract:
Aldehyde cationic derivatives of galactose containing polysaccharides which are obtained by oxidizing galactose containing polysaccharides with the enzyme galactose oxidase. The enzyme oxidized products have an aldehyde function at a specific position of the polysaccharide, i.e., the C.sub.6 position, of the galactose unit, and the cationic derivatives thereof have unexpected and significantly improved properties when used as paper strength additives.
Abstract:
A formulated starch-containing food product characterized by improved mouth-feel and texture is prepared from a mixture of non-starch ingredients together with a beta-amylase or glucoamylase treated waxy starch which has been prepared by a process which comprises steam cooking a starch slurry at a temperature of 120.degree. to 170.degree. C. to completely gelatinize the waxy starch; enzymatically hydrolyzing the gelatinized starch with beta-amylase or glucoamylase until up to about 60% by weight of the starch has been degraded to maltose or glucose; terminating the enzyme degradation by deactivating the enzyme and recovering the starch by spray drying.
Abstract:
Aldehyde cationic derivatives of galactose containing polysaccharides which are obtained by oxidizing galactose containing polysaccharides with the enzyme galactose oxidase. The enzyme oxidized products have an aldehyde function at a specific position of the polysaccharide, i.e., the C.sub.6 position, of the galactose unit, and the cationic derivatives thereof have unexpected and significantly improved properties when used as paper strength additives.
Abstract:
Modified starches useful for emulsifying industrial products, especially foods and beverages containing flavor oils, are prepared by enzymatic degradation of the 1,4-alpha-D-glucosidic linkages from the non-reducing ends of a starch molecule, preferably employing beta-amylase, which may be carried out before or after the preparation of a starch derivative containing a hydrophobic group or both hydrophilic and hydrophobic substituent groups. The enzymatic degradation provides a starch emulsifier whose emulsions are characterized by improved shelf stability, which emulsifier may be used as a replacement for gum arabic and in other industrial applications.
Abstract:
This invention provides a process for preparing a stable, opaque cloud in a fluid which employs partially debranched starch. This starch is prepared by enzymatic hydrolysis of the alpha-1,6-D-glucosidic bonds of the starch to form a composition comprising amylopectin, partially debranched amylopectin and up to 65%, by weight, short chain amylose. This invention also provides starches that are useful for forming a stable, opaque cloud in a fluid and a method for preparing these starches, employing an endo-alpha-1,6-D-glucanohydrolase, such as pullulanase or isoamylase.