Process of increasing the digestibility of starch containing potatoes and cereals

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION FROM CORN AND POTATOE OF A PRODUCT USEFUL AS AN ANIMAL FOOD AND SUITABLE AS THE MAIN CARBOHYDRATE DIET OF ANIMALS HAVING DIFFICULTY IN ASSIMILATING UNMODIFIED STARCH WHICH COMPRISES COMMINUTING A MATERIAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF CORN AND POTATOES, MIXING SAID COMMINUTED MATERIAL WITH WATER, HEATING THE MIXTURE SO FORMED AT AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE BELOW THE GELATINIZATION TEMPERATURE OF SAID STARCH IN SAID MATERIAL TO SUBSTANTIALLY HYDROLYZE SAID STARCH AND PRODUCE A SOLID STARCH HYDROLYSATE SUBSTANTIALLY MORE WATER-SOLUBLE THAN SAID STARCH AND COMPRISING ESSENTIALLY GLUCOSANS AND SACCHARIDES OF LOWER MOLECULAR WEIGHT THAN SAID STARCH, SAID HYDROLYSATE CONTAINING NOT MORE THAN 20% BY WEIGHT OF REDUCING SUGARS, SEPARATING THE HYDROLYSATE-CONTAINING SOLID PHSE FROM THE HYDROLYSIS REACTION MIXTURE, AND DRYING THE SOLID PHASE SO SEPARATED.