Process for the production of glucose polymers

Claim 1

PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF GLUCOSE POLYMERS WHICH COMPRISES A. HYDROLYSING STARCH CONTAINING NO MORE THAN 20% OF AMYLOPECTIN BY MEANS OF AN A -AMYLASE ENZYME IS A BUFFER SOLUTION AT A PH OF ABOUT 6.5, B. HEATING THE RESULTING MIXTURE IN SOLUTION TO A SUFFICIENTLY ELEVATED TEMPERATURE TO DESTROY THE ENZYME, STOPPING THE HYDROLYSIS REACTION WHEN THE GLUCOSE LEVEL RISES TO ABOUT 3% BY WEIGHT OF THE TOTAL DEXTRINS, C. REMOVING ELECTROLYTES BY PASSING THE MIXTURE THROUGH A ION-EXCHANGE RESIN OR BY MAKING A SOLUTION OF THE MIXTURE IN WATER ADDING AN ALCOHOL TO FORM A DEXTRIN PRECIPITATE LEAVING THE ELECTROLYTE IN SOLUTION, DISSOLVING THE PRECIPITATE IN AQUEOUS ALCOHOL AND DISTILLING OF THE ALCOHOL, D. BOILING THE SOLUTION TO REDUCE PYROGENS, E. PASSING THE SOLUTION THROUGH A CANDLE OF SEITZ FILTER TO REMOVE BACTERIAL AND UNWANTED PROTEIN SUBSTANCES, F. REMOVING GLUCOSE BY DIALYSIS OR BY MEANS OF A DEXTRAN RESIN COLUMN, AND G. REMOVING THE LONG CHAIN DEXTRINS BY FRACTIONATION WITH ALCOHOL AND THEREAFTER RECOVERING GLUCOSE POLYMERS IN WHICH GLUCOSE UNITS IN THE POLYMER LINKED IN THE 1,6-POSITION CONSTITUTED NO MORE THAN 5% OF THE TOTAL LINKAGES.