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Method of producing starch hydrolysis products for use as a food additives
Assignee: Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
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Filing: 1973-08-27
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Granted: 1976-06-08
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Expires: 1993-08-27
Abstract
Abstract Food additive, having utility for example as a thickener is prepared by mixing an optimum concentration of a starch-hydrolyzing enzyme and a starch or pre-treated starch in water in a concentration of the starch of 15-50% by weight at a pH optimum for the enzyme, heating the mixture to a temperature at which the starch grains swell and permitting the starch to hydrolyze, inactivating the enzyme by additional heating of the mixture, and cooling the mixture to form a gel or dehydrating the mixture to form a dry hydrolyzate.
Inventors
- 👤 Manfred Richter
- 👤 Friedrich Schierbaum
- 👤 Siegfried Augustat
- 👤 Klaus-Dieter Knoch
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CPC Classifications
C; C13; C13K; C13K1/00; C13K1/06; A; A23; A23C; A23C15/00; A23C15/12; A23C15/16; A23C19/00; A23C19/06; A23C19/068; A23C19/08; A23C19/082; A23L; A23L27/00; A23L27/60; A23L29/00; A23L29/30; A23L29/35; C08; C08B; C08B30/00; C08B30/12; C08B30/18
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
209 words
Method of producing a starch hydrolysis product having a dextrose equivalent of at least 5% but below 25% and which forms with water, white, glossy thermoreversible gels having a neutral taste, which are stable to freezing and defrosting and the consistency of which can be varied from pasty to cutting hard, comprising suspending in water a starch or water soluble starch derivative in a concentration of 15-50% by weight and the starch-hydrolyzing enzyme bacterial α-amylase in a concentration within a range which is optimum for hydrolysis of the starch by the enzyme to produce said starch hydrolysis product, adjusting the pH of the suspension to a value of about 7, which is optimum for hydrolysis of the starch by the enzyme to produce said starch hydrolysis product, heating the suspension from a temperature of 55°C to a temperature of 70°C. in a period of 5 to 30 minutes, heating the suspension from a temperature of 70°C. to a temperature of 95° to 100°C. in a period of 5 to 20 minutes and maintaining the suspension at the latter temperatures for 5 to 20 minutes, whereby a precipitant is formed and the supernatant liquid is a solution of said starch hydrolysis product, and separating the precipitant from the supernatant liquid.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
209 words
Method of producing a starch hydrolysis product having a dextrose equivalent of at least 5% but below 25% and which forms with water, white, glossy thermoreversible gels having a neutral taste, which are stable to freezing and defrosting and the consistency of which can be varied from pasty to cutting hard, comprising suspending in water a starch or water soluble starch derivative in a concentration of 15-50% by weight and the starch-hydrolyzing enzyme bacterial α-amylase in a concentration within a range which is optimum for hydrolysis of the starch by the enzyme to produce said starch hydrolysis product, adjusting the pH of the suspension to a value of about 7, which is optimum for hydrolysis of the starch by the enzyme to produce said starch hydrolysis product, heating the suspension from a temperature of 55°C to a temperature of 70°C. in a period of 5 to 30 minutes, heating the suspension from a temperature of 70°C. to a temperature of 95° to 100°C. in a period of 5 to 20 minutes and maintaining the suspension at the latter temperatures for 5 to 20 minutes, whereby a precipitant is formed and the supernatant liquid is a solution of said starch hydrolysis product, and separating the precipitant from the supernatant liquid.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
Method according to claim 1, further comprising cooling the starch hydrolysis product solution to room temperature thereby to form a gel of the starch hydrolysis product.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
Method according to claim 1, further comprising dehydrating the starch hydrolysis product solution thereby to obtain the starch hydrolysis product in solid form.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
Method according to claim 1, in which the starch is bulb or root starch.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
Method according to claim 1, in which the water soluble starch derivative is a phosphate starch or an acetyl starch.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
Method according to claim 1, in which the water soluble starch derivative is a pretreated starch or a starch modified with ions.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
17 words
Method according to claim 6, in which the water soluble starch derivative is a calcium ion-modified starch.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
12 words
Method according to claim 1, in which the starch is potato starch.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
25 words
Method according to claim 8, in which the concentration in which the potato starch is suspended in the water is 25 to 35%, by weight.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
28 words
Method according to claim 1, in which the period in which the suspension is heated from 70°C to temperatures of 95 to 100°C is 12 to 15 minutes.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
11 words
A starch hydrolysis product produced by the process of claim 1.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
7 words
Foodstuff containing the product of claim 11.
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