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Esterified dietary fiber products and methods
Assignee: Staley Continental Inc
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Filing: 1987-09-16
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Granted: 1989-07-04
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Expires: 2007-09-16
Abstract
Abstract A dietary fiber material, e.g. corn bran, having improved color stability is provided. The material is esterified prior to bleaching to decrease the color of the material. Typical dietary fiber materials are the fiber materials produced by the milling of plant seeds such as cereal grains and oilseeds. The esterification of the dietary fiber material corn bran prior to bleaching results in a lighter colored dietary fiber product having enhanced acceptance as a dietary fiber supplement in a variety of food products.
Inventors
- 👤 Keith D. Stanley
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 09:09
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23L; A23L33/00; A23L33/20; A23L33/21; A23L5/00; A23L5/40; A23L5/49; A23L7/00; A23L7/10; A23L7/115; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S426/00; Y10S426/804
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
44 words
A method of decreasing the color of a dietary fiber material consisting essentially of esterifying a dietary fiber material with an esterifying agent to form an esterified dietary fiber material and then bleaching said esterified dietary fiber material, wherein said bleaching comprises oxidative bleaching.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
44 words
A method of decreasing the color of a dietary fiber material consisting essentially of esterifying a dietary fiber material with an esterifying agent to form an esterified dietary fiber material and then bleaching said esterified dietary fiber material, wherein said bleaching comprises oxidative bleaching.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method of claim 1 wherein said bleaching comprises bleaching with an oxidative bleach selected from the group consisting of peroxides, chlorites, peracids and ozone.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method of claim 1 wherein said bleaching is accomplished by first oxidatively bleaching said esterified dietary fiber material and then reductively bleaching said esterified dietary fiber material.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
45 words
A method of claim 1 wherein said bleaching is accomplished by first oxidatively bleaching with a member selected from the group consisting of peroxides, chlorites, peracids and ozone, and then reductively bleaching with a member selected from the group consisting of bisulfites, dithionites and borohydrides.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
12 words
A method of claim 4 wherein said esterifying agent is acetic anhydride.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method of claim 1 wherein said dietary fiber material is residue from the milling of plant seeds.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
14 words
A method of claim 6 wherein said plant seeds are cereal grains or oilseeds.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
13 words
A method of claim 1 wherein said dietary fiber material is corn bran.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method of claim 1 wherein said dietary fiber material is a vegetable, a cereal, or a fruit.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
116 words
A method of decreasing the color of corn bran comprising: (a) reacting corn bran with an amount of an esterifying agent selected from the group consisting of lower aliphatic carboxylic acids having from 1 to 4 aliphatic carbon atoms, and halides, esters, or anhydrides thereof, sufficient to form a corn bran reaction product having from about 0.1% to about 5% by weight of esterifying agent covalently bonded thereto; (b) then oxidatively bleaching said corn bran reaction product with a member selected from the group consisting of peroxides, chlorites, peracids and ozone; and (c) then reductively bleaching said oxidatively bleached corn bran reaction product with a member selected from the group consisting of bisulfites, dithionites and borohydrides.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
116 words
A method of decreasing the color of corn bran comprising: (a) reacting corn bran with an amount of an esterifying agent selected from the group consisting of lower aliphatic carboxylic acids having from 1 to 4 aliphatic carbon atoms, and halides, esters, or anhydrides thereof, sufficient to form a corn bran reaction product having from about 0.1% to about 5% by weight of esterifying agent covalently bonded thereto; (b) then oxidatively bleaching said corn bran reaction product with a member selected from the group consisting of peroxides, chlorites, peracids and ozone; and (c) then reductively bleaching said oxidatively bleached corn bran reaction product with a member selected from the group consisting of bisulfites, dithionites and borohydrides.
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