US5051133A
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Gelatinized cereal flours and process for their production
Assignee: Suntory Ltd
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Filing: 1989-12-11
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Granted: 1991-09-24
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Expires: 2009-12-11
Abstract
Abstract Porous modified gelatinized cereal flour that has high swelling property in cold water, high solubility and good digestability and which is useful as a fragrance adsorbent or an emulsion stabilizer. Also disclosed is a process for producing such porous gelatinized cereal flour which comprises adding water to a cereal flour containing starch as a principal component, heating said flour to gelatinize it, adding an alcohol to the gelatinized flour, and freeze-drying the same.
Inventors
- 👤 Tadashi Nagai
- 👤 Yayoi Nademoto
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 12:39
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08B; C08B30/00; C08B30/12; C08B30/14; A; A23; A23L; A23L29/00; A23L29/20; A23L29/206; A23L29/212; A23L29/225; A61; A61K; A61K8/00; A61K8/18; A61K8/72; A61K8/73; A61K8/732; A61Q; A61Q13/00; A61Q15/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
76 words
A process for producing a gelatinized cereal flour, which process comprises adding water to a cereal flour containing starch as a principal component, wherein water is added in an amount of 200-5,000 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the cereal flour heating said flour to gelatinize, adding an alcohol to the gelatinized flour, wherein the alcohol is added in an amount of 5-40 vol% of the volume of water and freeze-drying the same.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
76 words
A process for producing a gelatinized cereal flour, which process comprises adding water to a cereal flour containing starch as a principal component, wherein water is added in an amount of 200-5,000 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the cereal flour heating said flour to gelatinize, adding an alcohol to the gelatinized flour, wherein the alcohol is added in an amount of 5-40 vol% of the volume of water and freeze-drying the same.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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