Short chain amylose as a replacement for fats in foods
CA 2055856 A1 · Owner: Ablestik Laboratories · Inventors: Chiu, Chung-Wai; Mason, William
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This invention provides a fat-like carbohydrate comprising 12 to 100%, by, weight, short chain amylose wherein the fat-like carbohydrate is used in foods in an amount effective to function as a replacement for up to 100% by weight, of one or more fat(s) contained in foods. The short chain amylose may be prepared by the enzymatic debranching of starch employing an enzyme which, specifically degrades the alpha-1,6-D-glucosidic-linkages of the starch molecule. This invention also provides a method of replacing up to 100% of one or more fat(s) contained in foods, wherein the food containing the enzymatically debranched starch exhibits functional and organoleptic qualities equivalent to those of …
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- Filed November 19, 1991. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 19, 2011.
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