Food grade starch resistant to alpha-amylase
CA 2293537 A1 · Owner: Seib, Paul A. · Inventors: Woo, Kyungsoo; Seib, Paul A.
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Chemically modified RS4 starches are provided which have a high degree of resistance to .alpha.-amylase digestion and can serve as low calorie food additives in products such as breads or crackers as a source of dietary fiber. The starches of the invention can be prepared from any type of starting starch (e.g. wheat, corn, oat, rice, tapioca, mung bean potato or high amylose , starches) and are preferably formed as phosphorylated distarch phosphodiesters. The preferred phosphorylating agent is a mixture of sodium trimetaphosphate (STMP) and sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP) in the presence of sodium chloride or sulfate. The starches are advantageously prepared in an aqueous slurry …
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- Filed May 27, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 27, 2018.
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