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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110240010 | PROCESS USING HYDROCYCLONES The present invention concerns a process for preparing of slurries containing suspended and dissolved particles and a solution as well as a slurry are provided onto a hydrocyclone equipment, disk centrifuge or nozzle centrifuge equipment. The dry matter concentration in... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110020530 | METHOD FOR MODIFYING STARCH AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING STARCH BLENDED PREPARATION The present invention provides a method of effectively modifying starch so as to have an inhibitory effect on swelling and disintegration equivalent to that of chemically-linked starch, without using chemicals or a large amount of water. Th... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20100252031 | Enzyme-Resistant Starch and Method for Its Production A process for producing an enzyme-resistant starch uses an aqueous feed composition that comprises (i) starch that contains at least about 50% by weight amylose, (ii) water, and (iii) alcohol. The concentration of starch in the feed composition is between about 5% and a... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100183797 | METHOD OF PRODUCING STARCH HAVING HIGH-LESS DIGESTIBLE STARCH CONTENT It is intended to provide a method of easily and economically producing starch which has an increased content of less digestible starch. The method of producing starch having a high content of less digestible starch is characterized by comprising contacting starch with ... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100159101 | PROCESS FOR MODIFYING STARCHES The present invention discloses a process for modifying starches comprising subjecting a non-pregelatinised starch and/or flour to a superheated steam treatment, wherein said superheated steam treatment is carried out in a reaction chamber of a reactor, said reaction ch... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20090126721 | Continuous Fluid Bed Reactor The present invention is concerned with an apparatus and method for continuous fluidization which comprises at least two cells connected by an aperture permitting the solid material to be introduced into the next downstream cell by fluidized horizontal flow, an isolated... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090032015 | DEPOLYMERIZATION METHOD The invention relates to a method for depolymerizing starch comprising mixing a starch material with an ionic liquid solvent to dissolve the starch, and then treating the dissolved starch by agitating at a temperature and for a period for time to effect depolymerization... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20080230050 | Method for the physical treatment of starch (derivatives) The present invention relates to a method for the physical treatment of starch (derivatives) using densified gases, in which essentially the starting material is treated at process temperatures between 20 and 200° C. and at process pressures between 50 and 800° C. for... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080083406 | Alpha-Amylase Mutants The invention relates to a variant of a parent Termamyl-like alpha-amylase, which variant has a-amylase activity and exhibits an alteration in at least one of the following properties relative to said parent a-amylase: substrate specificity, substrate binding, substrate... | 04/10/2008 |
| 20070089734 | Enzyme-Resistant Starch and Method for Its Production A process for producing an enzyme-resistant starch uses an aqueous feed composition that comprises (i) starch that contains at least about 50% by weight amylose, (ii) water, and (iii) alcohol. The concentration of starch in the feed composition is between about 5% and a... | 04/26/2007 |
| 20070079945 | Water stable fibers and articles comprising starch, and methods of making the same Water stable fibers and articles made therefrom are formed from a thermoplastic composition comprising destructured starch, polyhydric alcohol, acid, and optionally triglyceride. Processes for making water stable compositions may comprise melt extruding a mixture of des... | 04/12/2007 |
| 20060272634 | Production of enzyme-resistant starch by extrusion A process for producing alpha-amylase resistant starch comprises extruding a feed starch at a temperature in the range of about 60-220° C., thereby producing a product alpha-amylase resistant starch. The feed starch can be in the form of an aqueous slurry or paste that... | 12/07/2006 |
| 20060225731 | Method for preparing a gellable starch product The present invention relates to a method for preparing a starch product, wherein an aqueous starch mixture is provided and the starch mixture is heated to a high temperature. The invention further relates to a product obtainable by such a method and to the use of such ... | 10/12/2006 |
| 20050229925 | Method for the treatment of starch A method for the modification of a starch or a starch derivative for decreasing the viscosity of the same in the presence of hydrogen peroxide, a metal catalyst, especially copper sulphate and optionally an agent for increasing the pH so that the dry matter content at t... | 10/20/2005 |
| 20050005928 | Pregelatinized starches and processes for their production The invention relates to a process for producing a pregelatinized starch having good gel-formation properties, in which a) a suspension of starch and water is prepared, b) the suspension prepared in a) is applied to a hot roller of a roller dryer, and c) the pregelatini... | 01/13/2005 |
