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US 11,304,434 B2Granted
Method for producing hydrocolloid with improved water-binding ability
AssigneeDeutsches Institut FüR Lebensmitteltechnik E.V.
InventorsDieter Albers, Kemal Aganovic, Knut Franke
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for producing a hydrocolloid with an improved water-binding ability in which the hydrocolloid is treated in a mixture with water in a high pressure homogenization process at at least 100 MPa.
Claims11
A process for increasing or stabilizing water binding capacity of carrageenan, comprising:
- applying a pressure difference of at least 200 MPa across at least one nozzle to an initial mixture including carrageenan with water, wherein the initial mixture of the carrageenan with the water contains 2 to 4 wt.-% of carrageenan, wherein the initial mixture of the carrageenan with the water is subjected to at least a dissolution temperature of the carrageenan in the water;
- releasing the pressure difference across the at least one nozzle to provide a treated mixture including the carrageenan having an increased or stabilized water binding capacity than in the initial mixture.
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