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US 2003/0215562 A1Published application
Slowly digestible starch product
AssigneeNational Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation
InventorsYong-Cheng Shi, Xiaoyuan Cui, Anne M. Birkett, Michael G. Thatcher
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Abstract
This patent pertains to a slowly digestible starch prepared by debranching amylose-containing starches, particularly by pullulanase or isoamylase. Such slowly digestible starches are useful in edible products, including nutritional supplements.
Claims12
A starch composition prepared from amylose-containing starch comprising crystalline linear α-glucans characterized by:
- a) at least about 20% slowly digestible starch;
- b) less than about 50% rapidly digestible starch;
- c) a melting point temperature, Tp as measured by DSC, of at least about 70° C.;
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- d) an enthalpy, ΔH as measured by DSC, of at least about 25 J/g.
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