Low starch concentration gel and preparation thereof
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorsBeatrice Conde-Petit, Felix Escher
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Abstract
A gel having a low concentration of starch and a short texture, distinguished by its elasticity as opposed to its viscosity, is prepared by treating a gelatinized starch in an aqueous mixture with an emulsifier suitable for forming an amylose-emulsifier inclusion complex and then cooling to gel the mixture, or by simultaneously, in aqueous mixture, gelatinizing a native starch and complexing amylose released from the starch with an emulsifier suitable for forming an amylose-emulsifier inclusion complex and then cooling to gel the mixture. The gel has a conservation modulus from 5 Nm.sup.-2 to 50 Nm.sup.-2 and a dissipation modulus of from 1 Nm.sup.-2 to 10 Nm.sup.-2.
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A process for preparing a gel composition comprising heating an aqueous mixture of a native starch and at least one emulsifier suitable for forming an inclusion complex with amylose, wherein the starch is in an amount of from 1% to 5% by weight starch dry matter and has an amylose content of from about 15% to about 30% by weight, at a temperature of from 90.degree. C. to 125.degree. C. for from 2 mins to 30 mins to gelatinize the starch, to release amylose from the starch, and to complex released amylose and said at least one emulsifier and then, cooling the heated aqueous mixture to gel the mixture.
A process for preparing a gel composition comprising heating an aqueous mixture of (a) gelatinized starch having an iodine binding power of approximately 3.3% to approximately 4.7% and (b) at least one emulsifier suitable for forming an inclusion complex with amylose to complex amylose with the at least one emulsifier and then, cooling the heated aqueous mixture to gel the mixture.
A gel composition comprising an aqueous gel of a gelatinized starch wherein amylose is inclusion-complexed with an emulsifier and having a conservation modulus of from 5 Nm.sup.-2 to 50 Nm.sup.-2 and a dissipation modulus of from 1 Nm.sup.-2 to 10 Nm.sup.-2.
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