Method for dewatering starch
AssigneePenford Corporation
InventorsFlave E. Markland, David A. Dunn
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Abstract
The present invention provides in a method of treating starch, comprising the steps of (1) contacting starch with water to form a slurry and (2) mechanically removing said water from said starch slurry; the improvement comprising incorporating a dewatering composition comprising a dioctyl sulfosuccinate salt and a water miscible polyol into said starch slurry in an amount effective to decrease the water content of the resulting starch cake upon conclusion of the mechanical dewatering step.
Claims10
In a method of treating starch, comprising the steps of (1) contacting starch with water to form a slurry and (2) mechanically removing said water from said starch slurry;
- the improvement comprising incorporating a dewatering composition comprising a dioctyl sulfosuccinate salt and a water miscible alcohol into said staph slurry in an amount effective to decrease the water content of the resulting starch cake upon conclusion of the mechanical dewatering step.
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