Pectin process and composition
AssigneeHercules Incorporated
InventorPoul-Egede Glahn
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Abstract
A composition comprising a dry cationic pectin salt which when suspended in water swells to heat stable particles having a mean equivalent diameter greater than 100 micrometers. Food, cosmetic, superabsorbent and skin adhesive compositions containing the dry cationic pectin salt. A process for making the dry cationic pectin salt having the steps: a) converting a pectin starting material into a pectinate in a liquid medium, b) drying the pectinate, and c) selecting conditions in steps (a) and/or (b) that allow for the production of pectinate which when suspended in water swells to heat stable particles having a mean equivalent diameter greater than 100 micrometers.
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A composition comprising a dry, heat stable, pectinate, which when suspended in distilled water, swells to heat stable particles, more than 90% of which particles have an equivalent diameter greater than 200 micrometers, and wherein the pectinate comprises a cation salt of pectin where the cation is selected from a metal ion derived from salts selected from the group consisting of alkaline earth metal salts, alkali metal salts, transition metal salts, and mixtures thereof.
The composition comprising a dry, heat stable, pectinate, which when suspended in distilled water, swells to heat stable particles, which particles have a mean equivalent diameter of greater than 200 micrometers at a magnification of 20-40×.
A composition comprising a dry, heat stable, pectinate, which when suspended in distilled water, swells to heat stable particles, more than 90% of which particles have an equivalent diameter greater than 200 micrometers at a magnification of 20-40×, and wherein the pectinate comprises a cation salt of pectin where the cation is selected from a metal ion derived from salts. selected from the group consisting of alkaline earth metal salts, alkali metal salts, transition metal salts, and mixtures thereof.
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