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US 6,713,099 B2Granted
Masa based food products modified with an enzyme or a reducing agent
OwnerLisbeth Høj Johanseninventor
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Abstract
The invention provides a masa foodstuff, methods of making and uses thereof.
Claims11
A process for the preparation of a modified masa foodstuff, the process comprising the steps of:
- (i) preparing a masa by nixtamalisation of corn;
- and
- (ii) contacting a reducing agent or an enzyme with
- (a) the masa, and optionally
- (b) the corn prior to nixtamalisation
- such that the conformation of a protein native to the corn is changed or such that a peptide or disulphite bond of a protein native to the corn is cleaved,
- wherein the enzyme is a protease, and wherein the reducing agent is capable of cleaving a disulphite bond oh protein native to the corn.
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A method of using a reducing agent or an enzyme to provide a higher degree of interaction of a protein in a masa foodstuff with other proteins or other components in the masa foodstuff, when compared to an protein in an unmodified form, the method comprising the steps of:
- (i) preparing masa by nixtamalisation of corn
- (ii) contacting a reducing agent or an enzyme with
- (a) the masa, and optionally
- (b) the corn prior to nixtamalisation,
- wherein the protein is native to the corn, wherein the enzyme is a protease, and wherein the reducing agent is capable of cleaving a disulphite bond of the protein.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.