| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 127065000 | Starch manufacture and refining | 13 |
| 127066000 | Tubers | 1 |
| 20080251067 | METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR STARCH EXTRACTION AND MODIFICATION - A method of starch extraction, starch modification, and/or malting comprising (a) steeping a starch source in the presence of an aqueous anolyte product, (b) adding an aqueous anolyte product to an intermediate product extraction slurry comprising starch and gluten, (c) adding an aqueous anolyte product to a starch product slurry produced by separating the starch and gluten, (d) contacting an extracted starch product with a type and amount of an aqueous anolyte product effective for modifying the starch product and/or (e) steeping the starch source in the presence of an aqueous catholyte product. | 10-16-2008 |
| 127067000 | Treatment of starch-bearing material | 7 |
| 20090050136 | TRANSGENIC PLANT CELLS AND PLANTS HAVING MODIFIED ACTIVITY OF THE GBSSI AND OF THE BE PROTEIN - Transgenic plant cells and plants are described which synthesize a starch which is modified in comparison to wild-type plant cells and plants and show a decrease in the activity of GBSSI and BE proteins. Furthermore, the modified starches obtainable from these plant cells and plants are described, and processes for their preparation. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20120103325 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE CONTINUOUS TREATMENT OF SOLIDS AT NON-ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE - Systems and processes may be used for continuously processing a solid material such as a solid starch-bearing material at a non-atmospheric pressure. In some examples, the material is delivered to a process vessel at substantially the same non-atmospheric pressure condition as the process vessel so as to avoid shearing the material. In some examples, the solid material is continuously fed into a process vessel, continuously processed in the process vessel, and continuously discharged from the process vessel. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20130042860 | METHOD OF ISOLATING A BANANA STARCH FROM GREEN BANANAS - A method for isolating banana starch from green bananas where the green banana is blended with a solution of sodium bisulfite and water. The liquid suspension of the resulting mixture is then centrifuged to separate the green material and the white banana starch. The white banana starch is then washed in a 95% ethanol to wash free the sodium bisulfite and isolate the banana starch. | 02-21-2013 |
| 127068000 | Steeping | 2 |
| 20090095286 | Cereal Refining Process - A process including steeping cereal kernels in an aqueous liquid, producing softened cereal; milling the softened cereal, producing a milled cereal comprising germ, protein, starch, and fiber; separating at least some of at least one material selected from the group consisting of germ, starch, and protein from the milled cereal, producing at least one of germ, starch, and a first protein portion, and also producing a first fiber portion that comprises fiber and starch, and a light steep water that comprises protein; separating at least some protein from the light steep water, producing a second protein portion and a process water that comprises protein; converting at least some of the starch in the first fiber portion to saccharides; separating at least some of the saccharides from the first fiber portion, producing saccharides and a second fiber portion that comprises fiber; and burning at least some of the fiber from the second fiber portion, producing a flue gas and a first quantity of energy; wherein the process further comprises at least one step selected from the group consisting of least partially powering at least one previous step with the first quantity of energy; and drying at least one separated material selected from the group consisting of the germ, the starch, the first protein portion, the second protein portion, and the saccharides with the flue gas, producing a dried separated material and a dryer exhaust. In one further embodiment, the process further includes digesting anaerobically the biologically available organic residues from the process water, producing a biogas and a final waste water. In a still further embodiment, the process further includes burning the biogas to produce a second quantity of energy and at least partially powering at least one previous step with the second quantity of energy. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20140083418 | HIGH TEMPERATURE METHODS OF STEEPING GRAIN - The application relates to a process comprising: a) steeping high amylose corn kernels at a temperature from about 71° C. to about 93° C. for a time from about 24 hours to about 72 hours; b) subjecting the high-temperature steep corn kernels to conventional wet milling; c) recovering starch with a total dietary fiber (TDF) content from about 33% to about 45% (w/w); and d) wherein the recovered starch has not been chemically modified. | 03-27-2014 |
| 127069000 | Treatment of amylaceous liquids | 2 |
| 20090211570 | PROCESS FOR MAKING ENZYME-RESISTANT STARCH FOR REDUCED-CALORIE FLOUR REPLACER - An enzyme resistant starch type III having a melting point or endothermic peak of at least about 140° C. as determined by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) is produced in yields of at least about 25% by weight, based upon the weight of the original starch ingredient. A gelatinization stage, nucleation/propagation stage, and preferably a heat-treatment stage are used to produce reduced calorie starch-based compositions which contain the enzyme resistant starch type III. The high melting point of the enzyme resistant starch permits its use in baked good formulations without substantial loss of enzyme resistance upon baking. A gelatinized, starch-based bulking agent having at least 30% by weight of the enzyme-resistant starch may be used in bar-type, extruded, sheeted, or rotary molded food products. The melting enthalpy of the bulking agent may be from about 0.5 to about 4 Joules/g and its water-holding capacity may be less than 3 grams. | 08-27-2009 |
| 127070000 | Chemical | 1 |
| 20150322172 | ANHYDROUS CORN PROCESSING - Anhydrous methods of fractionating corn grain that do not require the use of water but rather depends on use of organic solvents are described. The methods include contacting whole grain corn flour with a at least one organic solvent selected from the group consisting of a C1-C6 alcohol, ketone, ester or furan to form an admixture having no more than 15% w/w water. The admixture is separated into i) a solids fraction enriched with corn fiber and protein and 2) a liquid organic slurry comprising suspended starch, dissolved corn oil and the organic solvent. The starch is separated from the first organic slurry to obtain a solvent extracted solid starch fraction and a clarified organic solution. The clarified organic solution which contains dissolved oils is retained and may be evaporated to obtain corn oil that can be further refined. | 11-12-2015 |
| 127071000 | Treating starch | 5 |
| 20090032015 | DEPOLYMERIZATION METHOD - The invention relates to a method for depolymerizing starch comprising mixing a starch material with an ionic liquid solvent to dissolve the starch, and then treating the dissolved starch by agitating at a temperature and for a period for time to effect depolymerization of the starch into desired depolymerization products. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090126721 | Continuous Fluid Bed Reactor - The present invention is concerned with an apparatus and method for continuous fluidization which comprises at least two cells connected by an aperture permitting the solid material to be introduced into the next downstream cell by fluidized horizontal flow, an isolated freeboard within each cell, at least two filter sticks contained within the isolated freeboard of each cell, and at least one blow back valve contained within each filter stick. The apparatus allows processing of materials that are typically difficult to fluidize by maintaining a substantially constant pressure difference between each isolated freeboard. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20100252031 | Enzyme-Resistant Starch and Method for Its Production - A process for producing an enzyme-resistant starch uses an aqueous feed composition that comprises (i) starch that contains at least about 50% by weight amylose, (ii) water, and (iii) alcohol. The concentration of starch in the feed composition is between about 5% and about 50% by weight, and the pH of the feed composition is between about 3.5 and about 6.5. In a first heating step, the feed composition is heated to a temperature between about 130-170° C. for about 0.1-3.0 hours. The feed composition is cooled to a temperature between about 4-70° C. for about 0.1-6.0 hours. In a second heating step, the feed composition is heated to a temperature between about 110-150° C. for about 0.1-10.0 hours. The starch is separated from the majority of the water and alcohol and is dried. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20110240010 | PROCESS USING HYDROCYCLONES - The present invention concerns a process for preparing of slurries containing suspended and dissolved particles and a solution as well as a slurry are provided onto a hydrocyclone equipment, disk centrifuge or nozzle centrifuge equipment. The dry matter concentration in the collected slurry is higher than the concentration of the mixture of the slurry and the solution as such. The use of a hydrocyclone stage for this specific purpose is disclosed as well. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20120266869 | Cold-Water Soluble Extruded Starch Product - Disclosed is a cold-water soluble starch and a process for preparing same. Generally, the process comprises providing a hydroxyalkyl starch and applying a shearing force to the starch in an extruder in the presence of moisture, the force and the moisture each being sufficient to gelatinize at least substantially all of the granules of the starch to thereby form a sheared starch. The starch is heated to its gelatinization temperature after the starch has passed partially through the barrel of the extruder, with the moisture being maintained at a level sufficiently high to allow gelatinization but sufficiency low to protect the starch from becoming too sticky to extrude. The extruded starch product thus formed may be used in connection with a number of film-forming, coating, and other applications. | 10-25-2012 |
