Patent ID: 11896044
Assignee: STARTCHY INC.
Field: Food chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 12:
13. A method of making a food product coating composition comprising a starch component and water, the method comprising the steps of:
(1) heating a slurry comprising starch granules and water to a temperature in the range of 70° C. to 125° C. for a time sufficient to rupture the starch granules and form a polymerized starch comprising amylopectin chains and/or amylose chains dispersed in the water;
(2) heating starch granules in a liquid to a temperature in the range of 45° C. to 85° C. for a time sufficient to cause said liquid to enter the starch granules and disrupt their semi-crystalline structure such that the starch granules are swollen but not ruptured; and
(3) mixing the swollen starch granules with the slurry comprising the polymerized starch and water to form a coating composition in which the swollen starch granules are embedded in a matrix formed by the amylopectin chains and/or amylose chains of the polymerized starch;
wherein the polymerized starch is a majority of the starch component.