Patent ID: 9259021
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: A23L,C08B,C08L,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. Modified sugar beet pectin comprising a water-insoluble component, the water-insoluble component absorbing water to form a hydrogel, when the modified sugar beet pectin is dispersed in water at 25° C. to a final concentration of 0.1 mass %, wherein the modified sugar beet pectin has a volume median particle diameter of 1 to 30 μm, as measured in the form of a 0.003 mass % aqueous dispersion thereof using a laser diffraction light-scattering particle size analyzer, wherein the modified sugar beet pectin has a weight average molecular weight of at least 6.5×10 wherein the modified sugar beet pectin has a root mean square radius of gyration of at least 50 nm, as determined by homogenizing a 1.5 mass % aqueous dispersion of the modified sugar beet pectin at a pressure of 50 MPa and subjecting the homogenized dispersion to size-exclusion chromatography coupled with a multi-angle light-scattering detector and a refractive index detector.