Patent ID: 6531592
Filing Date: 2003-03-11
Classification: C08B

Abstract:
A process for modifying an amylaceous (starchy) material comprising:a chemical fluidification stage during which the starchy material is subjected, in a dry phase, to the hydrolysing action of an agent chosen from among the polycarboxylic organic acids and their mixtures, such that said starchy material displays a fluidity in water (WF) at least equal to 10 and a stabilisation stage, simultaneous with said fluidification stage, during which the starchy material is subjected, again in the dry phase, to the stabilising action of an agent again chosen from among polycarboxylic organic acids and their mixtures, and wherein the stages of fluidification and of stabilisation are performed at a pH less than about 4.0, the total quantity of organic polycarboxylic acid(s) being comprised between about 0.05 and about 5%, these percentages being expressed as dry weight of the polycarboxylic organic acid(s) relative to the dry weight of the starchy material.