Patent ID: 7473776
Filing Date: 2009-01-06
Classification: A23L,C08B

Abstract:
1. A water-soluble hydrogenated starch derivative obtained by decolourizing a branched maltodextrin by hydrogenating the branched maltodextrin under conditions wherein the hydrogenation of the starch derivatives is carried out with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst performed at a temperature between 30 and 90° C.; or by hydrogenating the branched maltodextrin under conditions wherein the hydrogenation of the starch derivatives is carried out in the presence of sodium borohydride in an amount less than 0.5% on a dry matter basis and at a nonregulated pH of less than 9 performed at room temperature; so that the ICUMSA coloration value is reduced by at least 50% and the reducing sugar content thereof is not reduced by more than 30% compared with the branched maltodextrin before the hydrogenating is performed, and wherein the water-soluble hydrogenated starch derivative has an ICUMSA coloration value of at most 800 units, and a reducing sugar content of at least 6% on a dry matter basis.