Patent ID: 6451121
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: A21D,A23C,A23G,A23L,A23P,C08B

Abstract:
A process for making a thermally-inhibited, non-pregelatinized granular starch or flour, which comprises the steps of:(a) non-thermally dehydrating a non-pregelatinized granular starch or flour to anhydrous or substantially anhydrous; (b) heat treating the anhydrous or substantially anhydrous starch or flour at a temperature of about 120Â° C. to about 180Â° C. for up to 20 hours; and (c) optionally adjusting the pH of the non-pregelatinized granular starch or flour to neutral or greater prior to the non-thermally dehydrating step.