Patent ID: 7989616

Claim:
A modified starch isolated from potato plants comprising an amylose content, as measured by the method of Hovenkamp-Hermelink et al. of between 40% and 50%, a phosphorus content of from 80 to 95 μmol of phosphate per gram of starch (dry weight), and an altered amylopectin side-chain distribution as compared with starch isolated from corresponding wild-type potato plants, wherein the proportion of side chains having a DP of less than 11 and/or a DP of from 11 to 18 is reduced, and the proportion of side chains having a DP of from 56 to 61 and a DP of from 62 to 123 is increased, as compared with starch isolated from corresponding wild-type potato plants, and wherein the proportion of the amylopectin side chains having a DP of from 62 to 123 is increased by at least 150%, based on the quantity of the amylopectin side chains having a DP of from 62 to 123 in starch isolated from corresponding wild-type plants.