ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,696, issued on March 31, was assigned to Roquette Freres (Lestrem, France).
"Method for annealing pea starch" was invented by Julien Parcq (Lille, France), Alban Dupont (Sur la Lys, France), Marie Albert (Faches-Thumesnil, France) and Fabrice Desailly (Avion, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for preparing a legume starch with a high content of slowly digestible fraction (SDS), a hydrothermal treatment method characterized in that it comprises the following steps: 1) Preparing a starch milk with a dry matter content of between 30 and 40% by weight, preferably 32% by weight, 2) Heating th...