US Patent Issued to SVERIGES STARKELSEPRODUCENTER, FORENING U.P.A. on April 14 for "Converted starch and food comprising said converted starch" (Swedish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,802, issued on April 14, was assigned to SVERIGES STARKELSEPRODUCENTER, FORENING U.P.A. (Fjalkinge, Sweden).

"Converted starch and food comprising said converted starch" was invented by Kalle Johansson (Kristianstad, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A converted starch is disclosed, wherein it has a molecular weight, MW, of 250,000-5,000,000 g/mol, a degree of branching of 3.1-3.9%, an amylose content of at most 7%, and a DE (dextrose equivalents) value of 0.05-0.5, as well as a food product containing the converted starch, a method for the production of said converted starch, wherein it comprises the steps of adding a glucan br...