Method for improving a hardly soluble gelling agent
US4557939A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 19, 1984 |
| Grant date | Dec 10, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 19, 2004 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA23L29/284
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention concerns a method for improving the solubility of gelling agents hardly soluble in water such as agar-agar, gelatin and carrageenan. Said method includes the step of contacting said gelling agent with a non-equilibrium plasma formed by applying a high frequency wave to a low pressure gaseous atmosphere, such as air, oxygen, carbon dioxide or nitrogen, and thereby obtaining a gelling agent readily soluble in water.
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