Use of G-block polysaccharides

US6407226B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• FMC Biopolymer AS · NO

Inventors

• Merethe Kamfjord Simensen · Rjukan, NO
• Edvar Onsøyen · Drammen, NO
• Kurt Ingar Draget · Trondheim, NO
• Olav Smidsrød · Trondheim, NO
• Therese Fjæreide · Drammen, NO

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 11, 1997
• Grant date: Jun 18, 2002
• Expiry date: Jul 11, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C08L5/04
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The use of G-block polysaccharides as a modulator for the rheology in a mixture in which a gelling, water-soluble polysaccharide is a component to give the final product a changed viscosity, stability, elasticity, rigidity or similar.