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Process for preparing a low-calorie food

US7138154B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 29, 2002
Grant dateNov 21, 2006
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Expiry dateDec 19, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA23V2002/00
  • WIPO fieldFood chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The subject of the invention is a process for preparing a food product with reduced calorific value, comprising the step consisting in replacing all or part of the high-calorie substances of the food with an effective quantity, in terms of the reduction of the calorific value, of branched maltodextrins having between 15 and 35% of 1→6 glucoside linkages, a reducing sugar content less than 20%, a polymolecularity index of less than 5 and a number-average molecular mass Mn at most equal to 4500 g/mol.

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