A thermal-reversible gelling agent derived from the modified starch of a waxy corn variant having an endosperm genotype with one or two doses of the recessive amylose-extender gene (ae). The starch may be modified enzymatically, physically, or by acid hydrolysis. Such gelling agents exhibit properties that may be useful in thickening or providing otherwise unique textures to foods.

A thermal-reversible gelling agent derived from the modified starch of a waxy corn variant having an endosperm genotype with one or two doses of the recessive amylose-extender gene (ae). The starch may be modified enzymatically, physically, or by acid hydrolysis. Such gelling agents exhibit properties that may be useful in thickening or providing otherwise unique textures to foods.

The invention discloses a method for adsorbing ethylene gas using amorphous granular starch. The method firstly prepares amorphous granular starch, wherein starch slurry is prepared from starch with a ethanol aqueous solution and NaOH solution is added dropwise so as to react at 30 to 35 C. for 20 to 50 minutes; Then the slurry is centrifuged, neutralized with an ethanol hydrochloride solution, washed and dried to obtain the amorphous granular starch. The amorphous granular starch is placed in a high-pressure reactor and ethylene gas is introduced after the reactor is vacuumized to react at 0.8 to 1.5 Mpa and 20 to 30 C. for 15 to 25 h so that starch powder product adsorbing with ethylene is obtained. The test result shows that the content of ethylene in the obtained product can reach more than 30%. The method is simple, highly efficient and cheap for the adsorption process of ethylene, and the product is expected to be widely applied in the field of fruit and vegetable modified atmosphere preservation.

The invention discloses a method for adsorbing ethylene gas using amorphous granular starch. The method firstly prepares amorphous granular starch, wherein starch slurry is prepared from starch with a ethanol aqueous solution and NaOH solution is added dropwise so as to react at 30 to 35 C. for 20 to 50 minutes; Then the slurry is centrifuged, neutralized with an ethanol hydrochloride solution, washed and dried to obtain the amorphous granular starch. The amorphous granular starch is placed in a high-pressure reactor and ethylene gas is introduced after the reactor is vacuumized to react at 0.8 to 1.5 Mpa and 20 to 30 C. for 15 to 25 h so that starch powder product adsorbing with ethylene is obtained. The test result shows that the content of ethylene in the obtained product can reach more than 30%. The method is simple, highly efficient and cheap for the adsorption process of ethylene, and the product is expected to be widely applied in the field of fruit and vegetable modified atmosphere preservation.

The present invention relates to a method for producing a starch composition. The method for producing a starch composition according to the present invention comprises the steps of: (a) preparing a raw material mixture which contains a raw starch material, one or more selected from the group consisting of an acid-treated starch and a dextrin, and an aqueous alkaline solution, the raw material mixture having a moisture content of 20 parts by mass or more and 35 parts by mass or less per 100 parts by mass of the raw material mixture; and (b) heat-treating the raw material mixture having a moisture content of 20 parts by mass or more and 35 parts by mass or less obtained in step (a) to a temperature at which the raw material mixture becomes 120 C. or higher and 150 C. or lower. The present invention can provide a starch composition that does not swell or swell less upon heating and that is heat resistant, using a simple method.

In the relevant technical field, cellulose-based wastes or agricultural wastes are used as raw materials in the production of environmentally friendly bioplastics or plastic admixture materials. The cost spent on a product is high to recycle agricultural wastes into these said final products. In addition, cellulose-based raw materials such as olive seeds are not as suitable for polymerization as starches. In this context, in the invention, starch-based bread waste is used as a raw material for the production of bioplastics and plastic admixture materials. The bread wastes are more suitable for polymerization, and when used as raw material, the product price per unit time is more economical compared to other agricultural or waste foodstuffs.

In the relevant technical field, cellulose-based wastes or agricultural wastes are used as raw materials in the production of environmentally friendly bioplastics or plastic admixture materials. The cost spent on a product is high to recycle agricultural wastes into these said final products. In addition, cellulose-based raw materials such as olive seeds are not as suitable for polymerization as starches. In this context, in the invention, starch-based bread waste is used as a raw material for the production of bioplastics and plastic admixture materials. The bread wastes are more suitable for polymerization, and when used as raw material, the product price per unit time is more economical compared to other agricultural or waste foodstuffs.

The present invention relates to new aqueous curable binder compositions comprising a carbohydrate compound, a first cross linker and a second cross linker different from the first capable of undergoing radical polymerization and possibly a free radical initiator.

A method for producing high-purity derivatized starch which to used in the manufacture of paper and cardboard, a starch raw material is subjected to at least the following steps: purification, slurrying, derivatization, gelatinization, pH adjustment, wherein a slurry of the derivatized starch obtained after the slurrying and derivatization method steps carried out in any sequence is subjected to purification, preferably at an alkaline pH and that the purified and gelatinized derivatized starch obtained after gelatinization is mixed at least once with dilute acid as well as application.

A method for producing high-purity derivatized starch which to used in the manufacture of paper and cardboard, a starch raw material is subjected to at least the following steps: purification, slurrying, derivatization, gelatinization, pH adjustment, wherein a slurry of the derivatized starch obtained after the slurrying and derivatization method steps carried out in any sequence is subjected to purification, preferably at an alkaline pH and that the purified and gelatinized derivatized starch obtained after gelatinization is mixed at least once with dilute acid as well as application.