The present invention provides process for treating crop kernels, comprising the steps of a) soaking kernels in water to produce soaked kernels; b) grinding the soaked kernels; c) treating the soaked kernels in the presence of an effective amount of GH62 polypeptide having arabinofuranosidase activity or a GH43 polypeptide having arabinofuranosidase activity, wherein step c) is performed before, during or after step b).

The present invention provides process for treating crop kernels, comprising the steps of a) soaking kernels in water to produce soaked kernels; b) grinding the soaked kernels; c) treating the soaked kernels in the presence of an effective amount of GH62 polypeptide having arabinofuranosidase activity or a GH43 polypeptide having arabinofuranosidase activity, wherein step c) is performed before, during or after step b).

Disclosed herein is a method of assessing rheology characteristics of vital wheat gluten to determine how to improve the quality of VWG product and the choice of VWG for a particular product.

The preparation of pregelatinized starch and/or pregelatinized flour, including the steps of: providing an aqueous medium having a pH of −1.0 to 7.5; mixing starch and/or flour with the aqueous medium to form a starch composition having a pH of 2.0 to 7.9, wherein the starch composition has the aqueous medium as continuous phase and contains between 20 and 60 wt. %, expressed as percentage of dry matter on total weight of the starch composition, of particles of starch and/or flour; pregelatinizing the starch composition, wherein said composition is heated using a drum dryer, while rotating the drum, to form the pregelatinized starch and/or pregelatinized flour, wherein during the heating the starch composition is dried using the drum dryer; allowing the pregelatinized starch and/or pregelatinized flour to cool to a temperature of at most 80° C.; and storing the obtained pregelatinized starch and/or pregelatinized flour at a temperature of at most 60° C.

The present invention relates to aqueous alkyd resin dispersions comprising a) a short oil alkyd resin comprising, in its fatty acid component a1), at least one polyunsaturated fatty monoacid a11) having at least two unsaturations per molecule and comprising at least 35% by weight of a monoacid a111) having conjugated unsaturations, the content by weight of said fatty monoacid a111), with respect to said alkyd resin, being at least 5%, preferably from 5% to 40% and more preferably from 5% to 35%, and b) at least one anionic phosphate surfactant. The invention also covers a preparation process and its use in decorative coatings. The coatings based on these aqueous dispersions exhibit improved performance qualities in resistance to blocking and yellowing, in development of hardness and in gloss.

Provided are dried cellulose fibers that are satisfactory dispersible in a resin when the cellulose fibers are mixed with the resin and can improve physical properties such as tensile elastic modulus and tensile strength of a resin composite, a cellulose fiber-resin composite including the cellulose fibers, and a molded article. The dried cellulose fibers include cellulose fibers, the cellulose fiber-resin composite includes the dried cellulose fibers, and the molded article is formed from the cellulose fiber-resin composite. The cellulose fibers have an average fiber diameter of 0.1 μm more and 20 μm or less and have a hemicellulose content of 50% or less in constituent sugar components. The dried cellulose fibers have a water content of 10% by mass or less.

An active energy ray-curable lithographic printing ink including a rosin-modified resin (A), an active energy ray-curable compound (B), a photopolymerization initiator (C), and an extender pigment (D), where the active energy ray-curable compound (B) includes dipentaerythritol hexaacrylate (B1), and an amount of the dipentaerythritol hexaacrylate (B1) relative to a total mass of the active energy ray-curable lithographic printing ink is within a range from 20 to 37% by mass. The photopolymerization initiator (C) includes at least two types of compounds selected from acylphosphine oxide-based compounds (C1), thioxanthone-based compounds (C2), and oxime ester-based compounds (C3), an amount of the extender pigment (D) relative to a total mass of the active energy ray-curable lithographic printing ink is within a range from 0.1 to 10% by mass, and a viscosity of the ink at 25° C. is within a range from 10 to 120 Pa.Math.s.

Non-polymeric coupling agent formulation for producing wood-polymer composites include at least one organic peroxide and a non-polymeric bio-based additive that includes at least one of a bio-based oil or a bio-based acid or derivatives of bio-based oils or acid is provided. The coupling agent formulations are capable of producing polymer matrix composites having improved strength and aging characteristics. The improved strength may be related to physical properties such as improved stiffness, toughness or tensile strength. A masterbatch utilizing the non-polymeric coupling agent formulation is provided, as well as a method making the masterbatch.

A process is disclosed for obtaining citrus fiber from citrus pulp. Citrus fiber is obtained having a c* close packing concentration value of less than 3.8. The citrus fiber can be obtained having a viscosity of at least 1000 mPa.s, wherein said citrus fiber is dispersed in standardized water at a mixing speed of from 800 rpm to 1000 rpm, to a 3 w/w% citrus fiber/standardized water solution, and wherein said viscosity is measured at a shear rate of 5 s-1 at 20° C. Citrus fiber can be obtained having a CIELAB L* value of at least 90. The citrus fiber can be used in food products, feed products, beverages, personal care products, pharmaceutical products or detergent products.

A process is disclosed for obtaining citrus fiber from citrus pulp. Citrus fiber is obtained having a c* close packing concentration value of less than 3.8. The citrus fiber can be obtained having a viscosity of at least 1000 mPa.s, wherein said citrus fiber is dispersed in standardized water at a mixing speed of from 800 rpm to 1000 rpm, to a 3 w/w% citrus fiber/standardized water solution, and wherein said viscosity is measured at a shear rate of 5 s-1 at 20° C. Citrus fiber can be obtained having a CIELAB L* value of at least 90. The citrus fiber can be used in food products, feed products, beverages, personal care products, pharmaceutical products or detergent products.