Abstract: 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.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the treatment of a raw material containing thermally inhibited starch and/or thermally inhibited flour as its largest constituent, whereby the moisture content of the raw material is at most 8 wt. %, including a remoistening step wherein between 0.1 and 30 wt. % of an aqueous phase is added to the raw material to form a product containing remoistened starch and/or remoistened flour.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the preparation of thermally inhibited starch and/or thermally inhibited flour having a moisture content lying between 5 and 30 wt. %, having the following steps: a slurrying step, wherein thermally inhibited starch and/or thermally inhibited flour is combined with an aqueous phase to form a slurry; and a drying step, wherein the aqueous phase of the slurry is separated off from the thermally inhibited starch and/or thermally inhibited flour, wherein in the slurrying step the pH of the slurry is brought to a value between 2.0 and 7.5.

Abstract: A starch-based adhesive composition, having a tan ? at 10 Hz and 20° C. of at least 1.40 is provided. The adhesive composition is in particular useful as labelling adhesive. Also provided is a bottle that has a label whereby the label is attached to the bottle by the aforesaid adhesive composition.

Abstract: A starch-based adhesive composition, having a tan ? at 10 Hz and 20° C. of at least 1.40 is provided. The adhesive composition is in particular useful as labelling adhesive. Also provided is a bottle that has a label whereby the label is attached to the bottle by the aforesaid adhesive composition.

Abstract: The invention relates to solubilizers for metal ions and poorly soluble metal compounds, containing an oxidation product of starch hydrolysate as a solubilizing agent, to a method for solubilizing metal ions and to the use of said solubilizer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for providing fragrance to a substrate, comprising the steps of: a) treating the substrate with a fragrance-containing composition; and b) treating the substrate with a fixative compound or mixture of fixative compounds selected from the group consisting of: a fructan; a starch hydrolysate having a dextrose equivalent ranging from 1 to 50; a hydrophobically modified fructan; and a hydrophobically modified starch hydrolysate, whereby step b) may be executed prior to, simultaneously with, and/or subsequent to the execution of step a). The invention further relates to fragrance-containing compositions and substrates.

Abstract: The invention relates to solubilizers for metal ions and poorly soluble metal compounds, containing an oxidation product of starch hydrolysate as a solubilizing agent, to a method for solubilizing metal ions and to the use of said solubilizer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for providing fragrance to a substrate, comprising the steps of: a) treating the substrate with a fragrance-containing composition; and b) treating the substrate with a fixative compound or mixture of fixative compounds selected from the group consisting of: a fructan; a starch hydrolysate having a dextrose equivalent ranging from 1 to 50; a hydrophobically modified fructan; and a hydrophobically modified starch hydrolysate, whereby step b) may be executed prior to, simultaneously with, and/or subsequent to the execution of step a). The invention further relates to fragrance-containing compositions and substrates.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use as surfactant, for the preparation of dispersions of multiphase systems that comprise a continuous aqueous phase containing a high concentration of electrolytes, of hydrophobically modified saccharides of general formula (I) and (II) [A]n(-M)s (I) [B]m(-M)s? (II) wherein [A]n represents a fructan-type saccharide [B]m represents a starch-type saccharide (-M) represents a hydrophobic moiety that substitutes a hydrogen atom of a hydroxyl group of the fructosyl and/or glucosyl units of the fructan-type and starch-type saccharides, which is selected from the group consisting of an alkylcarbamoyl radical of formula R—NH—CO— and an alkylcarbonyl radical of formula R—CO—, wherein R represents a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated alkyl group with from 4 to 32 carbon atoms, and s and s?, which can have the same value or not, represent the number of said hydrophobic moieties that substitute the fructosyl or glucosyl unit, expressed as average degree of substitution (av.

Abstract: The use is disclosed of an inulin-type fructan for the manufacture of cosmetic rinse-off compositions for the treatment of the hair and/or the skin. The compositions comprise, apart from conventional ingredients in conventional amounts, from 0.10 to 10% of the inulin-type fructan, and are free from (i) cationic polymers, (ii) terpolymers comprising a non-ionic monomer bearing a urethane group, and (iii) polysaccharides that are different from inulin-type fructan. Typical rinse-off compositions in accordance with the invention are also free from monosaccharides and from di- and oligosaccharides that are different from inulin-type fructan, apart from the mono- and disaccharides that naturally occur in inulin-type fructan. The inulin-type fructan, which is biodegradable and has no eutrophic effects on surface waters, can be used to completely substitute cationic polymeric conditioning agents in conventional cosmetic rinse-off compositions. Novel rinse-off compositions are also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use as surfactant, for the preparation of dispersions of multiphase systems that comprise a continuous aqueous phase containing a high concentration of electrolytes, of hydrophobically modified saccharides of general formula (I) and (II) [A]n(—M)s (I) [B]m(—M)s′(II) wherein [A]n represents a fructan-type saccharide [B]m represents a starch-type saccharide (—M) represents a hydrophobic moiety that substitutes a hydrogen atom of a hydroxyl group of the fructosyl and/or glucosyl units of the fructan-type and starch-type saccharides, which is selected from the group consisting of an alkylcarbamoyl radical of formula R—NH—CO— and an alkylcarbonyl radical of formula R—CO—, wherein R represents a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated alkyl group with from 4 to 32 carbon atoms, and s and s′, which can have the same value or not, represent the number of said hydrophobic moieties that