Abstract: The present disclosure relates to lecithin containing starch compositions. The disclosure also relates to processes for preparing the lecithin-containing starch compositions. Further, the disclosure relates to uses of the lecithin-containing compositions in the preparation of paper products that have oil and grease resistant properties, and/or have release properties. Further, the disclosure relates to paper products that include lecithin-containing compositions and to paper products resulting from the processes herein.

Abstract: An aqueous binder composition is provided that includes a carbohydrate and a crosslinking agent. In exemplary embodiments, the carbohydrate-based binder composition may also include a catalyst, a coupling agent, a process aid, a crosslinking density enhancer, an extender, a moisture resistant agent, a dedusting oil, a colorant, a corrosion inhibitor, a surfactant, a pH adjuster, and combinations thereof. The carbohydrate may be natural in origin and derived from renewable resources. Additionally, the carbohydrate polymer may have a dextrose equivalent (DE) number from 2 to 20. In at least one exemplary embodiment, the carbohydrate is a water-soluble polysaccharide such as dextrin or maltodextrin and the crosslinking agent is citric acid. Advantageously, the carbohydrates have a low viscosity and cure at moderate temperatures. The environmentally friendly, formaldehyde-free binder may be used in the formation of insulation materials and non-woven chopped strand mats.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of forming a composition with a shape in memory from a composition comprising 30% to 100% of starch and/or starch derivatives, compositions with a shape in memory which can be obtained by this method and use of these compositions.

Abstract: A reinforcing assembly for a tubular cross member of a rail and tram car bogie has a liner elongated along an axis, deformable radially, and insertable axially inside one end of the tubular cross member to line an inner cylindrical surface of the end; a tubular body insertable coaxially inside the liner; and a number of radial forcing devices, which are activated to force the tubular body, and hence the liner, radially outwards to lock the liner frictionally against the inner cylindrical surface of the cross member.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a starch product, wherein an aqueous starch mixture containing 5-50% dsb amylose is provided and the starch mixture is heated to a high temperature of at least 170 C. The invention further relates to a product obtainable by such a method and to the use of such product in a variety of food applications.

Abstract: The specification discloses papers suitable for liquid electrophotographic printing (“LEP”) and a method for making such papers. According to the method, a papermaking furnish containing cellulosic fibers is formed into a fibrous web on a papermaking machine and at least partially dried. The web is then treated with a sizing composition comprising starch, an acrylic acid polymer, an organic material having an HLB value of from about 2 to about 14 such as a polyglycerol ester, and water. The treated web is dried and calendered to a final desired caliper. Since the sizing composition is an aqueous mixture, it may be applied to the web on-line during production of the paper on the papermaking machine, thereby avoiding the expense and inconvenience of conventional off-line methods used to make existing LEP papers. The resulting paper exhibits at least 80% and preferably above 90% toner adhesion as measured by the tape pull tests used for the assessment of papers printed by LEP.

Abstract: A construction material composition includes a cross-linked starch derivative of a starch that is rich in amylopectin and has an amylopectin content greater than 85%.

Abstract: An aqueous composition which is anionic in nature, includes at least one soluble gelatinized anionic starch and at least one insoluble anionic starch. A method of using the composition, in particular for the manufacture of a paper or of a flat board, and the paper or the flat board obtained therefrom, along with various industrial uses such as water treatment or the production of cosmetic products, are also described.

Abstract: A sizing composition in the form of a water-based composition comprising at least one hydrophobic cellulose reactive sizing agent and an anionic, cationic or amphoteric polymer comprising a high amylopectin barley-starch. The invention also contains a method for the production of sized paper or sized paperboard, wherein said sizing composition is being used, and sized paper or sized paperboard which is produced using said sizing composition.

Abstract: A biodegradable plastic plastic material comprising a natural thermoplastic material is described, which, before moulding, is blended with one or more plasticisers.

Abstract: The invention relates to pharmaceutical, cosmetic, nutraceutical and food areas, in particular to compositions for coating tablets, capsules and other solid- or semisolid-form substances currently used in different application fields. More specifically, said invention relates to solid ready-for-use compositions for producing laminating solutions or dispersions for solid- or semisolid-form substances and is characterised in that the viscosity of said cold-regenerated solutions or dispersions is less than 1000 centipoises at a solid matter concentration greater than 20%, wherein said viscosity is obtainable by using natural film-forming agents which are cold-soluble and exhibit a low viscosity in an aqueous medium at high concentrations.

Abstract: The invention provides the art with a starch based corrugating adhesive that may advantageously be used in the manufacture of water-resistant paperboard products, such as laminated board and corrugated board. The adhesive has the required tack, water resistance and viscosity that allows its use at commercial speeds in a cold corrugating process.

Abstract: A method of using at least one leguminous starch derivative having a predetermined molecular mass in weight and a predetermined sol/gel transition temperature for preparing a composition for laying paper or flat carton. The leguminous starch derivative and laying compositions prepared from the same, in particular with high dried materials are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing a starch-based composition, characterized in that it comprises: (a) mixing a starch substrate with sodium perborate; (b) adding water to the mix of step (a) to form a slurry; and (c) pasting the slurry of step (b), provided that the method does not include, between steps (b) and (c), the step of adding an effective amount of hydrolytic enzyme to the slurry. The invention further relates to starch-based compositions prepared in accordance with said method, paper sizing and/or coating compositions comprising said starch-based compositions and paper products treated with said sizing and/or coating compositions.

Abstract: A novel adhesive that finds use in a cold corrugating system has a 5 second tack at a temperature of 160° F. of at least 50±2 grams.

Abstract: Composite compounds of co-structured or co-adsorbed organic or mineral fillers or pigments containing at least two organic or mineral fillers or pigments of a different nature and the use thereof in the paper industry for manufacturing paper, filling or coating or for any other surface treatment of the paper as well as wood or metal or plastic or cement surface treatment compounds in the fields of aqueous and non-aqueous paints and plastics materials. Coatings colors, uncoated filling compound and sheets of base paper for coating containing them.

Abstract: The present invention relates to improvement in printability of coated paper by adding composition comprising granular starch onto the paper, said composition being essentially free of mineral or synthetic pigment.

Abstract: Composite compounds of co-structured or co-adsorbed organic or mineral fillers or pigments containing at least two organic or mineral fillers or pigments of a different nature and the use thereof in the paper industry for manufacturing paper, filling or coating or for any other surface treatment of the paper as well as wood or metal or plastic or cement surface treatment compounds in the fields of aqueous and non-aqueous paints and plastics materials. Coating colors, uncoated filling compound and sheets of base paper for coating containing them.

Abstract: The invention relates to a one-component structural adhesive having a flow limit of at least 1500 Pa and an initial adhesion of more than 30 g/cm2, which contains at least one thickening agent and/or at least one filler. The invention further relates to the manufacture of such one-component structural adhesives and to the use of one or more thickening agents and/or one or more fillers for the manufacture of solid to kneadable one-component structural adhesive compounds having high initial adhesion.

Abstract: Compositions including various combinations of a starch, a plasticizer for the starch, a crystalline or crystallizable material, and an amphiphilic material for use as binders for coatings for paper and other surfaces are presented. Examples of such compositions include combinations of a starch and a crystalline or crystallizable material; a starch, a crystalline or crystallizable material, and a plasticizer; a starch, a plasticizer, a crystalline or crystallizable material, and an amphiphilic material; a starch, a crystalline or crystallizable material, and an amphiphilic material; a starch and an amphiphilic material. Also described are printable surfaces including a base material with the compositions for use as binder coatings described herein included within or coated on the base material. Further described are methods of making paper that include providing a base material and applying a composition for use as a binder coating as described herein onto the base material.

Abstract: What is described is a composition based on products stemming from industrial residues in the processing of fruits, especially of apples. The composition of vegetable products comprises dried apple meal stemming from industrial residues in the processing of fruits, especially of apples.

Abstract: Biodegradable compositions that include a foamed gelling hydrocolloid system to which a firming agent and a fibrous material, with or without other optional components, are added. When articles prepared from such compositions are coated with a suitable coating, they are impervious to boiling water and able to withstand microwave heating.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for increasing the whiteness stability of fluorescent whitening agent(s) (FWA) included in surface-treatment size/coating slip for paper and of the surface-treatment layers formed thereof. The method is characterized in that sorbitol is charged to the size/coating slip as a carrier.

Abstract: A laminating composition for producing an adhesive tape having a sheetlike carrier, having at least a polysaccharide component and a surfactant component, and the adhesive tape produced and having carrier sheets colaminated by the laminating composition.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing starch networks. The method may include preparing a basic starch and preparing a networking starch. The method may further include manufacturing an initial product including the basic starch and the networking starch, and processing the initial product to yield the starch networks, such that the starch networks are at least partially heterocrystallized.

Abstract: A composition suitable for coating a paper product can comprise starch and at least one additional component selected from the group consisting of (a) an amphiphilic surfactant and (b) a particulate emulsion; wherein the weight ratio of surfactant to starch is from about 0.005:1 to about 0.25:1 and the weight ratio of the particulate emulsion to starch is from about 0.005:1 to about 0.429:1.

Abstract: An adhesive composition includes an aqueous dispersion having a primary part, consisting essentially of a gelatinized starch, and a secondary part, comprising essentially a non-gelatinized starch and/or a swollen starch, wherein the starch of the secondary part is a native legume starch, and the starch of the primary part is optionally a native or modified legume starch, the legume starches having an amylose content ranging between 30 and 52%. The invention also concerns the method for preparing such a composition, comprising its use, assembling the parts and drying and satisfying the requirements of modern fast machinery.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a homogeneous, thermoreversible gel film comprising a film forming amount of a water soluble, thermoreversible alginate, and optionally at least one of a plasticizer, a second film former, a bulking agent, and a pH controlling agent; and processes for the preparation thereof. The present invention is also directed to soft capsules and solid forms containing the gel film, as well as processes for the preparation thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for use in making a starch-based food or beverage container, the formulation allowing the container to be water resistant for a usable amount of time without the need for coatings or similar. An embodiment of the formulation comprising water, native and pregelatinized starch, an insolubilizing compound, proteins or natural polymeric compounds, fibers, a wax emulsion, and a fiber-sizing agent.

Abstract: Composite compounds of co-structured or co-adsorbed organic or mineral fillers or pigments containing at least two organic or mineral fillers or pigments of a different nature and the use thereof in the paper industry for manufacturing paper, filling or coating or for any other surface treatment of the paper as well as wood or metal or plastic or cement surface treatment compounds in the fields of aqueous and non-aqueous paints and plastics materials. Coatings colors, uncoated filling compound and sheets of base paper for coating containing them.

Abstract: There is disclosed a cationic crosslinked starch composition comprising at least one cationic crosslinked waxy starch and another starch. There is also disclosed paper products comprising the starch composition. The paper products are generally characterized by having improved internal bond strength. The use of the starch blends in the papermaking process results generally in improved paper furnish drainage and retention properties. Also disclosed are coating formulations containing the starch compositions of the present disclosure. Also disclosed are processes for producing the compositions.

Abstract: Water soluble, gelatin-free dip coatings for tablets and capsules comprising sucrose, glycerin and pre-gelatinized starch and/or tapioca dextrin or comprising hydroxypropyl starch, thickener, and plasticizer.

Abstract: In a liquid composition for metachromatic members which is to be applied to a metachromatic member having a support and provided thereon a porous layer formed by fixing therein a low refractive index pigment in a disperse state together with a binder resin, the liquid composition has a liquid medium and dissolved and/or dispersed therein a solid matter having a refractive index of from 1.3 to 1.8. Also disclosed is a metachromatic member set having this liquid composition and a metachromatic member. The liquid composition for metachromatic members satisfies permanent preservability of images, having superior density retention and shape retention of images formed in the metachromatic member and being suitable for uses in which impressions of hands, feet and the like are taken and preserved or in which written images or stamped images are preserved.

Abstract: An oxygen scavenging composition composition having an oxidizable ascorbic acid derivative, a multi-copper oxidase enzyme, and a transition metal oxide wherein the enzyme is disposed upon the surface of the oxidizable ascorbic acid derivative, and wherein the transition metal oxide is intermixed with the oxidizable ascorbic acid derivative. The invention extends to a coating composition thereof and a package or container containing the oxygen scavenging composition.

Abstract: Additives for paper making are disclosed herein. Specifically, the additives are wax-free alternatives to conventional coatings, including ASA, AKD and optionally an acrylic containing composition. Other additives may be included in the coating, such as cationic particles or compositions. The coatings may be used at a variety of points during the paper making process, including on the calender stack and in the wet end.

Abstract: A coating composition comprising a starchy material, said material having: a number average molecular weight (Mn) of 3 500 to 20 000 Daltons, a granular structure before solubilisation, a solubility at pH 7 and 20° C. (S1) of 30-90%, and a solubility at pH 10 and 35° C. (S2) which is at least 10% greater than S1.

Abstract: There is provided an adhesive composition comprising a carrier starch and a secondary starch characterised in that the carrier starch: —comprises, on a dry weight basis, less than 50% pre-gelatinised starch; and has a higher alkali sensitivity than the secondary starch. There is further provided a process for preparing such and adhesive composition.

Abstract: Herein disclosed is a composition containing a thinned starch having from about 0.1 wt % to about 10 wt % substitution with a hydrophobic substituent wherein, after cooking at from about 15% solids to about 30% solids, the composition has a viscosity of about 1000 cps at 35° C. Also disclosed herein is a paper product containing a substrate containing paper or paperboard and having a first surface and a second surface and a coating applied at least to substantially the entire first surface of the substrate, wherein the coating contains a thinned starch having from about 0.1 wt % to about 10 wt % substitution with a hydrophobic substituent wherein, after cooking at from about 15% solids to about 30% solids, the coating has a viscosity of about 1000 cps at 35° C., wherein the paper product contains from about 5 lb starch to about 500 lb starch per ton of substrate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for applying optical brightening agent (OBA) to a sheet of paper or paperboard substrate. The process comprises applying the composition comprising a cooked starch and a powdered optical brightener to at least one surface of a paper or paperboard substrate at the size press in a paper or paperboard manufacturing process to form a sized paper or paperboard substrate; and drying the sized paper or paperboard substrate to form a dried sized paper or paperboard substrate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for applying optical brightening agent (OBA) to a sheet of paper or paperboard substrate. The process comprises applying the composition comprising a cooked starch and a powdered optical brightener to at least one surface of a paper or paperboard substrate at the size press in a paper or paperboard manufacturing process to form a sized paper or paperboard substrate; and drying the sized paper or paperboard substrate to form a dried sized paper or paperboard substrate.

Abstract: Composite compounds of co-structured or co-adsorbed organic or mineral fillers or pigments containing at least two organic or mineral fillers or pigments of a different nature and the use thereof in the paper industry for manufacturing paper, filling or coating or for any other surface treatment of the paper as well as wood or metal or plastic or cement surface treatment compounds in the fields of aqueous and non-aqueous prints and plastics materials. Coating colors, uncoated filling compound and sheets of base paper for coating containing them.

Abstract: A composition for surface treatment of paper which includes a nanoparticle fraction, and a carrier fraction for detaining the nanoparticles in the surface layer. The carrier fraction includes plate-like pigment particles, and at least one binder. The invention also relates to the method of manufacturing the composition and to its use.

Abstract: Coating compositions comprising a pigment and starch dispersion of discrete crosslinked starch particles in an aqueous liquid. The dispersion may be used as coating color for paper. A preferred process of preparing the dispersion of starch particles comprises (a) obtaining a mixture of starch and an aqueous liquid; (b) processing the mixture using shear forces in the presence of a crosslinker in an extruder; and (c) injecting a hydroxylic liquid into the extruder and dispersing the mixture inside the extruder or outside the extruder or both inside and outside the extruder to obtain the dispersion.

Abstract: The subject of the present invention is the use of particular polysaccharides as admixtures for mineral materials, especially as admixtures for mineral binders. These polysaccharides have, characteristically: a weight-average molecular weight Mw of at least 500 g/mol and at most 9000 g/mol, especially between 700 and 7000 g/mol; and a degree of branching DB of at least 10%, especially between 10 and 40%. The invention also relates to the combined use, in mineral materials, including especially mineral binders, of these particular polysaccharides on the one hand and of certain other admixtures on the other hand, for example admixtures, of saccharidic or nonsaccharidic type, having a plasticizing, superplasticizing or other functionality.

Abstract: Agglomerated starch compositions containing native starch and pre-compacted starch powder is disclosed. The agglomerated starch compositions have superior flow and less pH sensitivity than simple blends of the two components at equivalent ratios.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions of starch. The compositions consist of an anionic and a cationic starch wherein at least one of the starches is waxy. The compositions are surprisingly not resulting in an agglomerated product when cooked. The compositions are used in paper or cardboard preparation. The compositions are cooked and added at the wet end of the paper production process. This results in a high possible addition level and the use of the size press is abolished. The resulting paper and board are shown to have better characteristics than the paper and board prepared with the same components which have not been mixed prior to addition but which are added separately.

Abstract: The present invention describes a means for fixing skin care ingredients on the surface of non-woven webs and cellulosic mats. The active ingredients can be released (deposited) onto the skin by normal triggering mechanisms, which include the action of water or urine or by friction or rubbing. The fixative systems described herein provide the ability to control high load levels while not interfering with the wettabliity of the fabric or paper. Additionally, incompatible/reactive ingredients can be treated onto the same web and are kept as separate particles fixed to the surface until released.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing a pregelatinized starch having good gel-formation properties, in which a) a suspension of starch and water is prepared, b) the suspension prepared in a) is applied to a hot roller of a roller dryer, and c) the pregelatinized starch obtained by process step b) s isolated. According to the invention a potato starch having an amylose content of at least 30% by weight is used.

Abstract: Compositions, methods, and systems for manufacturing articles, particularly containers and packaging materials, having a fiber-reinforced, starch-bound cellular matrix. Suitable mixtures used to form the articles are prepared by first preparing a viscous preblended mixture comprising water, a gelatinized starch-based binder, and fibers having an average length greater than about 2 mm. The highly viscous preblended mixture effectively transfers the shearing forces of the mixer to the fibers. The final moldable mixture is then prepared by mixing into the preblended mixture the remaining starch-based binder, water, and other desired admixtures, e.g., mold-releasing agents, inorganic filler rheology-modifying agents, plasticizers, coating materials, and dispersants, in the correct proportions to form an article which has the desired performance criteria.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions of starch. The compositions consist of an anionic and a cationic starch wherein at least one of the starches is waxy. The compositions are surprisingly not resulting in an agglomerated product when cooked. The compositions are used in paper or cardboard preparation. The compositions are cooked and added at the wet end of the paper production process. This results in a high possible addition level and the use of the size press is abolished. The resulting paper and board are shown to have better characteristics than the paper and board prepared with the same components which have not been mixed prior to addition but which are added separately.