Abstract: This invention relates to an instant roux comprising co-processed modified starch and flour and fat. In addition, the invention relates to the process for providing such “ready-for-use” compositions and the improved food products prepared from the co-processed compositions.

Abstract: A film having disposed thereon a substance for delivery to a predetermined substrate. The substance is encapsulated in a water soluble encapsulant. The film disintegrates when place on the surface of certain substrates where it releases the substance to the local environment. The films can carry medicaments, flavors, seasonings, scents and the like.

Abstract: This invention relates to an instant roux comprising co-processed modified starch and flour and fat. In addition, the invention relates to the process for providing such “ready-for-use” compositions and the improved food products prepared from the co-processed compositions.

Abstract: Composites or combinations of selected starches and collagen provide very useful casing materials for co-extruded food products such as sausage. The casing material includes collagen and a) a gel forming, non-degraded, amylose containing dispersed starch, or b) a gel forming, non-degraded, chemically crosslinked or physically inhibited amylopectin dispersed starch, wherein the starch in a) or b) is characterized by a G′ of 600 Pa or greater at a frequency of 0.1 rad/sec at 25° C. provided the starch is prepared at a solid concentration of 10 wt. %, the amount of starch to collagen being from about 0.05:1 to 10:1 parts by weight on a dry basis.

Abstract: New aminochromanol compounds of the formula: ##STR1## in which X is cyano, nitro, trifluoromethyl, alkoxycarbonyl, carbamido, dialkylcarbamido, aminosulfonyl, dialkylaminosulfonyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylsulfonylamino or acyl;CH.sub.2 -R is attached (in the 5 position of the pyrrolidinone nucleus) to an R- or S-configured carbon atom, and R is:either OR' or SR' in which R' is hydrogen, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.10)-alkyl, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 -alkyl)-carbonyl or ##STR2## and physiologically tolerable acid addition salts thereof, in the case where R contains a basic function.These compounds and their physiologically tolerable salts can be used in therapeutics for the activation of potassium channels, especially in the treatment of disorders associated with abnormal smooth muscle contraction and in the cardiovascular, bronchopulmonary, digestive, urinary and uterine fields.