Patents by Inventor Henry D. Scobell

Henry D. Scobell has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method of preparing reduced fat foods
    Patent number: 5372835
    Abstract: A method of preparing a material useful in reduced fat foods is provided. This method involves debranching an amylopectin starch in the presence of ultrasonic waves. The debranched amylopectin starch is precipitated and then fragmented to form an aqueous dispersion that is useful in replacing fat in a variety of food formulations. The debranched amylopectin starch can be derived from a starch which contains amylopectin, e.g. common corn starch and waxy maize starch, by gelatinizing the starch followed by treatment with a debranching enzyme, e.g. isoamylase or pullulanase, in the presences of ultrasonic waves followed by precipitation of the debranched starch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1994
    Assignee: A. E. Staley Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Jeanette A. Little, Henry D. Scobell