Appeal No. 94-2895
Application 07/908,728
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 2, and 26
through 104 which are all of the claims remaining in the application.
The subject matter on appeal relates to various methods and compositions
involving a starch hydrolysate which is fragmented and/or granular and which is intended
for use as a replacement for at least a portion of the fat and/or oil in a food formulation.
This appealed subject matter is adequately illustrated by independent claims 1 and 29
which read as follows:
1. A food formulation having a reduced level of fat and/or oil comprising a mixture
of a foodstuff and a fragmented, amylopectin starch hydrolysate as a replacement for at
least a portion of the fat and/or oil of said food formulation, said hydrolysate being capable
of forming an aqueous dispersion at about 20% hydrolysate solids exhibiting a yield stress
of from about 100 to about 1,500 pascals.
29. A composition of matter comprising:
a major amount by weight of a granular starch hydrolysate having a weight average
molecular weight of less than about 12,000 g/mol and being comprised of:
a controlled amount of salt present in an amount sufficient to enhance the fat-like
characteristics of the composition upon shearing in an aqueous medium, said salt
selected from the group consisting of alkali metal and chlorides, alkali metal sulfates,
alkaline earth metal chlorides, alkaline earth metal sulfates, and mixtures thereof.
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