US 11,896,044 B2
Starch-based edible coating compositions and uses thereof
Richardos Simon Lebbos, Jbeil (LB); Kayssar Hadi Eid, Jounieh (LB); and Seth Shumate, Murfreesboro, TN (US)
Assigned to Startchy Inc., Murfreesboro, TN (US)
Filed by Startchy Inc., Murfreesboro, TN (US)
Filed on Nov. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/984,349.
Application 17/984,349 is a continuation of application No. 16/857,714, filed on Apr. 24, 2020, granted, now 11,497,236.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/903,541, filed on Sep. 20, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/839,391, filed on Apr. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0134284 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. A23P 20/10 (2016.01); A23L 29/212 (2016.01); A23L 33/105 (2016.01)
CPC A23P 20/10 (2016.08) [A23L 29/212 (2016.08); A23L 33/105 (2016.08)] 17 Claims
 
1. A method of applying a coating composition to a food product, the method comprising:
(a) providing a coating composition comprising (i) a liquid carrier; (ii) a polymerized starch comprising amylopectin chains and/or amylose chains dispersed in the liquid carrier; and (ii) starch granules dispersed in the liquid carrier;
(b) heating the coating composition to a temperature in the range of 45° C. to about 85° C. for a time sufficient to cause the starch granules to swell, but not rupture;
(c) spraying the coating composition through a spray-coating nozzle onto at least a portion of the food product; and
(d) drying the coating composition applied to the food product to form a dried coating in which the amylopectin chains and/or amylose chains are intertwined to form a matrix, and the swollen starch granules are embedded in the matrix.