US 12,290,082 B2
Porous starch as bulking agent in chewing-gums
Jovin Hasjim, Shanghai (CN); Zhiqin Xu, Shanghai (CN); and Bernard Pora, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Roquette Freres, Lestrem (FR)
Appl. No. 17/904,062
Filed by ROQUETTE FRERES, Lestrem (FR)
PCT Filed Feb. 12, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/053410
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 11, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/160779, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 19, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202010090241.5 (CN), filed on Feb. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0083049 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. A23G 4/10 (2006.01); A23G 4/02 (2006.01); A23G 4/04 (2006.01)
CPC A23G 4/10 (2013.01) [A23G 4/025 (2013.01); A23G 4/043 (2013.01); A23G 2200/06 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of formulating a chewing gum composition having reduced sugars and/or polyols, comprising the step of incorporating porous starch into the formulation of the composition, wherein the porous starch is incorporated to partially and/or totally replace the sugars and/or the polyols required as bulking agent in the formulation,
wherein the porous starch is a granular starch produced through a process comprising a step of enzymatic hydrolysis of native starch granules with one or multiple amylolytic enzymes at a temperature inferior to the gelatinization temperature of the starch, and wherein the porous starch has a particle diameter comprised between 0.5 μm and 200 μm and has multiple pores on the surface with diameter comprised between 0.01 μm and 5 μm.