US 11,987,650 B2
Activated pectin-containing biomass compositions and products
Jan Aae Staunstrup, Vanloese (DK); Carsten Klit, Store Heddinge (DK); Jens Eskil Trudsø, Roskilde (DK); Tommy Ewi Pedersen, Roskilde (DK); and Donald F. Hiscock, Saint Louis, MO (US)
Assigned to CP Kelco ApS, Lille Skensved (DK)
Filed by CP Kelco ApS, Lille Skensved (DK)
Filed on Feb. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/163,331.
Application 16/218,572 is a division of application No. 15/892,639, filed on Feb. 9, 2018, granted, now 10,287,366, issued on May 14, 2019.
Application 18/163,331 is a continuation of application No. 17/191,833, filed on Mar. 4, 2021, abandoned.
Application 17/191,833 is a continuation of application No. 16/218,572, filed on Dec. 13, 2018, granted, now 11,008,407, issued on May 18, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/459,136, filed on Feb. 15, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0183387 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C08B 37/00 (2006.01); A23L 19/00 (2016.01); A23L 33/24 (2016.01)
CPC C08B 37/0048 (2013.01) [A23L 19/07 (2016.08); A23L 33/24 (2016.08); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
 
1. An activated pectin-containing biomass composition obtained from citrus fruit, comprising:
an insoluble fiber component comprising cellulosic material; and
a soluble pectin component comprising readily soluble pectin;
wherein the activated pectin-containing biomass composition has:
a coil overlap parameter of at or about 2 to at or about 4.5; and
a water binding capacity from at or about 18 g/g to at or about 27 g/g.