US Patent 7166305 Polyvalent metal-substituted starch products

Patent 7166305 was granted and assigned to Mgp Ingredients on January, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Mgp Ingredients

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7166305

Date of Patent

January 23, 2007

Patent Application Number

10459167

Date Filed

June 11, 2003

Patent Primary Examiner

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Michael P. Woodward

Patent abstract

Improved starch-metal derivatives are provided which have excellent dry flow characteristics and ready dispersability in hot or cold water. The preferred derivatives comprise granules of starch which have been expanded or preswelled and cross-linked, followed by reaction with a polyvalent metal salt, especially salts of Ca, Mg, Zn Cu and Al.