Starch hydrolysis products

摘要

A starch hydrolysis product suitable for use as a fat and/or oil substitute in food compositions is prepared by heating an aqueous starch suspension containing 10 to 30% by weight starch to 58 to 80 DEG C, treating it with porcine pancreatic alpha -amylase at from 58 to 63 DEG C and deactivating the enzyme. The starch hydrolysis product is partly soluble in cold water, is not pourable at 90 DEG C, contains partly gelatinised starch granules and exhibits birefringence under crossed-polarised light.