Food grade starch based modeling clay with high elasticity and high ductility and its preparation method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12497500-B2
Application number	US-202519182774-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 18, 2025
Priority date	Jun 20, 2023
Publication date	Dec 16, 2025
Grant date	Dec 16, 2025

Abstract

Disclosed are a food grade starch based modeling clay with high elasticity and high ductility and its preparation method, belonging to the technical field of modeling clay preparation. The starch based modeling clay provided by the present disclosure is prepared from the following formula components: 160-180 parts of starch, 140-160 parts of water, 10-15 parts of a food grade stabilizer, 10-15 parts of edible salt, 0-10 parts of hydrophilic colloid, 0.6-0.8 parts of a preservative, 40-60 parts of a food grade plasticizer, 6-10 parts of food grade white oil, and 4-8 parts of edible pigment. The starch includes one or a combination of more of cassava starch, wheat starch, and glutinous rice starch. The present disclosure, through combined use of the starch and the hydrophilic colloid, makes the prepared starch based modeling clay have good viscoelasticity and ductility, and good in storage stability, safe and non-toxic.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method of preparing a food grade starch based modeling clay with high elasticity and high ductility, which comprises:
(a) providing the following components in parts by mass:

(i) starch:
160 to 180
parts,

(ii) water:
140 to 160
parts,

(iii) food grade stabilizer:
10 to 15
parts,

(iv) edible salt:
10 to 15
parts,

(v) preservative:
0.6 to 0.8
parts,

(vi) hydrophilic colloid:
0 to 10
parts,

(vii) food grade plasticizer:
40 to 60
parts,

(viii) edible pigment:
6 to 10
parts, and

(ix) food grade white oil:
4 to 8
parts,

wherein the starch comprises one or more of: cassava starch, wheat starch, and glutinous rice starch;
(b) adding the components of (a) into a kneading mixer and mixing the components evenly, so as to form a kneading mixture;
(c) combining the hydrophilic colloid and the water to form a hydrophilic colloid solution and stirring the hydrophilic colloid with a disintegrator to form a colloid solution;
(d) adding the colloid solution into the kneading mixer, turning on the kneading mixer for heating and pre-gelatinization for 15 to 25 minutes at a temperature of 55° C. to 65° C., so as to form a dough-like structured clay ball;
(e) adding the food grade plasticizer to the dough-like structured clay ball and stirring well to form a clay ball with plasticity;
(f) adding the food grade white oil to the clay ball with plasticity, stirring continuously and kneading evenly to form a shaped clay ball;
(g) preparing the food grade pigment and water into a pigment solution, and
(h) adding the pigment solution to the shaped clay ball, stirring well, pouring a product out, and allowing the product to stand at room temperature, and then packaging the product after cooling.

2 . The preparation method according to claim 1 , wherein in step (d), the temperature at which pre-gelatinization is carried out is raised to 55° C. to 65° C. at a rate of 2° C. to 5° C. per minute.

Assignees

• Univ Jiangnan

Inventors

• Cheng Li
• Li Ruixuan
• Wang Yue
• Wang Yi
• Zhang Mengwei
• Gu Zhengbiao
• Hong Yan
• Li Zhaofeng
• Li Caiming
• Ban Xiaofeng
• Li Binkun
• Liu Qi

Classifications

• B29L2031/5209

  Toys · CPC title

• B29K2003/00

  Use of starch or derivatives as moulding material · CPC title

• B29C67/24 Primary

  characterised by the choice of material · CPC title

• A63H33/001

  Toy-moulding appliances; Toy moulding · CPC title

• C08L3/02 Primary

  Starch; Degradation products thereof, e.g. dextrin · CPC title