Sugar-free hard dragee
OwnerAlexander Müller-Vivilinventor
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Abstract
The subject matter of the invention is a sugar-free hard dragee consisting of a compressed core and a hard coating completely surrounding the compressed core, wherein the hard dragee is sugar-free. The compressed core contains a mixture of erythritol. D-sorbitol and steviol whereas the hard coating contains a mixture of D-maltitol, erythritol and stevia/steviol. The hard dragees according to the invention surprisingly have a good compatibility in spite off the combination of sugar replacement substances and non-sugar sweeteners. Moreover, the compressed cores of the hard dragees according to the invention have a very good compressibility.
Claims9
A sugar-free hard dragee comprising a compressed core and a hard coating completely surrounding the compressed core, wherein
- the compressed core contains as sugar replacement substances and non-sugar sweeteners a mixture of
- 30-45 wt. % erythritol,
- 30-45 wt. % D-sorbitol,
- 15-25 wt. % isomalt, and
- 0.01-0.2 wt % non-sugar sweeteners,
- relative to the total weight of the compressed core,
- wherein the compressed core contains no other sugar replacement substances or non-sugar sweeteners besides the erythritol, the D-sorbitol, the isomalt, and the non-sugar sweeteners,
- and
- the hard coating contains as sugar replacement substances and non-sugar sweeteners a mixture of D-maltitol, erythritol and at least one non-sugar sweetener selected from the group consisting of aspartame, acesulfame, sucralose and stevia/steviol.
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