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US 2006/0068059 A1Published application
Encapsulated compositions and methods of preparation
AssigneeCadbury Adams USA LLC
InventorsNavroz Boghani, Petros Gebreselassie
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Abstract
In some embodiments there is a a sweetener composition including (a) a co-crystallized/precipitated complex of cyclodextrin and sucralose; and (b) an encapsulant comprising a polymer.
Claims89
A sweetener composition comprising:
- (a) a co-crystallized/precipitated complex of cyclodextrin and sucralose;
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- (b) an encapsulant comprising a polymer.
A method of preparing a co-crystallized/precipitated complex comprising:
- (a) preparing a solution of sucralose and cyclodextrin in water;
- (b) maintaining said solution under heat for a period of time sufficient to allow formation of a sucralose/cyclodextrin complex;
- (c) drying said solution to permit harvesting of said co-crystallized/precipitated sucralose/cyclodextrin complex;
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- (d) forming said co-crystallized/precipitated complex to a suitable particle size.
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A method of preparing an encapsulated sweetener comprising:
- (a) preparing a solution of sucralose and cyclodextrin in water;
- (b) maintaining said solution under heat for a time sufficient to allow co-crystallization of said sucralose and said cyclodextrin to form a co-crystallized/precipitated complex;
- (c) drying said co-crystallized/precipitated complex;
- (d) forming said co-crystallized/precipitated complex into a suitable particle size;
- (e) combining said co-crystallized/precipitated complex with an encapsulating polymer;
- (f) melt extruding said co-crystallized/precipitated complex with said polymer to provide an encapsulated sweetener composition;
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- (g) forming said encapsulated sweetener composition into a suitable particle size.
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An encapsulated sweetener composition provided by:
- (a) preparing a solution of sucralose and cyclodextrin in water;
- (b) maintaining said solution under heat for a period of time sufficient to allow co-crystallization of said sucralose and said cyclodextrin to form a co-crystallized/precipitated complex;
- (c) drying said co-crystallized/precipitated complex;
- (d) forming said co-crystallized/precipitated complex into a suitable particle size;
- (e) combining said co-crystallized/precipitated complex with a polymer;
- (f) melting and extruding said co-crystallized/precipitated complex with said polymer providing an encapsulated composition;
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- (g) forming said encapsulated composition to a suitable particle size.
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A gum composition comprising:
- (a) a gum base;
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- (b) a sweetener composition comprising:
- (i) a co-crystallized/precipitated complex of cyclodextrin and sucralose;
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- (ii) an encapsulant comprising a polymer.
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A gum composition comprising:
- (a) a gum base;
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- (b) a sweetener composition provided by:
- (i) providing a solution of sucralose and cyclodextrin in water;
- (ii) maintaining said solution under heat for a time sufficient to permit formation of a sucralose/cyclodextrin complex;
- (iii) removing sufficient water to permit extraction of a sucralose/cyclodextrin co-crystallized/precipitated complex;
- (iv) dispersing said co-crystallized/precipitated complex in a polymer extrusion matrix and extruding same to form an extrudate composition comprising said co-crystallized/precipitated complex encapsulated within said extrusion matrix;
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- (v) forming discrete particles of a suitable size from said extrudate composition.
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A method of preparing a gum composition comprising the step of combining a gum base and a sweetener composition;
- said sweetener composition provided by
- (i) preparing a solution of an amount of sucralose and an amount of cyclodextrin in water;
- (ii) heating said solution;
- (iii) maintaining said solution for a period of time sufficient to allow co-crystallization of said sucralose and said cyclodextrin to form a co-crystallized/precipitated complex;
- (iv) drying said co-crystallized/precipitated complex;
- (v) grinding said co-crystallized/precipitated complex to a suitable particle size;
- (vi) combining said co-crystallized/precipitated complex with polyvinyl acetate;
- (vii) melting and extruding said co-crystallized/precipitated complex with polyvinyl acetate providing an encapsulated composition;
- (viii) cooling said encapsulated composition;
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- (ix) grinding said encapsulated composition to a suitable particle size.
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A sweetener composition comprising a plurality of particles each comprising:
- (a) a co-crystallized/precipitated complex of cyclodextrin and sucralose;
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- (b) an encapsulant comprising a polymer.
A sweetener composition comprising an extrudate comprising:
- (a) a co-crystallized/precipitated complex of cyclodextrin and sucralose;
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- (b) an encapsulant comprising a polymer.
A composition comprising an aqueous solution comprising sucralose and cyclodextrin in the temperature range from about 40° C. to about 80° C.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.