Method of manufacturing an eutectic crystalline sugar alcohol

A method of manufacturing an eutectic crystalline sorbitol/maltitol that represents a single melting peak at a temperature of 91±5° C. obtained by differential scanning calorimetry, comprising:

• combining a liquid composition containing sorbitol in an amount of 51 to 80% by weight and maltitol in an amount of 49 to 20% by weight with a powder containing a sorbitol crystal and a maltitol crystal at the same usage ratio as that of the sorbitol and the maltitol, respectively, to obtain a mixture;
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• kneading and aging the mixture.

A method of manufacturing a composition containing an eutectic crystalline sugar alcohol, comprising an eutectic crystalline sugar alcohol that represents a single melting peak obtained by differential scanning calorimetry, and an ingredient of a food product, a food additive, a pharmaceutical excipient, a pharmaceutical product, or a cosmetic product, the method comprising:

• combining a liquid composition containing two or more kinds of the sugar alcohol at a predetermined ratio with the ingredient of a food product, a food additive, a pharmaceutical excipient, a pharmaceutical product, or a cosmetic product, and with a powder containing crystals of the same two or more kinds of the sugar alcohol at substantially the same usage ratio as that of the sugar alcohol to obtain a mixture, and kneading and aging the mixture;
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• combining a liquid composition containing two or more kinds of the sugar alcohol at a predetermined ratio with a powder containing crystals of the same two or more kinds of the sugar alcohol at substantially the same usage ratio as that of the sugar alcohol, simultaneously and with the ingredient of a food product, a food additive, a pharmaceutical excipient, a pharmaceutical product, or a cosmetic product, followed by kneading and aging.

A method of manufacturing a powdery composition, comprising a powder containing an eutectic crystalline sorbitol/maltitol, and an ingredient of a food product, a food additive, a pharmaceutical excipient, a pharmaceutical product, or a cosmetic product, the method comprising:

• combining a liquid composition in which the content of the sorbitol is 40 to 80% by weight and the content of the maltitol is 60 to 20% by weight with the ingredient of a food product, a food additive, a pharmaceutical excipient, a pharmaceutical product, or a cosmetic product, and within a powder containing a sorbitol crystal and a maltitol crystal at the same usage ratio as that of the sorbitol and the maltitol, respectively, to obtain a mixture, and kneading and aging the mixture;
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• combining a liquid composition in which the content of the sorbitol is 40 to 80% by weight and the content of the maltitol is 60 to 20% by weight with a powder containing a sorbitol crystal and a maltitol crystal substantially at the same usage ratio as that of the sorbitol and maltitol, respectively, simultaneously adding the ingredient of a food product, a food additive, a pharmaceutical excipient, a pharmaceutical product, or a cosmetic product, followed by kneading and aging.