Pearl sugar; process for preparing pearl sugar
AssigneeTiense Suikerraffinaderij N.V.
InventorsJoerg BERNARD, Tillmann DOERR, Eric BORGERS, Johan DE SOETE, Didier GOFFIN
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Abstract
Disclosed is pearl sugar, having a biggest dimension between 5.6 and 8.0 mm, and a dissolution time at 20° C. lying between 3 minutes and 8 minutes, or a biggest dimension of smaller than 5.6, and a dissolution time at 20° C. lying between 1 minute and 3 minutes and 30 seconds. The invention further relates to a process for the preparation of pearl sugar, using a sugar-containing raw material which is brought to a moisture content lying between 0.5 and 4.0 wt. %, an average size of between 0.40 and 1.20 mm, and whereby at most 2 wt. % of particles have a size of at most 0.20 mm.
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Pearl sugar characterized by having a biggest dimension lying between 5.6 and 8.0 mm and a dissolution time at 20° C. lying between 3 minutes and 8 minutes.
Pearl sugar characterized by a biggest dimension smaller than 5.6 mm, and a dissolution time at 20° lying between 1 minute and 3 minutes and 30 seconds.
A process for the preparation of pearl sugar, comprising:
- a preparatory step, in which a raw material containing sugar is brought to a moisture content lying between 0.5 and 4.0 wt. %, whereby the raw material has or is brought to an average size of between 0.40 and 1.20 mm and contains or is brought to contain at most 2 wt. % of particles having a size of at most 0.20 mm;
- a pressing step, wherein the raw material is pressed into briquettes;
- a drying step, wherein the briquettes are pre-dried;
- a maturation step, wherein the pre-dried briquettes are subjected to the action of air having relative humidity between 30 and 70% and a temperature between 15 and 35° C. for a residence time of at least 12 hours, to form dried briquettes;
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- a breaking step, wherein the dried briquettes are milled or broken to form pearl sugar;
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- optionally a sieving step, wherein the pearl sugar is brought to a defined range of particle sizes.
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