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US 4,022,924 AGranted
Dry acidulents
AssigneeGeneral Foods Corporation
InventorsWilliam Alexander Mitchell, William Charles Seidel
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Abstract
Dry, free flowing acid compositions may be prepared from liquid acid by co-drying a mixture of the liquid acid with a soluble carbohydrate.
Claims11
A method of making a free-flowing dry acid powder composition containing up to about 30% acid which powder is stable at room temperature and has a reduced tendency to undergo the browning reaction, which method comprises the steps of:
- a. selecting a carbohydrate from the group consisting of dextrins having a preponderance of oligomers and a DE of about 1 to about 15, hydrolyzed granule starches having a DE of less than about 1, gelatinized hydrolyzed granule starches having a DE of less than about 1 and combinations thereof;
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- b. co-drying the carbohydrate with a liquid acid by drying wherein the temperature of the liquid acid and the carbohydrate does not exceed about 90.degree. C.
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