# US 4,394,399 A · Low calorie table syrup product

> Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt

- Number: US 4,394,399 A
- Document ID: US4394399A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/277,173
- Filed: 1981-06-25
- Granted: 1983-07-19
- Earliest claimed: 1981-06-25
- Assignees: The Quaker Oats Company
- Inventors: William L. Keyser; Diane S. Kinney
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4394399A

## CPC

- A23L 33/125: containing carbohydrate syrups; containing sugars; containing sugar alcohols; containing starch hydrolysates (indigestible substances A23L33/21)
- A23L 5/00: Preparation or treatment of foods or foodstuffs, in general; Food or foodstuffs obtained thereby; Materials therefor
- A23L 29/30: containing carbohydrate syrups; containing sugars; containing sugar alcohols, e.g. xylitol; containing starch hydrolysates, e.g. dextrin (products from apiculture A23L21/20; artificial sweetening agents A23L27/30)
- Y10S 426/804: Low calorie, low sodium or hypoallergic
- A23L: FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PREPARATION OR TREATMENT THEREOF (preservation thereof A23B)
- Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS

## Abstract

A low calorie table syrup product consisting essentially of water, sugar, cellulose gum, salt, flavoring agent, anti-mycotic and sodium hexametaphosphate.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An edible, fluid, fat-free syrup composition for use as a table syrup containing not more than 60 calories per fluid ounce consisting essentially of water and not more than 43.3% by weight of the composition sugar solids, 0.5 to 1.0% by weight of the composition a medium viscosity carboxymethyl cellulose gum having a high degree of carboxymethyl substitution or a derivative thereof, 0.1 to 1.0% by weight of the composition salt, 0.01 to 0.5% by weight of the composition an edible anti-mycotic agent, 0.01 to 0.10% by weight of the composition sodium hexametaphosphate, and 0.01 to 0.5% by weight of the composition a flavorant.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A composition in accordance with claim 1 which also contains an edible food color.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A composition in accordance with claim 1 in which the sugar solids content is about 40.0 to 43.3% by weight of the composition.

### Claim 4

A process for producing an edible, fluid, fat-free syrup composition for use as a table syrup which contains not more than 60 calories per fluid ounce which comprises mixing together water, a medium viscosity carboxymethyl cellulose gum having a high degree of carboxymethyl substitution or derivative thereof, salt and an anti-mycotic to form a premix, then adding to and mixing with the premix sugar, sodium hexametaphosphate and a flavorant, and then heating the composition to a temperature sufficient to sterilize the composition, said cellulose gum being employed in an amount of 0.5 to 1.0% by weight of the compoistion, salt being employed in an amount of 0.1 to 1.0% by weight of the composition, the anti-mycotic being employed in an amount of 0.01 to 0.5% by weight of the composition, the sodium hexametaphosphate being employed in an amount of 0.01 to 0.10% by weight of the composition, the flavorant being employed in an amount of 0.01 to 0.5% by weight of the composition, and the sugar being employed in an amount not more than 43.3% by weight of the composition.