Sweetening foods with non-caloric di- or trisaccharides having L-hexose component
AssigneeCumberland Packing Corp.
InventorAbraham I. Bakal
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Abstract
Natural sweeteners are provided which are non-nutritive and therefore non-caloric because the same are not metabolized by the human body. These sweeteners comprise a disaccharide formed of a levo-hexose and a dextro-hexose. The most preferred non-metabolizable disaccharides of the invention are the disaccharide of L-fructose with D-glucose, or the disaccharide of L-glucose with D-fructose. These disaccharides would be known as D, L-sucrose and L, D-sucrose, respectively.
Claims5
Method of sweetening and bulking foods without adding calories thereto, which comprises adding to a food a disaccharide or trisaccharide formed of hexoses and having at least one L-hexose component and at least one D-hexose component.
A sweetened and bulked food without added calories comprising a foodstuff having added thereto a disaccharide or trisaccharide formed of hexoses and having at least one L-hexose and at least one D-hexose component.
A sweetened and bulked food without added calories, comprising a foodstuff having added thereto L,D-sucrose or D,L-sucrose.
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