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US 4,541,873 AGranted
Method and manufacture for easily spray-driable low molecular weight sugars
AssigneeGeneral Foods Corporation
InventorsTimothy W. Schenz, William A. Eisenhardt, Jr., Fouad Z. Saleeb
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Abstract
A method is provided for complexing low molecular weight saccharides with an inorganic anioncation complex so that the metallic cation of said complex causes the aggregation of the saccharides to form a complex. The complex is separated via spray drying with the resultant complex displaying a resistance to humidity and an increased flowability.
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The method for producing spray-dried, low-molecular-weight sugar powders comprising the steps of:
- (a) forming an aqueous solution comprised of a metal cation-containing compound and low-molecular-weight sugars selected from the group consisting of fructose, glucose, corn syrups having a D.E. of from 36 to 100 and combinations thereof, said low-molecular-weight sugars being substantially the only saccharides in the solution, said compound being present in an amount which raises the pH of the solution to at least 9.0 and wherein the molar ratio of metal cation to saccharide is from about 0.degree. to 1.5:1,
- (b) forming a cation-sugar complex in said solution;
- and then
- (c) spray-drying the solution to obtain a cation-sugar complex-containing powder which complex is composed of a cation linked to one or more sugars and which powder remains free-flowing upon exposure to ambient conditions.
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