Trehalose desiccant product and dehydration therewith
AssigneesHayashibara Co., Ltd., Seibutsu Kagaku Kenkyujo
InventorsTakahiko Mandai, Takashi Shibuya, Toshiyuki Sugimoto, Toshio Miyake
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Abstract
Disclosed are a novel desiccant containing a non-reducing anhydrous trehalose as an effective ingredient; a dehydration of hydrous matters, e.g. food products, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, therewith; and dehydrated products obtained by the dehydration. Such hydrous matters are dehydrated without causing alteration or deterioration by incorporating anhydrous trehalose into the hydrous matters to convert the anhydrous trehalose into hydrous crystalline trehalose. The anhydrous trehalose are anhydrous crystalline trehalose and hydrous amorphous trehalose.
Claims4
In a desiccant comprising a saccharide as an the dessicant ingredient and an inert diluent, the improvement wherein said saccharide is selected from the group consisting of anhydrous crystalline trehalose, anhydrous amorphous trehalose and mixtures thereof, which anhydrous trehalose has substantially no reducing activity and which is converted into hydrous crystalline trehalose upon absorbing moisture, and wherein said anhydrous crystalline trehalose is obtained by:
- providing a syrupy aqueous solution of trehalose with a moisture content lower than 10 w/w %;
- maintaining said syrupy aqueous solution of trehalose at a temperature in the range of 50.degree.-160.degree. C. in the presence of a seed crystal in order to crystallize anhydrous crystalline trehalose;
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- recovering the resultant anhydrous crystalline trehalose;
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- said anhydrous amorphous trehalose is obtained by drying a syrupy aqueous solution of trehalose or a hydrous crystalline trehalose, and recovering the resultant anhydrous amorphous trehalose.
A method for dehydrating a hydrous matter comprising adding from 0.01 to 200 parts by weight of anhydrous trehalose to one part by weight of a hydrous matter to convert said anhydrous trehalose into hydrous crystalline trehalose, thereby dehydrating said hydrous matter, wherein said anhydrous trehalose is selected from the group consisting of anhydrous crystalline trehalose, anhydrous amorphous trehalose, and mixtures thereof;
- wherein said anhydrous crystalline trehalose is obtained by:
- providing a syrupy aqueous solution of trehalose with a moisture content lower than 10 w/w %;
- maintaining said syrupy aqueous solution of trehalose at a temperature in the range of 50.degree.-160.degree. C. in the presence of a seed crystal in order to crystallize anhydrous crystalline trehalose;
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- recovering the resultant anhydrous crystalline trehalose;
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- said anhydrous amorphous trehalose is obtained by drying a syrupy aqueous solution of trehalose or a hydrous crystalline trehalose, and recovering the resultant anhydrous amorphous trehalose.
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