Process for forming quickly dispersing comestible unit and product therefrom
AssigneeFuisz Technologies Ltd.
InventorsSubraman R. Cherukuri, Garry L. Myers, Gerald E. Battist, Richard C. Fuisz
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Abstract
The present invention is a method of preparing a comestible unit which disperses quickly in the mouth. The present invention also includes the product resulting from the method. The method includes initiating crystallization of shearform matrix and combining with an additive, either before or after initiating crystallization, to form flowable, compactible micro-particulates. The combination is then subjected to compacting to form a comestible unit having high structural integrity, good appearance, and excellent release characteristics.
Claims23
A comestible unit which disperses quickly in the mouth prepared from the process comprising:
- a) subjecting to flash-flow processing a feedstock comprising a carbohydrate capable of undergoing flash-flow processing without use of a solution to provide a shearform matrix:
- b) initiating crystallization of said shear/form matrix:
- c) forming flowable compactible micro-particulates by combining an additive with said shearform matrix;
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- d) compacting said micro-particulates resulting from step "c," which comprises at least partially crystallized shearform matrix, to form said unit.
A composition for delivering an active ingredient comprising:
- an active ingredient;
- and
- a saccharide-based crystalline structure comprising a bi-dimensionally continuously bound and stabilized crystalline sugar produced by
- i) initiating formation of a sugar crystalline frame from an outer portion of amorphous shearform sugar masses,
- ii) forming flowable compactible micro-particulates by combining said active ingredient with said shearform matrix to;
- iii) compacting said masses to form a unit dosage, and
- iv) subsequently converting the remaining portion of said masses to a substantially completely crystalline structure which is continuously bound and stabilized, whereby said active ingredient is incorporated in said saccharide-based crystalline structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.