# US 5,700,514 A · Lozenges comprising binder and erythritol or maltitol as sweetener and process of making

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- Number: US 5,700,514 A
- Document ID: US5700514A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 07/935,553
- Filed: 1992-08-26
- Granted: 1997-12-23
- Earliest claimed: 1991-08-29
- Assignees: Cerestar Holding B.V.
- Inventors: Michel Henri Andre Gonze; Freddy Maurits Luc Van Der Schueren; Andre Leon Ivon Rapaille
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5700514A

## CPC

- A23G 3/44: containing peptides or proteins (containing dairy products A23G3/46)
- A23G 3/0226: {Apparatus for conditioning, e.g. tempering, cooking, heating, cooling, boiling down, evaporating, degassing, liquefying mass before shaping}
- A23G 3/38: Sucrose-free products
- A23G 3/42: characterised by the carbohydrates used, e.g. polysaccharides (containing dairy products A23G3/46)
- A23G: COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; CHEWING GUM; ICE-CREAM; PREPARATION THEREOF

## Abstract

A lozenge contains a binder such as gelatine and a sweetener which is partly or totally erythritol or maltitol. A process for making the lozenge comprises kneading the erythritol or maltitol at an elevated temperature, e.g. 35.degree. to 60.degree. C., while slowly adding an aqueous solution of the binder, kneading the erythritol or maltitol and binder into a smooth paste, forming the paste into suitable shapes and heating the shapes at an elevated temperature, e.g. 40.degree. to 45.degree. C., to harden them.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A process for producing a lozenge containing a sweetener and a binding agent in which the sweetener consists essentially of at least one member of the group consisting of erythritol and maltitol, said process comprising:
a. kneading the sweetener at a temperature in the range 35.degree. to 60.degree. C. while slowly adding an aqueous solution of the binding agent thereto,
b. kneading the sweetener and the binder into a smooth, homogenous paste,
c. forming the paste into a lozenge, and
d. heating the lozenge at a temperature in the range 40.degree. to 50.degree. C. to harden it,
the amounts of binder and sweetener in the composition used to make the lozenge being 0.2 to 3.0 and 98.0 to 71.0% by weight, respectively, together with 1.8 to 26.0% water.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A process according to claim 1 in which the binding agent is gelatin or gum arabic.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1, 2)

A process according to claim 1 or claim 2 in which the temperature in step (a) is 40.degree. to 50.degree. C.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1, 2)

A process according to claim 1 or claim 2 in which the time of heating in step (d) is in the range of 8 to 24 hours.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1, 2)

A lozenge manufactured by the process of claim 1 or claim 2.