Microcrystalline sugars or sugar-alcohols; method for preparing the same
AssigneeEridania Beghin-Say
InventorsJean-Paul Maitre, Julio Mentech, Sylvie Reynaud, Emile Wong
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Abstract
A composition containing sugar microcrystals is disclosed. Essentially, the crystals are uniform unbroken single crystals with a regular geometrical shape and a grain size following a Gaussian distribution of which the median is of around 20-220 .mu.m, while the coefficient of variation is of around 20-50%, particularly 30-45%, 35-45% or 30-40%. The term "sugar" designates mono-, di- and oligosaccharides, as well as the polyols obtained by their reduction.
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A composition containing sugar microcrystals, wherein the crystals are essentially unbroken monocrystals with a regular geometric shape, homogeneous with respect to one another, and
- the particle size follows a Gaussian distribution whose median is about 20 .mu.m to about 220 .mu.m, the coefficient of variation being about 20% to about 50%;
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- the particle size distribution has a uniformity index between 1 and 5.
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