Meltable form of sucralose
AssigneeTate & Lyle Public Limited Company
InventorsCarolyn M. Merkel, Ning Wang, Jean Lee
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Abstract
The present invention provides a meltable sucralose and acesulfame-k sweetener. This sweetener may be incorporated in a wide variety of reduced calorie food products such as cooked and hard candies, microwaveable food products, glazed food products, deep fried food products and as a substitute for sugar in applications that require melt sugar.
Claims21
A meltable sucralose-containing sweetener consisting essentially of a dry, meltable blend of sucralose and acesulfame-K, wherein the meltable sucralose-containing sweetener melts endothermically without decomposing.
A food product made by combining other ingredients with a meltable sucralose-containing sweetener, wherein the meltable sucralose-containing sweetener consists essentially of a dry, meltable blend of sucralose and acesulfame-K, wherein the meltable sucralose-containing sweetener melts endothermically without decomposing.
A process for making a food product comprising adding a meltable sucralose-containing sweetener to the ingredients for a food product, wherein the meltable sucralose-containing sweetener consists essentially of a dry, meltable blend of sucralose and acesulfame-K, wherein the meltable sucralose-containing sweetener melts endothermically without decomposing.
A process for making a food product comprising adding a melted sucralose-containing sweetener to said food product during the preparation of such food product;
- wherein the sweetener is a meltable sucralose-containing sweetener consisting essentially of a dry, meltable blend of sucralose and acesulfame-K and wherein the meltable sucralose-containing sweetener melts endothermically without decomposing.
A process for making a meltable sucralose-containing sweetener, wherein the meltable sucralose-containing sweetener melts endothermically without decomposing, comprising (a) forming an aqueous mixture of sucralose and acesulfame-K;
- and (b) drying said mixture to form the meltable sucralose-containing sweetener, said sweetener consisting essentially of sucralose and acesulfame-K.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.