Cerestar Holding B.v.

Michel Henri Gonze

Freddy Maurits Van Der Schueren

Andre L Rapaille

Jos Willy De Sadeleer

Jean-Claude Marie-Pierre De Troostembergh

Andre L Rapille

Jozef Frans Goossens

Pascale Adolphine De Meuter

The present invention discloses a chocolate composition. The composition is characterised in that the normal sugar is replaced with a mixture of sugar alcohols. The mixture contains erythritol and maltitol in such a ratio that the cooling effect of erythritol is considerably reduced.

Chocolate composition

A process for preparing a composition suitable for use as an excipient for tabletting comprising the following steps is disclosed;

Tabletting of erythritol

The present invention describes a method for precoating of oil containing foodstuff such as chewing gum, nuts, almonds and caramels. The present invention also discloses a composition for the application in the method and foodstuffs coated with this composition. The precoating composition contains thinned hydroxypropylated starch, preferably tapioca starch, which can be used in relatively high concentration necessitating the application of only a limited number of layers.

Method for coating a foodstuff and product thereof

The invention comprises spray dried erythritol which may also be agglomerated. The product is a free-flowing powder which preferably has 60% or more of its particles in the range 10 to 250 microns. The product is useful as a sweetener for which it is particularly adapted to be combined with a synthetic sweetener such as aspartame. The product is also useful in combination with a binder, particularly a potato maltodextrin, as a tabletting composition. The invention also comprises a process for making the product.

Erythritol compositions

The present invention discloses a starch-based composition suitable for use as a basis for sugar-free confectionery products. The composition of the present invention comprises thinned, hydropropyl tapioca starch, gelatin and a suitable polyol. The components of the composition are present in such amounts that the pH of dental plaque does not fall below 5.7 after consumption of the sugar-free confectionery product containing the indicated components.

Starch composition for sugar-free confectionery

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.

Lozenges comprising binder and erythritol or maltitol as sweetener and

A process for the production of hard candy comprises heating a maltitol-containing mixture of sugar alcohols at an elevated temperature in which the maltitol content of the sugar alcohol mixture is more than 77% but less than 86% by weight preferably 82 to 84% by weight based on dry substance and the elevated temperature is preferably 150.degree. to 158.degree. C.

Process for the production of hard candy

A method of making chocolate is disclosed. Here sugar alcohol, particularly erythritol or maltitol, is mixed with the remaining ingredients by dry couching at a temperature above 65.degree. C.

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Michel Henri Gonze