K.k. Ueno Seiyaku Oyo Kenkyujo

Kabushiki Kaisha Ueno Seiyaku Oyo Kenkyuio

Yuji Kunimi

Akihiko Tabata

Ryuzo Ueno

Yatsuka Fujita

Tomoe Kanno

Disclosure is a method for converting maltitol into crystalline powder by very simple procedures and in short time. To an aqueous solution of maltitol with 1-15% by weight of moisture content, seed crystals of maltitol are added and a shearing force is applied continuously at a temperature lower than the melting point of the seed crystals, thus obtaining a powdery crystalline maltitol.

Method for manufacturing powdery crystalline maltitol

The present invention provides an improved method of producing solid sorbitol which hardly cakes even in long storage, in which seed crystals are dispersed in melted sorbitol at a temperature that the melted sorbitol does not solidify but the seed crystals do not melt, and cooled to about 50.degree. to 85.degree. C., kept at said temperature for a given period and then cooled again.

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Ushiku, Japan

Yuji Kunimi