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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 10, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
G. D. Searle & Co., Chicago, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426548 ; 426385 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a sweetener based on aspartame, which is in a dry form similar to that of a lump of sugar. According to the invention, this process comprises the preparation of a composition consisting in an aqueous dispersion of aspartame and at least one agent for modifying the texture, selected from polysaccharide with a high gelling power and monosaccharides or disaccharides with low calorific power, and the lyophilization of the resulting dispersion. Application: food industry; sugar substitute.