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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Leon Mentink, Estaires, FR;
Michel Serpelloni, Beuvry-les-Bethune, FR;
Assignee:
Roquette Freres, , FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426103 ; 426660 ;
Abstract
The subject of the present invention is a sugar-free hard candy and a process which allows the manufacture of this candy. The sugar-free hard candy in accordance with the invention has a multilayer structure in which the external layer represents at most 35% of the candy, the said external layer consisting of at least two components A and B, component A being chosen from hydrogenated starch hydrolysates, xylitol, polymers of low-calorie saccharides or mixtures thereof, and component B being a weakly hygroscopic product.