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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 10, 1996
John C Fry, Meerssen, NL;
Jacob Van Soolingen, Brunssum, NL;
Holland Sweetener Company V.o.F., Maastricht, NL;
Abstract
The process of the present invention is conducted in a liquid medium and concerns the preparation of a sweetening salt as the reaction product from two sweetener components in which one component is a sweetener derived from aspartic acid and the other is an intense sweetener not derived from aspartic acid. The process steps include adding to a liquid medium, in any order, a sweetener derived from aspartic acid, a derivative, such as a salt, of a sweetening acid not derived from aspartic acid, and a strong acid whereby a liquid system is obtained, allowing the components then present in the liquid system to react for at least one minute such that the sweetening salt formed, and isolating the sweetening salt. Novel sweetening salts having a good thermal stability and a low moisture content, as well as a new crystal modification of the sweetening salt from aspartame and acesulfamic acid are also disclosed. The sweetening salts can be used in foodstuff and the like.