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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 09, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Leopold F Vleugels, Beek, NL;
Assignee:
Holland Sweetener Company V.o.F., Maastricht, NL;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426548 ; 426289 ;
Abstract
Aspartame having particles smaller than 100 .mu.m can be deposited on an edible supporting material, by mixing in a dry form, in amounts that clearly exceed 10 wt. %, if the aspartame has a free bulk density of 350 kg/m.sup.3 or lower, and is obtained through, successively, crystallisation from an aqueous medium with forced convection, granulation and subsequent mechanical reduction, the mixing being effected in a weight ratio of aspartame and supporting material of at most 1:1, but not less than 1:30.