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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jean-Claude Marie-Pierre Ghislain de Troostembergh, Tielt-Winge, BE;
Jozef Frans Victor Goossens, Bierbeek, BE;
Assignee:
Cerestar Holding B.V., La Sas Van Gent, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 7/16 ; A23G 1/08 ; A23G 3/30 ; C08B 3/618 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 7/16 ; A23G 1/08 ; A23G 3/30 ; C08B 3/618 ;
Abstract
The present invention anti-cariogenic activity of erythritol. The invention further discloses the use of erythritol in food preparations as an at least partial replacer of sugar or other cariogenic sweetening agent. Erythritol is used in combination with normally employed sweetening agents and the favourable characteristics of the erythritol are preserved while the amount of erythritol used is much less than what would be needed to replace the sugar completely.