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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2000
Aditi Dron, Streamwood, IL (US);
Ihab E. Bishay, Mundelein, IL (US);
Jim Fotos, Wheeling, IL (US);
Michael J. Trione, Mundelein, IL (US);
The NutraSweet Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
N-[N-(3,3-dimethylbutyl)-L-&agr;-aspartyl]-L-phenylalanine 1-methyl ester is converted from a light powder to relatively dustless, free-flowing particles with and without the use of binders using extrusion and spheronization processes. These particles are suitable for use in a variety of applications. Food products sweetened with extruded or spheronized N-[N-(3,3-dimethylbutyl)-L-&agr;-aspartyl]-L-phenylalanine 1-methyl ester and methods of sweetening food products with such N-[N-(3,3-dimethylbutyl)-L-&agr;-aspartyl]-L-phenylalanine 1-methyl ester are also disclosed.