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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2001
Mary Lou Cunningham, Wilmington, DE (US);
Charles E. Kuenzle, Newark, DE (US);
Paul S. Stanizewski, Wilmington, DE (US);
Peter Jamieson, New Castle, DE (US);
Mary Lou Cunningham, Wilmington, DE (US);
Charles E. Kuenzle, Newark, DE (US);
Paul S. Stanizewski, Wilmington, DE (US);
Peter Jamieson, New Castle, DE (US);
SPI Polyols, Inc., New Castle, DE (US);
Abstract
The invention is directed to a co-crystallized product and a method of making the product. The product comprises a polyol and a hydrogenated maltodextrin that have been co-crystallized together. The co-crystallization of polyols and hydrogenated maltodextrin according to the invention provides a sweetener product that is sucrose-free, yet has a reduced sensory cooling effect compared to the original polyol(s). The reduced sensory cooling effect is due to an increase of the heat of solution that is observed when polyols are co-crystallized with hydrogenated maltodextrin. Because the product of the invention is a sucrose-free sweetener that does not demonstrate the strong sensory cooling effect typically found with polyol sweeteners, the invention has a wide variety of applications which previously are not available for polyol sweeteners.