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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 1990
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dorothy C White, Argenta, IL (US);
John S White, Argenta, IL (US);
Assignee:
A. E. Staley Manufacturing Company, Decatur, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L / ; A23G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426590 ; 426592 ; 426593 ; 426594 ; 426597 ; 426599 ; 426615 ; 426641 ; 426580 ; 426614 ; 426555 ; 426549 ; 426602 ; 426638 ; 426565 ; 426658 ; 426659 ; 426660 ;
Abstract
Methods of using fructose as a sweetener, particularly crystalline fructose, are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of using dry foodstuff mixes containing fructose in a crystalline form to prepare foods for consumption while hot or cold. Further, the use of fructose and acidulants to obtain a foodstuff of desired sweetness is also disclosed. The consistent sweetness of fructose over temperature, regardless of the distribution of anomeric forms thereof, and the varying effect different acidulants have on the sweetness of fructose are also disclosed.