Patent · US Expired

Candy base and liquid center hard candy made therefrom

US4372942A · kind A · utility

70Cited by
12References
16Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateAug 13, 1981
Grant dateFeb 8, 1983
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 13, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K9/0056
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A candy base which comprises, before cooking, from about 35 to about 60%, by weight, sucrose, from about 55 to about 35%, by weight, corn syrup and from about 1 to about 10% by weight of a fluidizing agent selected from the group consisting of mannitol and a mixture of mannitol and sorbitol having a weight ratio of mannitol to sorbitol of at least about 1:1.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.