Hydrogenated fructooligosaccharides

US5585480A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• SUDZUCKER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT MANNHEIM/OCHSENFURT · DE

Inventors

• Manfred Vogel · Ditzingen, DE
• Markwart Kunz · Worms, DE
• J org Kowalczyk · Oberndorf am Neckar, DE
• Mohammad Munir · Obrigheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 8, 1994
• Grant date: Dec 17, 1996
• Expiry date: Dec 8, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S426/804
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A low-calorie, non-cariogenic sweetener suitable for diabetics comprising (fructosyl).sub.n mannitol and/or (fructosyl).sub.n sorbitol, where n=1-6, or a mixture of these compounds, and a process for the preparation thereof by hydrogenation of homooligomeric fructooligosaccharides.