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Sugar-based hard boiled sweet and process for its manufacture

US5601866A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 6, 1995
Grant dateFeb 11, 1997
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Expiry dateJun 6, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC13B50/002
  • WIPO fieldFood chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a new boiled sweet characterized in that it has a high water content and in that it contains, on a dry matter basis, less than 35% of sucrose and more than 65% of a composition of carbohydrates other than sucrose, and in that it has a glass transition temperature, measured for a specific water content, at least equal to 38.degree. C. The invention also relates to a process for the manufacture of this boiled sweet.

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