Hard confections containing a sweetener

US6458400B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• SUDZUCKER AG · DE

Inventors

• Ingrid Willibald-Ettle · Landau, DE
• Hanspeter Degelmann · Worms, DE
• Jorg Kowalczyk · Eisenberg, DE
• Markwart Kunz · Worms, DE
• Mohammad Munir · Obrigheim, DE
• Knut M. Rapp · Offstein, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 29, 1998
• Grant date: Oct 1, 2002
• Expiry date: Sep 29, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A23G2200/06
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to confections, in particular hard and soft confections, which contain a sweetener of 1-O-&agr;-D-glucopyranosyl-D-sorbitol (1,1 GPS), in particular 6-O-&agr;-D-glucopyranosyl-D-sorbitol (1,6 GPS), 1-O-&agr;-D-glucopyranosyl-D-sorbitol (1,1 GPS) and 1-O-&agr;-D-glucopyranosyl-D-mannitol (1,1 GPM); and to the use of this sweetener in confections, in particular pharmaceutically active confections.