METHOD OF PRODUCING HARD CANDY

• US 3,632,357 A
• Filed: 07/29/1969
• Issued: 01/04/1972
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/1969
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Wesley H. Childs
• Original Assignee: Wesley H. Childs
• Inventors: Childs, Wesley H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Jones, Raymond N.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hunter, J. M.
• Application Number:
  US04/845,876
• Time in Patent Office: 889 Days
• Field of Search: 99/134
• US Class Current: 426/660
• CPC Class Codes: A23G 3/36 characterised by the composition containing organic or inorganic compounds

Abstract

A mixture containing a sweetening agent, water and fumaric acid is formed and cooked until a homogeneous mass is formed. A second mass containing corn syrup, sucrose and water is formed and cooked at a temperature in the range of 250* to 330* F. until the constituents are uniformly distributed throughout the mass and the desired moisture level is reached. This second mass is cooled and the first mass is incorporated therein. Hard candy is then prepared from this mixture.

Claims

2. A method of producing hard candy containing fumaric acid as defined in claim 1, wherein the second mass is cooled to a temperature below that where sucrose inversion occurs prior to the incorporation of the first mass therein.

3. A method of producing hard candy containing fumaric acid as defined in claim 2, wherein the sweetening agent is a corn syrup.

4. A method of producing hard candy containing fumaric acid as defined in claim 3, wherein the first mass is cooked to a temperature of from about 200* to about 270* F.

5. A method of producing hard candy containing fumaric acid as defined in claim 4, wherein the first mass is cooked to a temperature of from about 210* to about 265* F.

6. A method of producing hard candy containing fumaric acid as defined in claim 4, wherein the first mass contains between about eight and 12 times more corn syrup than fumaric acid.

7. A method of producing hard candy containing fumaric acid as defined in claim 6, wherein the first mass contains about 10 times more corn syrup than fumaric acid.