Sweetener compositions

• US 9,023,418 B2
• Filed: 10/09/2014
• Issued: 05/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Douxmatok Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Douxmatok Ltd.
• Inventors: Baniel, Avraham
• Primary Examiner(s): Dees, Nikki H
• Application Number:
  US14/511,046
• Publication Number:
  US 20150047630A1
• Time in Patent Office: 208 Days
• US Class Current: 426/658
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 27/33 containing sugars or derivatives
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 29/262 Cellulose; Derivatives thereof, e.g. ethers
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 29/30 containing carbohydrate syrups; containing sugars; containing sugar alcohols, e.g. xylitol; containing starch hydrolysates, e.g. dextrin products from apiculture A23L21/20; artificial sweetening agents A23L27/30
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 5/00 Preparation or treatment of foods or foodstuffs, in general; Food or foodstuffs obtained thereby; Materials therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2002/00 Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs
• CPC Class Codes: C13K 1/00 Glucose separation from invert sugar C13K3/00; Glucose-containing syrups
• CPC Class Codes: C13K 11/00 Fructose separation from invert sugar C13K3/00

Abstract

The invention provides a sweetener composition comprising a combination of cellulose and a sweetener carbohydrate formed from a combination of at least two carbohydrates selected from the group consisting of sucrose, glucose and fructose, and a method for the preparation thereof.

Claims

1. A method for producing a sweetener composition comprising forming a eutectic melt mixture consisting of a combination of at least two carbohydrates selected from the group consisting of sucrose, glucose and fructose, introducing cellulose into said eutectic melt mixture to form a cellulose-containing carbohydrate melt mixture, and cooling said cellulose-containing carbohydrate melt mixture thereby producing said sweetener composition.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said forming comprises melting said combination of at least two carbohydrates at a melting temperature less than a melting temperature of any one of said carbohydrates.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein a ratio of cellulose to carbohydrate melt mixture is 5:

100 wt/wt.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein said cellulose-containing carbohydrate melt mixture is clear.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein said cellulose is dissolved in said cellulose-containing carbohydrate melt mixture.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein said cellulose is cotton linters.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein said at least two sweetener carbohydrates are glucose and fructose.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein a ratio of glucose to fructose is 27:

73 wt/wt.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein said forming comprises melting said combination of carbohydrates at a melting temperature of 93°

C.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein said at least two sweetener carbohydrates are sucrose and glucose.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein a ratio of sucrose to glucose is 3:

7 wt/wt.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein said forming comprises melting said combination of carbohydrates at a melting temperature of 137°

C.

13. The method according to claim 1, wherein said at least two sweetener carbohydrates are sucrose and fructose.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein a ratio of sucrose to fructose is 3:

7 wt/wt.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein said forming comprises melting said combination of carbohydrates at a melting temperature of 97°

C.

16. The method according to claim 1, wherein said at least two sweetener carbohydrates are sucrose, glucose, and fructose.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein a ratio of sucrose:

glucose;

fructose is (0.175±

0.02) sucrose to (0.225±

0.025) glucose to (0.600±

0.005) fructose wt/wt/wt.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein said forming comprises melting said combination of carbohydrates at a melting temperature of 93°

C.

19. The method according to claim 1, further comprising agitating the eutectic melt mixture or the cellulose-containing carbohydrate melt mixture.

20. The method according to claim 1, further comprising grinding said sweetener composition to form sweetener particles.