Fibre-enriched drinks

• US 7,186,433 B2
• Filed: 03/29/2002
• Issued: 03/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Roquette Freres
• Original Assignee: Roquette Freres
• Inventors: Serpelloni, Michel
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong; Leslie
• Application Number:
  US10/113,253
• Publication Number:
  US 20030077368A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,803 Days
• Field of Search: 426/548, 426/521, 426/589, 426/590, 426/599, 426/804
• US Class Current: 426/590
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 2/52 Adding ingredients adding preservatives A23L2/44
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 2/54 Mixing with gases
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 23/00 Soups; Sauces soya sauce A23L27/50; salad dressings, mayonnaise or ketchup A23L27/60; Preparation or treatment thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 29/35 Degradation products of starch, e.g. hydrolysates, dextrins; Enzymatically modified starches
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 33/21 Addition of substantially indigestible substances, e.g. dietary fibres
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2002/00 Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/032 Citric acid
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/242 Acesulfame K, acetylsulfame
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/2482 Aspartam
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/5114 Dextrins, maltodextrins
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/61 Glucose, Dextrose
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/628 Saccharose, sucrose

Abstract

The subject of the invention is a fiber-enriched low-calorie drink, characterized in that it comprises 1.5 to 90 g, by dry weight per liter of drink, or branched maltodextrins having between 15 and 35% of 1→6 glucoside linkages, a reducing sugar content of less than 20%, a polymolecularity index of less than 5 and a number-average molecular mass Mn at most equal to 4 500 g/mol, and in that it is stable to acidic pH and/or to heat. The subject of the invention is also the use of branched maltodextrins having between 15 and 35% of 1→6 glucoside linkages, a reducing sugar content of less than 20%, a polymolecularity index of less than 5 and a number-average molecular mass Mn at most equal to 4 500 g/mol, in order to replace all or part of the sugars in a low-calorie drink.

Claims

1. A process for producing a fiber-enriched drink, comprising adding to an acidic drink 10 to 90 g on a dry basis per liter of drink of branched maltodextrins as indigestible fiber supplying product, said maltodextrins having between 15 and 35% of 1–

6 glucoside linkages, a reducing sugar content of between 2 and 5%, a polymolecularity index of less than 5 and a number-average molecular mass Mn of between 2000 and 3000 g/mol, and an insoluble fiber level greater than 50% on a dry matter basis, whereby the viscosity in the mouth is preserved and whereby the fiber-supplying product content incorporated remains essentially constant during storage and manufacturing, and whereby a reduction of at least 30% of the standard calorific value of a drink containing sugars is obtained, wherein said maltodextrins are added in an amount such that said fiber-enriched drink is stable for at least three months after preparation of said drink.

2. The process of claim 1, wherein all or some of said branched maltodextrins are incorporated in the form of a liquid mixture with one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of fructose, maltitol, erythritol, xylitol and isomalt.

3. The process of claim 1, further comprising sterilizing said drink by application of heat after said maltodextrins have been added thereto.

4. The process of claim 3, wherein said drink is soup.

5. The process of claim 3, wherein said drink is fruit juice.