USE OF 1,4 ANHYDROGLUCITOL OR 1,4 ANHYDROGALACTITOL AS A LOW CALORIE BULKING AGENT IN FOOD PRODUCTS

• Main Authors: RAFKA, ROBERT J, HENDRICK, MICHAEL E, MORTON, BARRY J
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 23.12.1998
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: BAKERY PRODUCTS; BAKING; CHEMISTRY; CHEWING GUM; COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; CONFECTIONERY; DERIVATIVES THEREOF; EDIBLE DOUGHS; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; ICE-CREAM; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PREPARATION THEREOF; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; PRESERVATION THEREOF; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TREATMENT, e.g. PRESERVATION, OF FLOUR OR DOUGH, e.g. BYADDITION OF MATERIALS

PCT No. PCT/IB95/00308 Sec. 371 Date Jul. 15, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Jul. 15, 1997 PCT Filed Apr. 28, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO96/08976 PCT Pub. Date Mar. 28, 1996Low calorie food products that contain highly crystalline bulking agents that impart improved texture and mouthfeel to the food products are described. The food products contain 1,4-anhydroglucitol or 1,4-anhydrogalactitol and a food ingredient. A method of preparing 1,4-anhydro-DL-galactitol comprising heating galactitol in a water-immiscible, high-boiling, reaction-inert medium in the presence of a mineral acid is also described.