US4820528A
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Sweetener composition
Assignee: Intercontinental Great Brands LLC
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Filing: 1987-03-27
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Granted: 1989-04-11
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Expires: 2007-03-27
Abstract
Abstract A sweetener composition consisting essentially of codried halodeoxysugar and acid saccharin and designed for use as a non-caloric sweetener in orally ingestible products such as chewing gum to provide prolonged sweetness without aftertaste of either the halodeoxysugar or the acid saccharin.
Inventors
- 👤 John J. Stroz
- 👤 Abraham I. Bakal
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 19:26
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23G; A23G3/00; A23G3/34; A23G3/346; A23L; A23L27/00; A23L27/30; A23L27/33; A23L27/37; A23G2200/00; A23G2200/06; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S426/00; Y10S426/804
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
24 words
A codried composition consisting essentially of about 99.9 to 90 weight % of acid saccharin and about 0.1 to 10 weight % of halodeoxysugar.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
24 words
A codried composition consisting essentially of about 99.9 to 90 weight % of acid saccharin and about 0.1 to 10 weight % of halodeoxysugar.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
A codried composition as in claim 1 in which said haloeoxysugar is selected from the group consisting of chlorodeoxysucrose and chlorodeoxy and galactosucrose.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
A codried composition as in claim 1 in which said halodeoxysugar comprises 4, 1', 6' trichloro-4, 1', 6'-trideoxygalacto-sucrose.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
An orally ingestible product sweetened at least in part with the composition of claim 1.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
An orally ingestible product sweetened at least in part with the composition of claim 2.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
An orally ingestible product sweetened at least in part with the composition of claim 3.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
12 words
An orally ingestible product as in claim 4 which is chewing gum.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
12 words
An orally ingestible product as in claim 5 which is chewing gum.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
12 words
An orally ingestible product as in claim 6 which is chewing gum.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
18 words
Chewing gum as in claim 7 which comprises about 0.01 to 0.5 weight % of said codried composition.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
18 words
Chewing gum as in claim 8 which comprises about 0.05 to 0.3 weight % of said codried composition.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
25 words
Chewing gum as in claim 1 which comprises about 1 to 500 ppm of said halodeoxysugar and about 100 to 5000 ppm of acid saccharin.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
24 words
Chewing gum as in claim 2 comprising about 5 to 100 ppm of said halodeoxysugar and about 200 to 5000 ppm of acid saccharin.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
29 words
In a process for sweetening an orally ingestible product with an essentially non-caloric sweetening agent the improvement which comprises employing as said sweetening agent the composition of claim 1.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
21 words
A process as in claim 14 in which said halodeoxysugar is selected from the group consisting of chlorodeoxysucrose and chlorodeoxy galactosucrose.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
16 words
A process as in claim 15 in which said halodeoxysugar comprises 4, 1', 6'-trichloro-4, 1', 6'-trideoxygalacto-sucrose.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
40 words
A process for preparing the composition of claim 1 which comprises dissolving said halodeoxysugar and said acid saccharin in a common solvent therefore and drying the resulting solution so that said acid saccharin functions as a carrier for said halodeoxysugar.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
18 words
A process as in claim 17 which said halodeoxy sugar and acid saccharin are dissolved in ethyl alcohol.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
20 words
An orally ingestible product as in claim 4 which comprises about 0.5 to 5 weight % of said codried composition.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
20 words
An orally ingestible product as in claim 5 which comprises about 0.5 to 5 weight % of said codried composition.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
20 words
An orally ingestible product as in claim 6 which comprises about 0.5 to 5 weight % of said codried composition.
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