Title:
CANDY CONTAINING CRYSTALLINE KESTOSE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3655965
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a sugarless type candy having an equivalent moisture absorbing property with a usual hard candy using sucrose and a thick malt syrup, hardly generating a crystal, excellent in eat feeling and quality, and having functional properties of an oligosaccharide by containing crystalline kestose.
SOLUTION: This candy containing crystalline kestose contains preferably 30-90wt.% crystalline ketose (based on the total blending amount of sugars) which is one component of fructo-oligosaccharides. The crystalline kestose has ≥90wt.%, preferably ≥94wt.% purity, excellent physiological effects such as an accelerating property for the growth of lactobacillus bifidus, a intestinal disorder fixing property and tooth caries resistant property, a low calorie, and a low sweet taste.
Inventors:
Iwasaki En
Tominaga Shigeru
Hirayama Masao
Akihiro Kodaira
Tominaga Shigeru
Hirayama Masao
Akihiro Kodaira
Application Number:
JP15200296A
Publication Date:
June 02, 2005
Filing Date:
June 13, 1996
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Meiji Seika Co., Ltd.
International Classes:
A23G3/34; A23G3/00; A23L27/30; C07H3/06; (IPC1-7): A23G3/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JP4235192A |
Other References:
食品衛生学雑誌,Vol.24,No.6(1983),p.558-562