Patent ID: 9386783
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: A23G,A61P

Claim Text:
1. An agglomerate comprising a calcium-hydrocolloid-composite material and at least one sugar-alcohol, wherein the calcium-hydrocolloid-composite material comprises a calcium salt and a hydrocolloid component, wherein the agglomerate comprises 0.05 to 5.0 weight-% of the calcium hydrocolloid composite material, based on the dry weight of the agglomerate, and the agglomerate is prepared by a process comprising: a) providing the calcium-hydrocolloid-composite material and the at least one sugar alcohol; and b) distributing the calcium-hydrocolloid-composite material and the at least one sugar alcohol in a fluidizing bed under conditions suitable to agglomerate them, wherein the at least one sugar alcohol is in the form of particles, and wherein, in a first phase of step b) the at least one sugar alcohol is distributed in a fluidizing bed and, in a second phase, the calcium hydrocolloid-composite material is sprayed under pressure into the fluidized bed, and wherein agglomerate particles produced by the process steps a) and b) above exhibit a homogeneous distribution of the at least one sugar alcohol, the calcium salt and the hydrocolloid component throughout said particles and wherein said particles have a diameter of from 63 to 1000 μm.