Patent ID: 6365789
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: A23G,A23L,A61K,C07C,C07H

Abstract:
A process for the preparation of a pulverulent sorbitol, the crystalline form of which is the &ggr; form, having a sorbitol content higher than 95%, which exhibits:a hygroscopicity value, determined according to a test A, of less than 2%, said test A consisting in drawing the isothermal curve for water sorption at 20Â° C., the hygroscopicity value being the percentage of water uptake at 60% equilibrium relative humidity, a specific surface, determined according to the BET method, at least equal to 2 m2/g, said process comprising a stage of granulation of a sorbitol powder by the wet route using a binder and a stage of maturing by drying the granulated sorbitol thus obtained.