Patent ID: 8112935
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: A23G,A23L,A23V,A61K,C07C,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for manufacturing a powder containing crystalline particles of xylitol and of at least one other polyol besides xylitol, comprising the steps of: a) providing xylitol-based granules; b) providing a syrup of xylitol and of at least one other polyol besides xylitol, said syrup having a solids content of at least 95 wt %, a xylitol content of 85 to 97.5 wt % based on the solids content and a content of said at least one other polyol of at least 15 to 2.5 wt % based on the solids content; c) providing seeds containing xylitol; d) continuously dispersing, in a rotating open rotary container, the seeds containing xylitol and the syrup of xylitol and of said at least one other polyol onto the xylitol-based granules, in a given seeds/syrup weight ratio, to obtain xylitol-based granules covered by a mixture of the seeds containing xylitol and of the syrup of xylitol and of the said at least one other polyol; e) recovering the xylitol-based granules of step d) from the rotating open rotary container; and f) crystallizing the xylitol and of said at least one other polyol of said xylitol-based granules of step e) to obtain the powder containing crystalline particles of xylitol and of said at least one other polyol.