Patent ID: 9220684
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: A23G,A23L,A61K,A61P

Abstract:
1. A puiverant crystalline maltitol composition, comprising: a maltitol content between 80 and 99.9 wt %; at least 50 wt % of particles of the composition flow through a sieve having a cut-off threshold of 2000 μm according to a test A1, said test A1 comprising the steps of: introducing 100g of said composition into a low-density polyethylene sachet with internal dimensions of 10 cm ×5 cm, which are obtained by heat-sealing low-density polyethylene films having a thickness of 100 μm along three sides, hermetically heat-sealing the sachet comprising said composition, laying the sachet flat in climatic chamber over seven days and subjecting the sachet to a succession of four cycles: opening the sachet at the end of the seven days and pouring said composition over a sieve having a mesh of 2000μm, vibrating for 10 seconds at an amplitude setting of 5over an agate pocket and ball mill, wherein said wt % of particles are those that pass through the 2000 μm sieve; at least 35 wt % of particles of the composition flow through a sieve having a cut-off threshold of 2000 μm according to a test A2, said test A2 being identical to said test A1 except that the sachet pressurized by placing a 2 kg weight on the sachet during said seven days in said climatic chamber; from 0.1 to 20 wt % of an anti-caking agent selected from the group consisting of fumed silica, sodium aluminosilicate, anhydrous tricalcium phosphate and dehydrated potato starch, and mixtures thereof, said anti-caking agent having a hygroscopicity at 80% RH, determined according to the test B, between 2.5 and 25%, said test B comprising the steps of: subjecting a less than 10 mg sample of said anti-caking agent to a cycle of relative humidity (PI) at 20° C., with nitrogen as a carrier gas, in equipment comprising a differential microbalance which makes it possible to quantify a change in weight of a sample relative to a reference when said sample is subjected to various climatic conditions, said cycle comprising:  wherein hygroscopicity at 80% RH is according to the following equation: (m wherein said composition has a laser volume mean diameter between 10 and 150 μm.