Patent ID: 8697167
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: A21D,A23G,A23L,A23V

Abstract:
1. A process for preparing solidified non-crystalline maltitol, wherein said process comprises the following steps: a) turbulating and simultaneously drying a quantity A of maltitol powder and a quantity B of a maltitol-containing syrup in a stream of gas in a fluid bed at a temperature between about 20° C. and a second temperature at which the maltitol powder is still solid, wherein the quantity A is greater than or equal to the quantity B so as to obtain a coated, granulated maltitol product, wherein the gas is nitrogen and/or air and the temperature of the gas is from 80° C. to 95° C., b) reducing the particle size of the coated, granulated maltitol product to produce solidified non-crystalline maltitol, wherein the content of maltitol in the solidified non-crystalline maltitol is from about 92% w/w to about 97% w/w based on dry substance, and c) recycling all or a portion of said solidified non-crystalline maltitol into step a) as powder of maltitol, wherein said process does not include any further saturation or crystallization step.