Patent ID: 8357417

Claim:
A process for producing a low calorie composite sweetener comprising sugar and high intensity sweeteners, said process comprising: adjusting the moisture content of granulate sugar to 3.0 to 4.0%; distributing the moisturized granulate sugar on a vibrating surface to form a layer with thickness of 10-100 mm; setting at vibration intensity from 1-2000 vibrations per minute (hereinafter vpm); preparing a solution of high intensity sweetener in aqueous alcohol; dispersing the solution of high intensity sweetener onto the moisturized granulate sugar while maintaining the vibration intensity of the vibrating surface; and drying the granulate sugar to form the low calorie composite sweetener with a moisture content of 0.01-0.5%, wherein the mass ratio of the granulate sugar to the high intensity sweetener is 50:1 to 300:1.