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Sweetening foods with non-caloric di- or trisaccharides having L-hexose component
Assignee: Cumberland Packing Corp
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Filing: 1982-03-05
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Granted: 1984-07-10
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Expires: 2002-03-05
Abstract
Abstract Natural sweeteners are provided which are non-nutritive and therefore non-caloric because the same are not metabolized by the human body. These sweeteners comprise a disaccharide formed of a levo-hexose and a dextro-hexose. The most preferred non-metabolizable disaccharides of the invention are the disaccharide of L-fructose with D-glucose, or the disaccharide of L-glucose with D-fructose. These disaccharides would be known as D, L-sucrose and L, D-sucrose, respectively.
Inventors
- 👤 Abraham I. Bakal
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 11:19
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23L; A23L27/00; A23L27/30; A23L27/33; A23L27/38
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
36 words
Method of sweetening and bulking foods without adding calories thereto, which comprises adding to a food a disaccharide or trisaccharide formed of hexoses and having at least one L-hexose component and at least one D-hexose component.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
36 words
Method of sweetening and bulking foods without adding calories thereto, which comprises adding to a food a disaccharide or trisaccharide formed of hexoses and having at least one L-hexose component and at least one D-hexose component.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
Method of sweetening and bulking foods without adding calories thereto according to claim 1 wherein what is added to the food is a disaccharide.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
Method of sweetening and bulking foods without adding calories thereto according to claim 1 wherein what is added to the food is L, D-sucrose or D, L-sucrose.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
A sweetened and bulked food without added calories comprising a foodstuff having added thereto a disaccharide or trisaccharide formed of hexoses and having at least one L-hexose and at least one D-hexose component.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
A sweetened and bulked food without added calories comprising a foodstuff having added thereto a disaccharide or trisaccharide formed of hexoses and having at least one L-hexose and at least one D-hexose component.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
A sweetened and bulked food without added calories, comprising a foodstuff having added thereto L,D-sucrose or D,L-sucrose.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
17 words
A sweetened and bulked food without added calories, comprising a foodstuff having added thereto L,D-sucrose or D,L-sucrose.
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