Claims
- 1. A composition containing a crystalline powdery saccharide and at least one other ingredient, said crystalline powdery saccharide being obtainable by crystallizing trehalose along with a different saccharide crystallizable in the presence of trehalose.
- 2. The composition of claim 1, wherein said different saccharide is one selected from the group consisting of glucose, maltose, sorbitol and maltitol.
- 3. The composition of claim 1, wherein the proportion of said trehalose and said different saccharide is from 9:1 to 1:9, on a dry solid basis.
- 4. The composition of claim 1, wherein said crystalline powdery saccharide has a crystallinity of 40% or more on powder x-ray diffraction analysis.
- 5. The composition of claim 1, which contains at least 0.1 w/w % of said crystalline powdery saccharide.
- 6. The composition of claim 1, which is in the form of a food product, cosmetic or pharmaceutical.
- 7. A food composition of claim 6, wherein said food product is a sweetener.
- 8. A food composition of claim 7, wherein said at least one other ingredient is selected from the group consisting of alpha-glycosyl stevioside, aspertame, another sweetener and mixtures thereof.
- 9. A food composition according to claim 6 in the form of a confection.
- 10. A food composition according to claim 6 in the form of a ready-to-eat food product.
- 11. A food composition according to claim 6 in the form of a pre-mix for a food product.
- 12. A food composition according to claim 6 in the form of a beverage.
- 13. A food composition according to claim 6 in the form of bread.
- 14. A cosmetic composition according to claim 6 in the form of a cosmetic cream.
- 15. A cosmetic composition according to claim 6 in the form of toothpaste.
- 16. A pharmaceutical composition according to claim 6 in the form of a coating for a pharmaceutical tablet.
- 17. A pharmaceutical composition according to claim 6 in the form of a pharmaceutical ointment.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a division of parent application Ser. No. 08/985,349, filed Dec. 4, 1997, U.S. Pat. No. 5,916,371, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
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