Claims
- 1. A composition comprising maltitol and hydrogenated starch hydrolysates (HSH), wherein said composition comprises greater than 50 percent by weight maltitol, and wherein said composition comprises at least 8.5 percent by weight of polysaccharides having a degree of polymerization (DP) greater than or equal to 11.
- 2. The composition of claim 1, wherein said composition comprises less than 1 percent by weight of polysaccharides having a DP of 9 or 10.
- 3. The composition of claim 1, wherein said composition comprises at least 9.0 percent by weight of polysaccharides having a DP greater than or equal to 11.
- 4. The composition of claim 1, wherein said composition comprises at least 9.5 percent by weight of polysaccharides having a DP greater than or equal to 11.
- 5. The composition of claim 1 prepared by the combination of a maltitol syrup and a high-DP HSH syrup.
- 6. The composition of claim 5, wherein said high-DP HSH has the following DP distribution determined by HPLC analysis:
less than 8 wt % of the HSH has a DP=1 or unknown; less than 41 wt % of the HSH has a DP=2; less than 15 wt % of the HSH has a DP=3; less than 30 wt % of the HSH has a DP=4 to 10; and from 14 to 38 wt % of the HSH has a DP of 11 or more.
- 7. The composition of claim 1 prepared by the combination of a maltitol syrup and hydrogenated maltodextrin.
- 8. The composition of claim 7, wherein said hydrogenated maltodextrin is derived from a maltodextrin that having a dextrose equivalent (DE) of from about 4 to 18.
- 9. The composition of claim 1 prepared by the combination of low-DE maltodextrin with a maltose syrup and subsequently hydrogenating the combination.
- 10. The composition of claim 9, wherein said low-DE maltodextrin has a DE of from about 4 to 18.
- 11. The composition of claim 1, wherein said composition has a water activity of from about 0.81 to 0.84.
CLAIM OF PRIORITY
[0001] Priority is claimed under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) from the U.S. Provisional Application Serial No. 60/325,238 filed on 27 Sep. 2001 which is herein incorporated by reference.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60325238 |
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