US 11,814,691 B2
Semi-crystalline fructose in solid form and process for manufacturing the same
Luigi Nataloni, Bologna (IT); Angelo Chianese, Rome (IT); and Marco Stoller, Rome (IT)
Assigned to Cargill, Incorporated, Wayzata, MN (US)
Appl. No. 17/263,970
Filed by CARGILL, INCORPORATED, Wayzata, MN (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 30, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/044133
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 28, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/028360, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 8186370 (EP), filed on Jul. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0310087 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. C13K 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC C13K 11/00 (2013.01) 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fructose in solid form comprising:
a matrix phase, and
a dispersed phase comprising a plurality of carbohydrate crystals dispersed within the matrix phase;
wherein the matrix phase comprises amorphous fructose and from at least 5 wt. % to at most 20 wt. % water relative to the total mass of the fructose;
wherein the carbohydrate crystals in the dispersed phase comprise fructose and optionally one or more other carbohydrate(s); and
wherein the fructose in solid form comprising the matrix phase and the dispersed phase comprising the plurality of carbohydrate crystals dispersed within the matrix is coated with a dry powder coating.