POLYDEXTROSE, METHOD OF ITS SYNTHESIS AND SWEET FOOD PRODUCT Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: food industry. SUBSTANCE: polydextrose has the strongly branched polydextrose obtained by a method that involves dextrose melting in the presence of food acid catalyst. Polydextrose has no reductive glucose groups. Invention describes also a method of producing the improved polydextrose no containing reductive glucose groups. Invention relates to also polymaltose obtained by heating maltose in the presence of food acid catalyst and chemical conversion of reductive glucose groups that results to elimination of their reductive property. The obtained polydextrose has the improved color, taste and decreased chemical activity with respect to food components containing functional amino-groups. EFFECT: improved method of synthesis, quality and property. 27 cl, 2 tbl