Sugar-free hard dragee

Abstract

The subject matter of the invention is a sugar-free hard dragee consisting of a compressed core and a hard coating completely surrounding the compressed core, wherein the hard dragee is sugar-free. The compressed core contains a mixture of erythritol. D-sorbitol and steviol whereas the hard coating contains a mixture of D-maltitol, erythritol and stevia/steviol. The hard dragees according to the invention surprisingly have a good compatibility in spite off the combination of sugar replacement substances and non-sugar sweeteners. Moreover, the compressed cores of the hard dragees according to the invention have a very good compressibility.

Claims

1. A sugar-free hard dragee comprising a compressed core and a hard coating completely surrounding the compressed core, wherein the compressed core contains as sugar replacement substances and non-sugar sweeteners a mixture of 30-45 wt. % erythritol, 30-45 wt. % D-sorbitol, 15-25 wt. % isomalt, and 0.01-0.2 wt % non-sugar sweeteners, relative to the total weight of the compressed core, wherein the compressed core contains no other sugar replacement substances or non-sugar sweeteners besides the erythritol, the D-sorbitol, the isomalt, and the non-sugar sweeteners, and the hard coating contains as sugar replacement substances and non-sugar sweeteners a mixture of D-maltitol, erythritol and at least one non-sugar sweetener selected from the group consisting of aspartame, acesulfame, sucralose and stevia/steviol.

2. The hard dragee according to claim 1, wherein the compressed core contains as sugar replacement substances and non-sugar sweeteners: 37-40 wt. % erythritol, 37-40 wt. % D-sorbitol, and 18-20 wt. % isomalt, relative to the total weight of the compressed core.

3. The hard dragee according to claim 1, wherein the compressed core further includes aroma and auxiliary agents.

4. The hard dragee according to claim 1, wherein the hard coating is formed by heating a coating solution which contains as sugar replacement substances and non-sugar sweeteners: 55-70 wt. % D-maltitol, 5-10 wt. % erythritol, and 0.0001-0.1 wt. % non-sugar sweeteners, relative to the total weighed portion of the components of the hard coating before heating.

5. The hard dragee according to claim 1, wherein the hard coating by dry weight consists of 78-84 wt. % D-maltitol, 5-10 wt. % erythritol, 0.005-0.1 wt. % aspartame, 0.01-2.0 wt. % aroma, 0.01-2.0 wt. % auxiliary substances, wherein the components of the hard coating supplement themselves to 100 wt. %.

6. The hard dragee according to claim 5, wherein the auxiliary substance is gum arabic.

7. The hard dragee according to claim 1, wherein the hard dragee comprises 20-80 wt. %, compressed core and 20-80 wt %, hard coating, relative to the total weight of the hard dragee.

8. The hard dragee according to claim 1, wherein the hard dragee comprises 40-50 wt. % compressed core and 50-60 wt. % hard coating, relative to the total weight of the hard dragee.

9. The hard dragee according to claim 7, wherein the hard coating contains no other sugar replacement substances other than D-maltitol and erythritol.

Description

EXAMPLE

(1) The invention is explained in detail using the following example:

(2) A compressed core according to the invention and a hard coating according to the invention were produced based on the following compositions:

(3) Compressed Core:

(4) TABLE-US-00001 Amount in wt. % Sorbitol 37.55 Erythritol 37.55 Isomalt 18.78 Tartaric acid 1.45 Lactic acid 1.00 Magnesium stearate 1.25 MCT oil 0.64 Aspartame 0.13 Aroma 1.65

(5) Hard Coating:

(6) TABLE-US-00002 Amount in % Maltitol 63.42 Water 27.03 Erythritol 6.29 Aroma 2.03 Gum arabic 0.85 Tartaric acid 0.34 Carnauba wax 0.02 Aspartame 0.01 Ascorbic acid 0.01

(7) In order to produce a granulate for the compressed core, D-sorbitol was mixed for 3 min with the aromas and MCT oil, a middle-chain triglyceride. Subsequently, the other additives isomalt, erythritol, acids, non-sugar sweeteners and magnesium stearate were added and the mixture mixed for about another 2 min. The granulate mixture was sieved by a sieve and made available for the compressing.

(8) The tablet press was prepared for the compressing of the compressed cores. The granulate was filled via a filling funnel into the tablet press and compressed to compressed cores.

(9) The coating solution was prepared in that erythritol was heated with water to 98 C. The remaining additives were subsequently weighed according to the recipe and dispersed in. The homogeneous coating solution was tempered for further use to a temperature of 60 C.

(10) The solution was now sprayed onto the compressed cores and different layers were additionally sprinkled with maltite powder until they were dry. The different coating layers were dried with air, during which a large part of the aqueous solution (added water but also residual moisture of the other additives used) evaporated.

(11) The residual water content of the coating after the drying was 1-3 wt. %. Aroma was added into individual coating layers. The coating process was repeated until the desired weight was reached. Finally, the dragees were polished with carnauba wax.