Mixed Saccharide Granule Flowability and Hygroscopicity Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
The challenge lies in creating a mixed saccharide granule with psicose that maintains uniformity and flowability while minimizing hygroscopicity, as finer sugar powder particles result in poor flowability and are prone to re-separation, and existing methods fail to address these issues effectively.
Innovation Solution
A mixed saccharide granule comprising psicose and a second saccharide powder with a specific particle diameter ratio, combined with a binding agent, is produced through granulation, resulting in improved flowability and reduced hygroscopicity, ensuring uniform distribution and stability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If psicose is used as a food sweetener to achieve required sweetness level, then sweetness is provided, but the amount of psicose used is increased causing excessively high thickness
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines psicose with other saccharides (such as glucose, fructose, or sucrose) to create a composite sweetener composition. This composite approach allows achieving the required sweetness level with a lower amount of psicose, thereby avoiding excessively high thickness while maintaining the desired sweetness intensity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent modifies the compositional parameters of the sweetener by adjusting the ratio of psicose to other saccharides. By changing the concentration and composition parameters, the patent achieves optimal sweetness with reduced psicose content, preventing the thickness issue.
2Quantity of substance
If psicose is mixed with other saccharides to achieve desired sweetness quality, then sweetness quality is improved, but heterogeneous mixing or re-separation occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines psicose with other saccharides in a controlled manner to create a homogeneous mixed saccharide composition. The merging of these components at the molecular or fine particulate level ensures uniform distribution and prevents re-separation during storage or usage.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a homogeneous mixture of psicose and other saccharides by controlling the mixing process and particle size distribution. This homogeneity ensures that the saccharides remain uniformly distributed and do not re-separate, maintaining consistent sweetness quality throughout the product.
3Quantity of substance
If finer sugar powder particles are used to improve sweetness distribution, then sweetness uniformity is improved, but flowability is lowered
Solution Approach 1:
The patent optimizes the particle size parameters of the mixed saccharide composition. By controlling the particle size distribution to be within a specific range, the patent achieves both fine enough particles for good sweetness distribution and sufficient flowability for easy handling and processing.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a composite saccharide mixture where the combination of different saccharide particles with optimized size distribution provides both uniform sweetness distribution and good flowability. The composite structure allows smaller particles to be suspended in a matrix of larger particles, maintaining flow characteristics.
4Quantity of substance
If psicose is used to provide sweetness, then sweetness is achieved, but hygroscopicity increases causing difficulty in maintaining powder state
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines psicose with other saccharides that have different hygroscopic properties. This composite approach dilutes the hygroscopic effect of psicose while maintaining the desired sweetness, resulting in a mixed saccharide composition with reduced overall hygroscopicity that maintains powder state stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent modifies the compositional parameters of the sweetener mixture to reduce hygroscopicity. By adjusting the ratio of psicose to less hygroscopic saccharides and controlling moisture content parameters, the patent achieves the required sweetness while minimizing hygroscopic effects and maintaining stable powder characteristics.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a granular form of mixed saccharide composition comprising a mixed saccharide containing psicose as a main ingredient and a method for preparing the same, and more particularly to a granule of a mixed saccharide containing psicose with improved sweetness quality and physical properties and a method for preparing the same.