CN110250311B

CN110250311B - Novel sugar-free cube sugar and preparation method thereof

Info

Publication number: CN110250311B
Application number: CN201910697175.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 马力量; 张鹏; 杨政
Original assignee: Jiangxi Fumeitai Biotechnology Co ltd
Current assignee: Jiangxi Fumeitai Biotechnology Co ltd
Priority date: 2019-07-30
Filing date: 2019-07-30
Publication date: 2022-07-19
Anticipated expiration: 2039-07-30
Also published as: CN110250311A

Abstract

The invention relates to a novel sugar-free cube sugar, which comprises the following components in parts by weight: 90.0-99.0% of sugar alcohol, 0.5-1.0% of sweetening agent, 0.1-0.5% of acid, 0.3-3.5% of inorganic salt and 0.1-5.0% of binder. Also relates to a preparation method of the novel sugar-free cube sugar. The novel sugar-free cube sugar has the advantages that under the condition that the interior of the novel sugar-free cube sugar is compact and is not easy to damage under the action of external force, the novel sugar-free cube sugar can be rapidly dispersed and dissolved in aqueous solution by utilizing the effervescent tablet principle, namely acid and sodium bicarbonate in inorganic salt; the novel sugar-free cube sugar has clear edges and corners, and keeps the original luster of sugar alcohol.

Description

Novel sugar-free cube sugar and preparation method thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of edible sugar, in particular to novel sugar-free cube sugar and a preparation method thereof.

Background

When the production of the sugar cube is carried out, in order to keep the sugar cube complete under the action of a certain external force, reach clear edges and corners and be difficult to damage, the pressure of forming equipment is increased to ensure that the sugar cube is compact during compression forming, and a certain amount of binder is added to prevent the sugar cube from being damaged.

However, the above prior art produced sugar cubes generally have some drawbacks: the outer surface of the sugar cube is covered with excess sugar powder, resulting in the appearance of the sugar cube being a white color of sugar powder rather than the color of crystalline glycogen; the internal compactness of the cubic sugar causes poor dispersibility and slow dissolution rate when the cubic sugar is dissolved in water or other liquid, and particularly, the cubic sugar is difficult to dissolve when the cubic sugar is dissolved in some low-temperature liquid.

Therefore, there is a need for a new type of sugar cube that has good solubility and a crystalline sugar color appearance.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide novel sugar-free cube sugar and a preparation method thereof aiming at the defects in the prior art.

The first purpose of the invention is to provide a novel sugar-free cube sugar.

The novel sugar-free cube sugar comprises the following components in percentage by weight:

preferably, the sugar alcohol is any one or a combination of several of sorbitol, xylitol, lactitol, erythritol, maltitol and isomaltitol.

Preferably, the sweetener is any one or combination of aspartame, acesulfame-K, stevioside, mogroside and sucralose.

Preferably, the acid is any one or combination of citric acid, malic acid, lactic acid and fumaric acid.

Preferably, the inorganic salts include sodium chloride and sodium bicarbonate.

Preferably, the binder is any one or a combination of several of acacia gum, inulin, sodium carboxymethylcellulose and xanthan gum.

Preferably, the paint consists of the following components in percentage by weight:

another object of the present invention is to provide a method for preparing a novel sugar-free cube sugar.

A preparation method of novel sugar-free cube sugar comprises the following steps:

step S1, preparing acid granules

Mixing a sweetener, a binder, an acid, a part of an inorganic salt, and a part of a sugar alcohol to prepare acid granules;

step S2, preparing alkali particles

Mixing a part of sugar alcohol and a part of inorganic salt to prepare the alkali particle;

step S3, preparing novel sugar-free cube sugar

Mixing a portion of sugar alcohols, the acid pellets, and the base pellets to prepare the novel sugar-free cube.

Preferably, in the step S1, the method includes the steps of:

step S11, dissolving the sweetener and the binder in a solvent, and then adding the acid and part of the inorganic salt to obtain a first solution;

step S12, spraying the first solution in the step S11 on part of the sugar alcohol to obtain the acid particles.

Preferably, in the step S1, the solvent is distilled water or deionized water.

Preferably, in the step S12, the sugar alcohol has a particle size of 40 to 80 mesh.

Preferably, in the step S12, the first solution is sprayed on the surface of the sugar alcohol using a fluidized bed coating and granulating apparatus.

Preferably, in the step S12, the water content of the sugar alcohol after spraying the first solution is 3.0% or less.

Preferably, in step S1, the method further includes:

step S13, drying the acid particles in the step S12.

Preferably, in the step S1, the inorganic salt is sodium chloride.

Preferably, in the step S2, the method includes the following steps:

step S21, dissolving part of the inorganic salt and part of the sugar alcohol in a solvent to obtain a second solution;

step S22, preparing the alkali particle using the second solution of step S21.

Preferably, in the step S22, the second solution of the step S21 is prepared into the alkali granules by wet granulation.

Preferably, in step S2, the method further includes:

step S23, drying the alkali particle in the step S22.

Preferably, in the step S23, the water content of the dried alkali particles is less than or equal to 3.0%

Preferably, in the step S2, the solvent is distilled water or deionized water or ethanol.

Preferably, in the step S2, the inorganic salt is sodium bicarbonate.

Preferably, in the step S3, the method includes the steps of:

step S31, spraying a solvent on part of the sugar alcohol to obtain a first mixture;

step S32, adding the acid particles and the alkali particles to the first mixture in the step S31 in sequence to obtain a second mixture;

step S33, preparing the novel sugarless cube sugar using the second mixture of step S32.

Preferably, in the step S3, the solvent is distilled water or deionized water.

Preferably, in the step S33, the second mixture in the step S32 is prepared into the novel sugarless cube sugar by compression molding.

Preferably, in step S3, the method further includes:

step S34, drying the novel sugarless cube sugar of step S33.

Preferably, in the step S34, the moisture content of the novel sugarless cube sugar after drying is 0.5% or less.

By adopting the technical scheme, compared with the prior art, the invention has the following technical effects:

according to the novel sugar-free cube sugar, under the condition that the interior of the novel sugar-free cube sugar is compact and is not easy to damage under the action of external force, the novel sugar-free cube sugar can be rapidly dispersed and dissolved in aqueous solution by utilizing the effervescent tablet principle, namely acid and sodium bicarbonate in inorganic salt; the novel sugar-free square sugar has clear edges and corners, and keeps the original luster of sugar alcohol.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a method of making an illustrative embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of step S1 of an exemplary embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of step S2 of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of step S3 of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be obtained by a person skilled in the art without inventive efforts based on the embodiments of the present invention, shall fall within the scope of protection of the present invention.

It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments of the present invention may be combined with each other without conflict.

The invention is further described with reference to the following drawings and specific examples, which are not intended to be limiting.

Example 1

In one illustrative embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, a method for preparing a novel sugar-free cube comprises the following steps:

step S1, preparing acid granules

Mixing a sweetener, a binder, an acid, a part of inorganic salt and a part of sugar alcohol to prepare acid granules;

step S2, preparing alkali particles

Mixing part of sugar alcohol and part of inorganic salt to prepare alkali particles;

step S3, preparing novel sugar-free cube sugar

Mixing part of sugar alcohol, acid granules and alkali granules to prepare the novel sugar-free cube sugar.

Wherein the sugar alcohol is any one or combination of sorbitol, xylitol, lactitol, erythritol, maltitol and isomaltitol.

Wherein the sweetener is one or more of aspartame, acesulfame-K, stevioside, mogroside and sucralose.

Wherein the acid is any one or combination of citric acid, malic acid, lactic acid and fumaric acid.

Wherein the inorganic salt includes sodium chloride and sodium bicarbonate.

Wherein the binder is one or more of acacia gum, inulin, sodium carboxymethylcellulose and xanthan gum.

In the whole preparation method, the weight percentages of the components are as follows:

further, as shown in fig. 2, in step S1, the following steps are included:

step S11, dissolving a sweetening agent and a binding agent in a solvent, and then adding an acid and part of inorganic salt to obtain a first solution;

step S12, spraying the first solution in step S11 on part of sugar alcohol to obtain acid granules.

Further, in step S1, the solvent is distilled water or deionized water.

Further, in step S12, the sugar alcohol has a particle size of 40 to 80 mesh.

Further, in step S12, the first solution is sprayed on the surface of the sugar alcohol using a fluidized bed coating and granulating apparatus.

Further, in step S12, the water content of the sugar alcohol after spraying the first solution is 3.0% or less.

Further, in step S1, the method further includes:

step S13, drying the acid pellets in step S12.

Further, in step S1, the inorganic salt is sodium chloride.

Further, in step S13, the dried acid granules are screened to obtain fine acid granule powder having a particle size of greater than 60 mesh and acid granule particles having a particle size of less than 60 mesh.

Further, as shown in fig. 3, in step S2, the following steps are included:

step S21, dissolving part of inorganic salt and part of sugar alcohol in a solvent to obtain a second solution;

step S22, preparing the alkali particle using the second solution of step S21.

Further, in step S22, the second solution of step S21 is prepared into alkali granules by wet granulation.

Further, in step S2, the method further includes:

step S23, drying the alkali particle in step S22.

Further, in step S23, the water content of the dried alkali particles is 3.0% or less

Further, in step S23, the dried alkali granules are screened to obtain fine alkali granule powder with a granule size of more than 60 mesh and alkali granule granules with a granule size of less than 60 mesh.

Further, in step S2, the solvent is distilled water or deionized water or ethanol.

Further, in step S2, the inorganic salt is sodium bicarbonate.

Further, as shown in fig. 4, in step S3, the following steps are included:

step S31, dissolving part of sugar alcohol in a solvent to obtain a first mixture;

step S32, adding acid particles and alkali particles into the first mixture obtained in the step S31 in sequence to obtain a second mixture;

step S33, preparing a novel sugarless cube sugar using the second mixture of step S32.

Further, in step S3, the solvent is distilled water or deionized water.

Further, in step S33, the second mixture in step S32 is prepared into a novel sugar-free cube sugar by press molding.

Further, in step S3, the method further includes:

step S34, drying the novel sugar-free cube sugar of step S33.

Wherein the drying temperature is 60-70 ℃.

Further, in step S34, the moisture content of the novel sugarless cube sugar after drying is 0.5% or less.

Further, step S34 includes cooling, demolding and packaging the dried novel sugar-free cube.

Wherein the temperature is cooled to below 30 ℃.

Example 2

An embodiment of the present invention.

Step S1, preparing acid granules

Step S11, dissolving 0.65kg of stevioside and 1.20kg of inulin in 2.00kg of distilled water, and then adding 0.43kg of citric acid and 0.27kg of sodium chloride to obtain a first solution;

step S12, adding 3.31kg of xylitol and 5.70kg of erythritol into a fluidized bed coating and granulating device, applying positive pressure to the mixed material of the xylitol and the erythritol from the bottom of the fluidized bed to enable the mixed material to flow from bottom to top in an accelerated manner, applying negative pressure to the upper part of the fluidized bed to enable the mixed material to vibrate from top to bottom to enable the mixed material to boil up and down in the fluidized bed, continuously spraying the first solution prepared in the step S11 onto the boiled mixed material by a spray gun at the side part of the fluidized bed, and controlling the inlet air temperature of fluidization to be 70-85 ℃;

and step S13, after the operation is completed, increasing the temperature of the bed layer to 85-100 ℃, sampling and testing the water content of the acid granules after drying for a certain time, stopping drying when the water content is less than or equal to 3.0%, cooling and discharging, and sieving the acid granules with a 60-mesh sieve to obtain acid granule particles and acid granule fine powder.

Step S2, preparing alkali particles

Step S21, dissolving 5.00kg of xylitol sieved by a 100-mesh sieve, 2.15kg of sodium bicarbonate and 0.20kg of inulin in distilled water to obtain a second solution;

step S22, preparing the second solution into alkali granules by wet granulation;

and S23, drying the alkali granules obtained in the step S22, stopping drying when the water content of the alkali granules is less than or equal to 3.0%, cooling, discharging, and sieving the alkali granules with a 60-mesh sieve to obtain alkali granules and alkali granule fine powder.

Step S3, preparing novel sugar-free cube sugar

Step S31, adding 29.79kg of xylitol and 51.30kg of erythritol into a mixing device, and spraying and adding distilled water to obtain a first mixture;

step S32 of adding the acid granule particles, the acid granule fine powder and the alkali granule particles to the first mixture in the step S31 in this order to obtain a second mixture;

step S33, preparing the second mixture of step S32 into a novel sugar-free cube sugar by compression molding.

Step S34, drying the novel sugarless cube sugar of step S33 at 40 ℃.

The novel sugar-free cube sugar prepared in the example and the sugar-free cube sugar prepared in the prior art were subjected to performance testing, wherein the dispersibility was tested in a low temperature liquid, and the test results are shown in the following table:

sample (I)	Dispersibility(s)	Hardness (MP)	Amount of sugar (g)
				Example 2	42	2.1	3.3
Comparative example 1	75	1.6	6.7

As can be seen from the table above, the novel sugar-free cube sugar prepared by the invention has the advantages of good dispersibility, high hardness, less sugar crushing amount and overall better performance than the prior art.

Example 3

This embodiment is a specific embodiment of the present invention.

Step S1, preparing acid granules

Step S11, dissolving 0.75kg of aspartame and 1.50kg of acacia in 2.00kg of deionized water, and then adding 0.10kg of malic acid, 0.40kg of citric acid and 0.20kg of sodium chloride to obtain a first solution;

step S12, adding 3.00kg of sorbitol and 6.00kg of lactitol into a fluidized bed coating and granulating device, applying positive pressure to the mixed material of sorbitol and lactitol from the bottom of the fluidized bed to enable the mixed material to flow from bottom to top in an accelerated manner, applying negative pressure to the upper part of the fluidized bed to enable the mixed material to vibrate from top to bottom to enable the mixed material to boil up and down in the fluidized bed, continuously spraying the first solution prepared in the step S11 onto the boiled mixed material through a spray gun on the side part of the fluidized bed, and controlling the temperature of inlet fluidizing air to be 70-85 ℃;

Step S2, preparing alkali particles

Step S21, dissolving 6.0kg of sorbitol sieved by a 100-mesh sieve, 2.00kg of sodium bicarbonate and 0.30kg of Arabic gum in distilled water to obtain a second solution;

Step S3, preparing novel sugar-free cube sugar

Step S31, adding 31.50kg of sorbitol and 48.25kg of lactitol into a mixing device, and spraying and adding distilled water to obtain a first mixture;

step S32, adding acid particle particles, acid particle fine powder and alkali particle particles to the first mixture obtained in the step S31 in sequence to obtain a second mixture;

Step S34, drying the novel sugarless cube sugar of step S33 at 40 ℃.

The novel sugar-free cube prepared in this example and the sugar-free cube prepared in the prior art were tested for their performance, wherein the dispersibility was measured in a low temperature liquid, and the test results are shown in the following table:

sample (I)	Dispersibility(s)	Hardness (MP)	Amount of sugar (g)
				Example 3	45	2.2	3.0
Comparative example 2	80	1.5	7.2

As can be seen from the table above, the novel sugar-free cube sugar prepared by the invention has the advantages of good dispersibility, high hardness, less broken sugar amount and overall better performance than the prior art.

Example 4

This embodiment is an embodiment of the present invention.

Step S1, preparing acid granules

Step S11, dissolving 0.35kg of acesulfame, 0.65kg of sucralose and 2.10kg of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose in 2.00kg of deionized water, and then adding 0.03kg of lactic acid, 0.20kg of fumaric acid and 0.54kg of sodium chloride to obtain a first solution;

step S12, adding 4.33kg of maltitol and 5.87kg of isomaltitol into a fluidized bed coating and granulating device, applying positive pressure to the mixed material of maltitol and isomaltitol from the bottom of the fluidized bed to enable the mixed material to flow from bottom to top in an accelerated manner, applying negative pressure to the upper part of the fluidized bed to enable the mixed material to vibrate from top to bottom so as to enable the mixed material to boil up and down in the fluidized bed, continuously spraying the first solution prepared in the step S11 onto the boiled mixed material by a spray gun at the side part of the fluidized bed, and controlling the inlet air temperature of fluidization to be 70-85 ℃;

Step S2, preparing alkali particles

Step S21, dissolving 5.88kg of maltitol sieved by a 100-mesh sieve, 2.45kg of sodium bicarbonate and 0.40kg of sodium carboxymethylcellulose in distilled water to obtain a second solution;

Step S3, preparing novel sugar-free cube sugar

Step S31, adding 33.26kg of maltitol and 43.94kg of isomalt into a mixing device, and spray-adding distilled water to obtain a first mixture;

Step S34, drying the novel sugarless cube sugar of step S33 at 40 ℃.

sample (I)	Dispersibility(s)	Hardness (MP)	Amount of sugar (g)
				Example 4	39	2.3	3.2
Comparative example 3	76	1.7	7.1

While the invention has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and detail may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Claims

1. The novel sugar-free cube sugar is characterized by comprising the following components in percentage by weight:

the preparation method of the novel sugar-free cube sugar comprises the following steps:

step S1, preparing acid granules

Step S11, dissolving the sweetener and part of the binder in a solvent, and then adding the acid and the sodium chloride to obtain a first solution;

step S12 of spraying the first solution of step S11 on a portion of the sugar alcohol to obtain the acid granules;

step S2, preparing alkali particles

Step S21, dissolving the sodium bicarbonate, the rest of the binder and part of the sugar alcohol in a solvent to obtain a second solution;

step S22 of preparing the base granules by wet granulation using the second solution of the step S21;

step S3, preparing novel sugar-free cube sugar

Step S31, spraying a solvent on the residual part of the sugar alcohol to obtain a first mixture;

step S32 of sequentially adding the acid particles and the base particles to the first mixture in step S31 to obtain a second mixture;

2. The novel sugarless square sugar according to claim 1, wherein the sugar alcohol is any one or a combination of sorbitol, xylitol, lactitol, erythritol, maltitol or isomalt.

3. The novel sugar-free cube sugar according to claim 1, wherein the sweetener is any one or a combination of aspartame, acesulfame-k, stevioside, mogroside and sucralose.

4. The novel sugar-free cube sugar according to claim 1, wherein the acid is any one or a combination of citric acid, malic acid, lactic acid, fumaric acid.

5. The novel sugar-free cube sugar according to claim 1, wherein the binder is any one or a combination of acacia gum, inulin, sodium carboxymethylcellulose, xanthan gum.