JPH0723759A - Sugar coating composition and syrup for preparing the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a sugar-coating composition which contains specific amounts of pentaerythritol and reduced starch-saccharified product and gives chewing gum, tablets or the like coated with a uniform-thickness layer having fine, smooth and peel-resistant crystals on the surface. CONSTITUTION:The core material is coated with a sugar-coating layer containing (A) 62 to 98wt.% (on the dry basis) of pentaerythritol and (B) 2 to 38wt.% of reduced starch-saccharified product to give the objective sugar- coating composition. The syrup for preparing the composition is preferably prepared using 45 to 57wt.% of pentaerythritol and 3 to 10wt.% of reduced starch-saccharified product on the dry basis.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a novel sugar coating composition and a syrup for preparing the sugar coating composition.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Erythritol is known as a material for forming a coating layer on the surface of a solid food or drink material.
This erythritol can be used as a sugarless material. And, it has an advantage that it has a lowering action compared to other sugar alcohols.

However, this erythritol has the characteristics that it has high crystallinity when it is used as an aqueous solution and has a high crystallization rate. Therefore, it is difficult to obtain a uniform and smooth sugar coating layer when sugar coating is performed using a sugar coating syrup in which only erythritol is added to water. JP-A 64-55140 discloses "a solid food and drink material having improved hygroscopicity" having a coating layer obtained by heating and melting this erythritol to coat the periphery of the core material.

However, this coating layer is obtained by heating and melting erythritol and adhering it around the core material. Therefore, the coating layer is brittle and fragile and easily peeled off as compared with a sugar coating layer formed by coating with a sugar syrup. Further, in the invention described in this publication, an attempt is made to add another sugar component in order to lower the melting point of the coating layer. However, the problem that the coating layer is brittle and fragile and easily peels off has not been solved by such an attempt.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a sugar coating composition which is uniform, smooth, hard to break, and hard to peel off, and a syrup for preparing the composition.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems As a result of intensive studies for solving the above problems, the present inventor has found that the above problems can be solved by adding a reduced starch saccharified product to erythritol. Was completed. That is, the present invention has the following matters.

(1) In a sugar coating composition characterized in that the core material is coated with a sugar coating layer containing erythritol and a reduced starch saccharified product, 62% by weight to 98% by weight of erythritol,
A sugar-coating composition, wherein the reduced starch saccharified product is added in an amount of 2% by weight to 38% by weight on a dry matter basis. (2) 25% by weight to 57% by weight of erythritol, and 3% by weight to 20% by weight of reduced starch saccharified product on a dry matter basis, used in the soft hanging method
A syrup for preparing a sugar coating composition according to (1).

(3) 45% by weight to 57% by weight of erythritol and 3% by weight to 10% by weight of dried starch saccharified product
The syrup for preparing a sugar coating composition according to (1) above, which is used in a hard hanging method, characterized in that the syrup is contained in a weight percentage. Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail. A. Regarding a sugar coating product characterized in that the core material is coated with a sugar coating layer containing erythritol and a reduced starch saccharified product, the "core material" in the present invention means an object coated with erythritol and a reduced starch saccharified product. Any substance that is originally sugar-coated with erythritol is acceptable. For example, confectionery such as chewing gum, chocolate, candy, gummy, jelly;
Examples thereof include fruits and nuts; medicines such as tablets and pills.

Erythritol used in the present invention is a sugar alcohol of a tetracarbon sugar having the structural formula shown in formula (1). It has a molecular weight of 122 and a melting point of 119 ° C. and is water-soluble, non-digestible and non-digestible. It is erodible and non-brown.

[0010]

[Chemical 1]

The sweetness of erythritol depends on that of sucrose.
70-80%, it has a light sweetness similar to sucrose, has excellent crystallinity, and has the property of being extremely difficult to absorb moisture. In addition, it has the property of having a weaker deglutition effect compared to other sugar alcohols. Further, the reduced starch saccharified product used in the present invention is obtained by subjecting a saccharified product made from starch as a raw material and hydrogenating it, and is composed of a monosaccharide and a polysaccharide.

More specifically, it comprises a monosaccharide alcohol such as sorbitol; a disaccharide alcohol such as maltitol; a trisaccharide alcohol such as maltotriitol; an oligosaccharide alcohol or a polysaccharide alcohol having a sugar polymerization degree of 4 or more. . As a general rule, how to mix the above-mentioned monosaccharide alcohol or a sugar alcohol having a sugar polymerization degree of 4 or more into the reduced starch saccharified product is not necessary, and it is not always necessary to mix sugar alcohols having all sugar polymerization degrees. Alternatively, one type of sugar alcohol can be used as the reduced starch saccharified product. However, the ratio of monosaccharides is usually 2
6 to 6% by weight; the mixing ratio of disaccharides is 7 to 67% by weight; the mixing ratio of trisaccharides is 9 to 25% by weight; and the mixing ratio of saccharides having a degree of sugar polymerization of 4 or more is 13 to 80% by weight. Incidentally, such a blending ratio delays the crystallization of the sugar coating on the surface of the sugar coating composition intended to be prepared, and allows a more uniform sugar coating layer to be formed, and thus a sugar alcohol having a sugar polymerization degree of 3 or more among the above. It is preferable to use the compounding degree of 1) as high as possible. As the reduced starch saccharified product that can be used in the present invention, specifically, PO-20, PO-30, PO-40, or PO-60
(All manufactured by Towa Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.) and the like. Among these, PO-20 or PO-30 can be exemplified as a particularly preferable reduced starch saccharified product in that the blending degree of the sugar alcohol having a sugar polymerization degree of 3 or higher is set high.

The above-mentioned erythritol and reduced starch saccharification product are usually contained in a syrup which is heated and dissolved by adding water as a solvent. In addition to the erythritol and the reduced starch saccharified product, other added components may be contained in the syrup if necessary. Next, a typical method of coating a core material using the syrup prepared above with a sugar coating layer will be shown.

One of the methods is a method known as "hard multiplication". That is, the core material is put into a sugar-coated kettle, an appropriate amount of syrup prepared in advance is applied, and air drying is performed when the whole is spread. And it is the method of forming the sugar coating layer by repeating the said operation. Another way is
This is a method known as "soft multiplication".

That is, the core material is put into a sugar-coated kettle, an appropriate amount of syrup prepared in advance is sprinkled on the core material, finely powdered erythritol is sprinkled when it is spread over the whole, and air drying is carried out when the fine powder is spread over the whole. . And it is the method of forming the sugar coating layer by repeating the said operation. The syrup can be prepared by setting the compounding ratio of erythritol and reduced starch saccharified product in the syrup as follows.

First, when the "hard coating method" is adopted as a sugar coating method, erythritol is used in an amount of 45% by weight to 57% by weight, preferably 45% by weight to the syrup.
55% by weight, and more preferably 45% to 50% by weight
It can be blended. The reduced starch saccharified product can be added in a dry weight of 3% to 10% by weight, preferably 5% to 10% by weight.

The composition ratio of erythritol and reduced starch saccharified product in the sugar coating layer prepared by such a sugar coating method is 81% by weight to 95% by weight, and 5% to 19% by weight of reduced starch saccharified product. (Corresponding to the case where erythritol is contained in the above syrup at 45% to 57% by weight and reduced starch saccharified product is contained at 3% to 10% by dry weight), and preferably 81% by weight of erythritol. ~ 92% by weight and 8% reduced starch saccharified by dry weight
% To 19% by weight (corresponding to erythritol of 45% to 55% by weight reduced starch saccharified product in a dry weight of 5% to 10% by weight). It is contained in the coating layer. Further, more preferably, 81% by weight to 91% by weight of erythritol and 9% by weight to 19% by weight of the reduced starch saccharified product are contained in the composition (45% by weight to 50% by weight of erythritol in the syrup). , Reduced starch saccharified product is 5% to 10% by dry weight
Applicable when included. ) It is contained in the sugar coating layer.

Next, when the "soft hanging method" is adopted as the sugar coating method, erythritol is contained in the syrup in an amount of 25% to 57% by weight, preferably 25% by weight.
55% by weight, and more preferably 40% to 50% by weight
It can be blended. The reduced starch saccharified product is 3% by weight to 20% by weight, preferably 3% by weight to 15% by weight, on a dry weight basis.
And more preferably, 5 wt% to 15 wt% can be added.

The erythritol and the reduced starch saccharified product in the sugar-coated layer prepared by such a sugar coating method are 62% by weight to 98% by weight of erythritol, and 2% by weight to 38% by weight of the reduced starch saccharified product in dry weight. The syrup may be present in the sugar coating layer in a composition ratio of 5 to 12 g of erythritol in an amount of 25% to 57% by weight, and a reduced starch saccharified product in an amount of 3% to 20% by dry weight, and (Applicable when sprinkling 1 to 4 g of fine powder of erythritol), and preferably 68 to 98% by weight of erythritol,
And the reduced starch saccharified product is 2 wt% to 32 wt% in dry weight.
It may be present in the sugar coating layer in the composition ratio of
25% by weight to 55% by weight of erythritol and 3% by weight to 15% by weight of reduced starch saccharified product are contained in g,
It also applies when sprinkling 1 to 4 g of erythritol fine powder. ). And more preferably, erythritol may be present in the coating layer in a composition ratio of 70% by weight to 98% by weight, and reduced starch saccharified product in a weight ratio of 2% by weight to 30% by weight (in 5 to 12 g of the syrup above). 40 erythritol
% To 50% by weight, reduced starch saccharified product is contained in a dry weight of 3% to 20% by weight, and it is applicable when 1 to 4 g of erythritol fine powder is sprinkled. ).

Erythritol and saccharified reduced starch can be usually dissolved in water as a solvent to prepare the syrup which is the object of the present invention. In the above soft-applying method, erythritol fine powder sprinkled is 8.3% by weight based on the weight of the syrup to be coated.
It is preferable to sprinkle it in the range of 80% by weight. Also,
The erythritol fine powder can be sprinkled in 1 to 3 times.

A binder may be appropriately added to the syrup if necessary. Specific examples thereof include starch, gelatin, gum arabic, crystalline cellulose, pullulan and the like. Among these binders, crystalline cellulose is preferable in that the surface of the sugar coating layer can be made smooth. The addition amount of the syrup depends on the type of syrup to be added, but is preferably about 7 to 12 g.

Next, the preparation of a sugar coating product using the above syrup will be described. Both of the above-mentioned "hard multiplication method" and "soft multiplication method" (hereinafter, unless otherwise stated, it is shown that the conditions are common to both methods).
In general, the preparation is performed by putting a core material in a sugar-coated bread, rotating the core material, coating the core material with the syrup, and then drying the core material.

The rotation speed of the sugar-coated bread containing the core material is about 1
It is preferable to set it to -30 rpm. The coating of the syrup is usually 20-70
It can be used after being adjusted to ° C. And, more preferably, it can be prepared and used in the range of 20 to 60 ° C. from the viewpoint that the flavor and taste of the core material and the shape can be maintained and a uniform sugar coating layer can be formed.

As the coating method of the syrup on the core material, for example, a dropping method, a spraying method or the like can be adopted. Then, among the above, as a preferred coating method in the present invention, from the viewpoint that a uniform sugar coating layer can be formed, a dripping method of dropping syrup onto the core material with a syringe or the like, or spraying syrup onto the core material with a spray machine or the like. A spraying method can be mentioned.

Then, the coated bread is blown with air while rotating the sugar-coated bread to dry it. The blast temperature for the drying is usually a temperature of 60 ° C. or lower, but the flavor and taste of the core material, and maintaining the shape, from the viewpoint that a uniform sugar-coated layer can be formed, particularly in the range of 20 to 40 ° C. It is preferable to carry out. Also, the drying time varies depending on the amount of syrup coated, but is generally 10 to 15
It can be done in minutes.

In the above-mentioned "soft application method", it is essential to sprinkle the fine powder erythritol on the whole core material, but the amount of the fine powder erythritol added varies depending on the amount of the syrup. Is usually sprinkled in the range of 1 to 4 g on 5 to 12 g of sugar-coated syrup. It is possible to sprinkle the erythritol at once, but it is also possible to sprinkle the erythritol separately up to about 3 times from the viewpoint that a uniform sugar coating layer can be formed.

In the "soft coating method", after coating the erythritol, the coated product is subjected to the above drying step. The core material of the syrup is coated with the coating / drying process as one cycle from the introduction of the core material into the sugar-coated bread. Although the number of times the cycle is performed varies depending on the intended final amount of sugar coating formed, it is usually repeated 80 to 150 times to prepare a sugar coating layer having a thickness of 0.4 to 1.0 mm.

If necessary, other added components such as flavors and pigments, and wax agents such as beeswax and carnauba wax for polishing can be added to the sugar coating composition produced as described above. An appropriate amount of flavor and / or dye may be optionally added in the step of preparing the sugar coating layer. In addition, beeswax and / or carnauba wax is prepared by adding it using a dedicated polishing pan in the polishing step, generally in the final step of preparation of the sugar coating layer, usually in the final step of the coating step.

[0029]

EXAMPLES The present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to examples, but the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the examples. [Example 1] Preparation of sugar-coating composition of the present invention by soft hanging (1) Preparation of sugar-coating composition First, a sugar-coating composition containing chewing gum as a core material was prepared by the following procedure.

Preparation of sugar-coated syrup To 40 g of erythritol (manufactured by Nikken Chemical Co., Ltd.), 5 g of reduced starch saccharified product (trade name: PO-30, manufactured by Towa Kasei Kogyo Co., Ltd.) as a dry substance weight, and 52.86 ml of water were added. A sugar-coated syrup was prepared by stirring and dissolving while heating (the sugar-coated syrup was kept warm for the purpose of preventing recrystallization of erythritol). The reduced starch saccharified product (PO series) used in this example contains 30% by weight of water, but it is shown here by the dry substance weight.

Several kinds of sugar-coated syrups having different contents of erythritol or reduced starch saccharified product were prepared by the above procedure (see Table 1).

[0032]

[Table 1]

In the table, the erythritol used was manufactured by Nikken Chemical Co., Ltd., and the reduced starch saccharified product was PO-30 manufactured by Towa Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. Coating of sugar coating Sugar coating was performed using the sugar coating syrup prepared above.
In other words, in the sugar-coated bread (Hata Iron Works HU-C type)
The above-mentioned sugar-coated syrup 5 containing 1200 g of a chewing gum having a composition of 12 mm (width 12 mm, width 19 mm, thickness 5 mm) was added and the sugar-coated bread was kept at about 50 ° C. while rotating at 24 rpm. The syrup was fed by dropping ~ 12 g with a syringe.

In this way, after the sugar-coated syrup was supplied, while maintaining the rotation of the sugar-coated bread in the same manner, when the sugar-coated syrup was spread over the entire chewing gum, 1 to 4 g of fine powder erythritol was added to the chewing gum. It was sprinkled in 3 portions. After sprinkling the fine powder, while maintaining the same rotation, a dry air of about 22 ° C. was blown into the sugar-coated pan for about 10 minutes to dry the sugar-coated product.

The above operation was repeated 80 to 150 times to prepare a sugar coating composition of the present invention having a final sugar coating layer thickness of 0.4 to 1.0 mm.

[0036]

[Table 2]

(2) Quality evaluation of sugar coating composition From the sugar coating composition obtained in the above (1), 10 samples were randomly selected and quality evaluation was performed by the following procedure. The appearance of each sugar coating composition was evaluated by comprehensively judging the fineness, smoothness, uniformity, etc. of the crystals on the surface of the sugar coating layer, and the appearance was evaluated as shown in Table 3 below.
The judgment shown in was made.

As a control, a sugar-coated composition consisting of erythritol alone was prepared and evaluated in the same manner.

[0039]

[Table 3]

* 1: Weight% of erythritol in the sugar-coated syrup * 2: Weight% of the reduced starch saccharified product in the sugar-coated syrup based on the dry substance weight * 3: The symbols in the table are the appearance evaluations shown below. ◎: Very good ○: Good Δ: Normal ×: Poor According to Table 3 above, the content of erythritol in the sugar-coated syrup was 25 to 57% by weight, and the content of reduced starch saccharified product was 3 to 20% by weight of dry matter. %, It was found that the sugar coating composition obtained had finer and smoother crystals on the surface of the sugar coating layer and a uniform layer thickness, as compared with the case where only erythritol was used.

In particular, the erythritol content is 25 to 55.
% By weight, and the content of reduced starch saccharified product is 3 by dry matter weight.
It was found that a smooth coating on the surface of the sugar-coating layer was obtained when the content was up to 15% by weight. However, it was found that when the contents of erythritol and reduced starch saccharification were out of these ranges, a smooth sugar coating layer surface could not be obtained. [Example 2] Preparation of sugar-coating composition of the present invention by hard coating (1) Preparation of sugar-coating composition Using the same chewing gum (see Table 2) as in Example 1 (1) as a core material, (1) Sugar coating was performed using the sugar coating syrup prepared in (1).

That is, chewing gum 12 in a sugar-coated bread
Put 00g, while rotating the sugar-coated bread at 24 rpm,
5 to 12 g of sugar-coated syrup maintained at about 50 ° C. was supplied by dripping with a syringe. After the sugar-coated syrup was supplied, the sugar-coated syrup was dried for about 10 minutes while continuing to rotate and blowing dry air at about 22 ° C into the sugar-coated pan.

The above operation was repeated 8 to 150 times to prepare a sugar coating composition of the present invention having a sugar coating layer thickness of 0.4 to 1.0 mm. (2) Ten samples were randomly extracted from the sugar coating composition obtained in (1) above, and the quality was evaluated according to (2) of Example 1. The results are shown in Table 4 below.

[0044]

[Table 4]

* 1: Weight% of erythritol in the sugar-coated syrup * 2: Weight% of the reduced starch saccharified product in the sugar-coated syrup based on the dry substance weight * 3: The symbols in the table are the appearance evaluations shown below. ⊚: Very good ○: Good Δ: Normal ×: Poor According to Table 4 above, the content of erythritol in the sugar-coated syrup was 45 to 57% by weight, and the content of reduced starch saccharified product was 3 to 10% by dry matter. %, It was found that the obtained sugar coating composition had finer and smoother crystals on the surface of the sugar coating layer and a uniform layer thickness, as compared with the case where only erythritol was used.

In particular, the erythritol content is 45-
It was found that when the content of the reduced starch saccharified product was 55% by weight and the dry substance weight was 3 to 10% by weight, the sugar coating composition of the present invention having a smoother surface of the sugar coating layer was obtained. However, it was found that when the contents of erythritol and reduced starch saccharification were out of these ranges, a smooth sugar coating layer surface could not be obtained. [Example 3] The chewing gum was used as the core material, and the above-mentioned Example 2 was used.
50% by weight of erythritol (manufactured by Nikken Chemical Co., Ltd.) and 5% by weight of reduced starch saccharified product (trade name: PO-20 manufactured by Towa Kasei Kogyo Co., Ltd.), which is one of the optimum conditions in The sugar coating composition of the present invention was prepared by the same procedure as in Example 2 using the sugar coating syrup.

The sugar coating composition thus obtained was evaluated according to Example 1 (2). As a result, it had a smooth sugar coating surface and a uniform layer thickness as compared with the sugar coating composition consisting of erythritol alone. . [Example 4] A chewing gum was used as the core material, and 50% by weight of erythritol (manufactured by Niken Chemical Co., Ltd.), which is one of the optimum conditions in Example 2, and a reduced starch saccharified product (trade name: PO)
-60 Towa Kasei Co., Ltd.) was used to prepare a sugar coating composition of the present invention by the same procedure as in Example 2 using a sugar coating syrup containing 7% by weight on a dry matter basis.

The sugar coating composition thus obtained was evaluated according to Example 1 (2). As a result, it had a smooth sugar coating layer surface and a uniform layer thickness as compared with the sugar coating composition consisting of erythritol alone. . [Example 5] A chewing gum was used as the core material, and 40% by weight of erythritol (manufactured by Nikken Chemical Co., Ltd.), which is one of the optimum conditions of Example 1, and a reduced starch saccharified product (trade name: PO-30 Towa Kasei) (Manufactured by Kogyo Co., Ltd.) in a dry matter weight of 10% by weight, and crystalline cellulose (trade name: Avicel FD-101 manufactured by Asahi Kasei Kogyo Co., Ltd.) in 1.0% by weight of water, and stirred and suspended while heating. , Sugar-coated syrup was prepared.

Using the sugar coating syrup, the sugar coating composition of the present invention was prepared by the same procedure as in Example 1. When the sugar coating composition obtained here was evaluated according to (2) of Example 1, as compared with the sugar coating composition consisting only of erythritol,
It had a smooth sugar coating layer surface and a uniform layer thickness. [Example 6] A chewing gum was used as the core material, 50% by weight of erythritol (manufactured by Nikken Chemical Co., Ltd.), which is one of the optimum conditions in Example 2, and a reduced starch saccharified product (trade name: PO)
-30 Towa Kasei Kogyo Co., Ltd.) was used to prepare a sugar coating composition of the present invention by the same procedure as in Example 2 using a sugar coating syrup containing 10% by weight on a dry matter basis.

[0050] Furthermore, by a conventional method, beeswax and carnauba wax are applied on a polished pan (HU-CP type manufactured by Hata Tekko).
Carnauba wax fine powder in the polished pan.
The sugar coating composition of the present invention was added together with 5 g and rotated for 20 minutes to polish. The sugar coating composition thus obtained was evaluated according to Example 1 (2). As a result, the sugar coating composition had a smooth gloss and a uniform layer thickness as compared with the sugar coating composition consisting of erythritol alone. . Example 7 A jelly having the composition shown in Table 5 below was prepared (molded into a spherical shape having a diameter of 12 mm) by a conventional method and used as a core material.

[0051]

[Table 5]

This is one of the optimum conditions in the second embodiment,
Erythritol (manufactured by Nikken Chemical Co., Ltd.) in 50% by weight reduced starch saccharified product (trade name: PO-30 manufactured by Towa Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.)
Using the sugar-coated syrup containing 8% by weight of the dried product, the sugar-coated composition of the present invention was prepared by the same procedure as in Example 2. The sugar coating composition of the present invention thus obtained was evaluated according to Example 1 (2). As a result, as in the case where chewing gum was used as the core material, the sugar coating layer had a smoother sugar coating as compared with the sugar coating composition consisting of erythritol. It was found to have a layer surface and a uniform layer thickness. [Example 8] The core material was almond (trade name: manufactured by Mandoku Shoten Co., Ltd. in the United States), and 50% by weight of erythritol (manufactured by Niken Chemical Co., Ltd.), which is one of the optimum conditions in Example 2, A sugar coating composition of the present invention was prepared by the same procedure as in Example 2 using a sugar coating syrup containing 8% by weight of a reduced starch saccharified product (trade name: PO-30 Towa Kasei Kogyo Co., Ltd.) in terms of dry matter. did.

The sugar coating composition thus obtained was evaluated according to Example 1 (2). As a result, as in the case where chewing gum was used as the core material, the sugar coating composition was smoother than that of erythritol alone. It had a layer surface and a uniform layer thickness.

[0054]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a novel sugar coating composition having a uniform layer thickness and fine and smooth surface crystals, and a syrup used for the preparation of the sugar coating composition.

Front page continuation (72) Inventor Yo Kato 6-2 Umegaoka, Midori-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Japan Tobacco Inc., Institute of Dietary Life

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A sugar coating composition comprising a core material coated with a sugar coating layer containing erythritol and a reduced starch saccharified product, wherein the erythritol is 62% by weight to 98% by weight, and the reduced starch saccharified product is a dried product. The sugar coating composition is added in an amount of 2% by weight to 38% by weight. 2. 25% by weight to 57% by weight of erythritol,
And a reduced starch saccharified product in an amount of 3 to 20% by weight on a dry matter basis, wherein the syrup for preparing a sugar coating composition according to claim 1 is used in a soft coating method. 3. Erythritol in an amount of 45% by weight to 57% by weight,
And a reduced starch saccharified product in an amount of 3% by weight to 10% by weight on a dry matter basis, wherein the syrup for preparing a sugar coating composition according to claim 1 is used in a hard coating method.