| abstract |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide xylitol granules which have higher hardness and lower friability, are non-cariogenic, and have a cooling effect upon eating and drinking, and the like, and have a taste property of xylitol. The present invention provides directly compressible granules that can be formed into edible tablets (tablets suitable for medicine and food) having metabolic properties. It also provides other directly compressible polyol granules. The physiologically acceptable xylitol and, in the range of about 0.1% to about 5% by weight, obtained from the group consisting of polymerized reducing sugars, alkali carboxymethylcellulose and hydrogenated starch hydrolysates. Granules containing a non-cariogenic binder. In polyol granules, polydextrose is used as a binder. |