| 摘要 |
The invention relates to hard candy, the sweetener of which consists of 30 t o 70 % by weight of xylitol and 70 to 30 % by weight of sorbitol, maltitol, isomalt, lactitol, or a mixture thereof, and which can contain, in addition to the sweetener, up to 3 by weight, preferably no more than 1 % by weight, of water, and up to 3 % of conventional processing agents and additives such as vegetable fat, emulsifiers, colourings and aromatic substances, and intensive sweeteners. A further object of the invention is a process for manufacturing said hard candy, wherein about 35 to 80 % by weigh t of the fatal amount of the sweetener is melted at a temperature of 120 to 175 .degree.C, whereafter it is cooled to 95 to 135 .degree.C, at which temperature the remainder of the sweetener is added thereto while mixing as a crystalline or powdered solid, optional processing agents and additives are added to the mass when it is in a molten state, and the mass is formed into candies by known forming techniques or modifications thereof.
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