US 12,419,321 B2
Casting compound and process for the production of gelatin products
Eberhard Dick, Neckargemünd (DE); Sonja Göttling, Heppenheim (DE); Anna Leitheim, Mosbach (DE); Alexander Raab, Neckarsteinach (DE); and Holger Brack, Rümmelsheim (DE)
Assigned to GELITA AG, Eberbach (DE)
Filed by GELITA AG, Eberbach (DE)
Filed on Jun. 12, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/006,102.
Application 16/006,102 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2016/079388, filed on Dec. 1, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 102015121923.9 (DE), filed on Dec. 16, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2018/0289032 A1, Oct. 11, 2018
Int. Cl. A23G 3/42 (2006.01); A23G 3/34 (2006.01); A23G 3/44 (2006.01); A23L 29/281 (2016.01)
CPC A23G 3/42 (2013.01) [A23G 3/0027 (2013.01); A23G 3/44 (2013.01); A23L 29/284 (2016.08); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
 
1. A casting compound for producing gelatin products by pouring into solid hollow moulds, comprising a pourable homogeneous aqueous solution containing the following constituents:
4 to 16 wt % of gelatin having a mean molecular weight, determined by gel chromatography, of at least 130 kDa, wherein at least 35 wt % of the gelatin has a molecular weight of more than 130 kDa, and wherein the gelatin is obtained from connective tissue or bones of pigs, cattle, or poultry;
6 to 76 wt % of one or more sugar alcohols;
8 to 50 wt % of glucose syrup with a viscosity of less than 800 mPa·s, measured with a dry matter content of 80 wt % and at a temperature of 50° C. wherein the glucose syrup has a dextrose equivalent of 50 or more; and
0 to 50 wt % of sucrose,
wherein the glucose syrup and the sugar alcohol(s) together make up 25 to 76 wt % of the aqueous solution, and wherein the aqueous solution has a dry matter content of at least 78 wt % and a water activity (aw value) of less than 0.75.