An object of the present invention is to provide general-purpose, stable, and safe monatin sodium salt crystals incorporating no organic solvent. A further object is to provide a manufacturing method that requires no organic solvent in the crystallization, separation, and drying steps. A still further object is to clarify the utility and physical properties of these stereoisomers as sweeteners. And a still further object is to provide orally consumed products, such as foods, beverages, pharmaceutical products, topical pharmaceutical products, and feeds containing general-purpose, stable, and safe monatin sodium salt crystals.
It has been discovered that the above objects are achieved by new (2R,4R) monatin monosodium salt hydrate crystals characterized by having specific characteristic X-ray diffraction peaks.
本发明的目的是提供一种通用、稳定、安全的莫纳丁钠盐晶体,不含有机溶剂。另一个目的是提供一种制造方法,该方法在结晶、分离和干燥步骤中不需要有机溶剂。还有一个目的是澄清这些立体异构体作为
甜味剂的效用和物理性质。另一个目的是提供口服产品,如食品、饮料、制药产品、局部制药产品和饲料,其中包含通用、稳定、安全的莫纳丁钠盐晶体。已经发现上述目的是通过具有特定特征X射线衍射峰的新的(2R,4R)莫纳丁单钠盐
水合物晶体实现的。