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A process and product is taught for producing vitreous molten mass from sweeteners by means of an extruder, in particular a double screw extruder. The sweetener is introduced into an inlet zone of the extruder, is extruded in a melting zone at an increased temperature, in a vacuum zone at a reduced

A process and product is taught for producing vitreous molten mass from sweeteners by means of an extruder, in particular a double screw extruder. The sweetener is introduced into an inlet zone of the extruder, is extruded in a melting zone at an increased temperature, in a vacuum zone at a reduced pressure and increased temperature, and finally in a cooling zone at a reduced temperature, forming a vitreous molten mass.

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1. A glass-like plastic mass prepared from at least one sweetening agent mixture by means of an extruder, in which extruder a sweetening agent mixture is fed into a charging zone into a melting zone at elevated temperature of 130° C. to 210° C., into a vacuum zone at reduced pressure and elevated te

1. A glass-like plastic mass prepared from at least one sweetening agent mixture by means of an extruder, in which extruder a sweetening agent mixture is fed into a charging zone into a melting zone at elevated temperature of 130° C. to 210° C., into a vacuum zone at reduced pressure and elevated temperature of 120° C. to 160° C., and extruded into a cooling zone at reduced temperature of 60° C. to 130° C., and a glass-like plastic mass is obtained. 2. A glass-liked plastic mass according to claim 1, comprising flavourings, minerals, salts, tastes, fragrances, colourings or pharmaceutically-active additives. 3. A glass-like plastic mass according to claim 1, wherein the sweetener contained in the sweetening agent mixture is selected from a monosaccharide, disaccharide, polysaccharide, sugar alcohol, polydextrose, maltodextrin, inulin or a mixture thereof. 4. A glass-like plastic mass according to claim 1, wherein the sweetener contained in the sweetening agent mixture is selected from xylose, ribulose, glucose, mannose, galactose, fructose, maltose, invert sugar, hydrogenated or non-hydrogenated starch hydrolysate, sorbitol, xylitol, lactitol, mannitol, galactitol, 1,1-GPM (1-O-α-D-glucopryranosyl-D-mannitol), 1,6-GPM (1-O-α-D-glucopryranosyl-D-sorbitol), 1,6-GPS (6-O-α-D-glucopyranosyl-D-sorbitol), isomaltalose, maltalose, saccharose, trehalulose, lactulose or a mixture thereof. 5. A glass-like plastic mass according to claim 1, wherein the sweetener contained in the sweetening agent mixture is a mixture of 1,6-GPS (6-O-α-D-glucopyranosyl-D-sorbitol) and 1,1-GPM (1-O-α-D-glucopryranosyl-D-mannitol). 6. A glass-like plastic mass according to claim 5, wherein the mixture is a near equimolar mixture of 1,1-GPS and 1,1-GPM. 7. A glass-like plastic mass according to claim 1, wherein the sweetener contained in the sweetening agent mixture is selected from a mixture of sorbitol, mannitol, 1,1-GPM (1-O-α-D-glucopryranosyl-D-mannitol), 1,6-GPM (1-O-α-D-glucopryranosyl-D-sorbitol), and 1,6-GPS (6-O-α-D-glucopyranosyl-D-sorbitol). 8. A tablet comprising a glass-like plastic mass according to claim 1. 9. A tablet comprising a glass-like plastic mass according to claim 3. 10. A tablet comprising a glass-like plastic mass according to claim 4. 11. A tablet comprising a glass-like plastic mass according to claims 5. 12. A hard caramel sweet comprising a glass-like plastic mass according to claim 1. 13. A hard caramel sweet comprising a glass-like plastic mass according to claim 3. 14. A hard caramel sweet comprising a glass-like plastic mass according to claim 4. 15. A hard caramel sweet comprising a glass-like plastic mass according to claim 5.