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Want to Add Value to Your Hard-Boiled Candies?

Published February 06, 2026

Resource Formulation Guidance

How to develop sugars-free hard-boiled candies with LYCASIN® HBC maltitol syrup.

Hard-Boiled Candies

Key attributes

  • Sugar-free and toothfriendly
  • Easy processing
  • Tasty
  • Long-lasting taste
  • Stable 

Key facts

LYCASIN® HBC maltitol syrup

  • Specific maltitol syrup adapted to hard-boiled candy manufacturing
  • 2.4 kcal/g, low glycemic index
  • Produced from renewable agricultural raw materials: wheat or corn

Key benefits

 LYCASIN® HBC maltitol syrup
Nutritional 
  • Toothfriendly, proven by pH telemetry
  • Reduces calories compared to standard suhgar/glucose syrup version
Functional
  • Syrup stored at room temperature
  • Ready to use, no dissolution needed
  • Same production process as sugar-based hard-boiled candies
Sensory
  • Sweetness profile close to that of sucrose
  • Does not need the addition of intense sweeteners

List of ingredients for the recipe 

  • LYCASIN® HBC maltitol syrup,
  • Flavors,
  • Coloring agent,
  • Intense sweetener (optional).

Reference recipe name: "Toothfriendly sugar-free hard-boiled candies with LYCASIN® HBC maltitol"

Nutrition facts

Serving size 2.4g of hard-boiled candies

Energy5.59 kcal
Fat0g
Of which saturated fat0g
Carbohydrate2.33g
Of which sugars0g
Of which polyols2.33g
Fiber0g
Protein0g
Salt0g

Suggested claims (EU)*

  • Sugars-free
  • Safe for teeth

* Information based on EU regulations. Subject to applicable local laws and regulations.

Disclaimer

This informative and technical document is provided for food business operators or healthcare professionals, including prospective customers for Roquette and not intended to be delivered as such to final consumers. Legal, regulatory, policies and requirements are subject to change and jurisdictional variation.

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LYCASIN® HBC maltitol syrup
124,40 Ko

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