[Object]
It is intended to provide a crystalline maltitol powder less prone to
consolidation, which is free from the formation of a lump during delivery
or storage thereof, does not require pulverization or re-classification
in use, is easy to handle in transfer, package opening, addition or
mixing to another food material, and so on, and allows for automated
transportation and so on.
[Means for Solving the Object]
The crystalline maltitol powder less prone to consolidation is obtained by
charging crystalline or powdery maltitol into a shelf type dryer, a
tunnel-type dryer, a cylindrical container, or the like and subjecting
the equipment or container to a treatment wherein an air having a
temperature of 30 to 33.degree. C. and a relative humidity of 5% is
allowed to flow into the equipment or container from one side thereof and
withdrawn out of the other side thereof at a space velocity of 11 to 12
for consecutive 24 hours. Even when the relative humidity is 45%, the
crystalline maltitol powder less prone to consolidation can be obtained
by combining therewith other conditions such as an appropriate space
velocity of the feed of air and an appropriate treatment duration.