Development of Pressed Candy by Stems and Leaves of Panax Notoginseng

To prepare one kind of pressed candy with sleep AIDS, the extracts of Panax notoginseng stems and leaves and gamma-aminobutyric acid(GABA)were chosen as the main efficacy components, which is mixed with other supplementaries of sucralose, mannitol, isomalt, microcrystalline cellulose and tartaric acid. The candy was pressed by wet granwlation.The optimum proportion of this pressed candy was determined by single factor and orthogonal tests.The optimum formula is that every 1 000 tabulating candy contains 15 g notoginseng leaf extracts, 12 g GABA, 3 g sucralose, 30 g tartaric acid, 240 g isomalt, 78 g microcrystalline cellulose, 216 g mannitol and 6 g magnesium stearate.The developed pressed candy has good taste and flavor. At the same time, it contains much active ingredients with sleep AIDS.The product is suitable for all kinds of people hoping to improve the quality of life and sleep.It is one kind of healthy food which can conform to the trend of the times of Big Health.