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US 11,717,549 B2Granted
Steviol glycoside solubility enhancers
AssigneeCargill, Incorporated
InventorsDan S. Gaspard, Adam T. Zarth
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Abstract
A solubilized steviol glycoside composition including one or more steviol glycosides and one or more steviol glycoside solubility enhancers can be used as a sweetener composition to sweeten other compositions (sweetenable compositions) such as foods, beverages, medicines, oral hygiene compositions, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, and the like.
Claims16
An aqueous steviol glycoside solution comprising:
- a) greater than 0.2% by weight of a total steviol glycoside composition comprising one or more steviol glycosides, wherein if the steviol glycoside composition includes rebaudioside A, rebaudioside D, or rebaudioside M, the rebaudioside A individual concentration in the aqueous steviol glycoside solution is at least 1% by weight, the rebaudioside D individual concentration in the aqueous steviol glycoside solution is at least 0.2% by weight, or the rebaudioside M individual concentration in the aqueous steviol glycoside solution is at least 0.3% by weight;
- b) less than 0.3% by weight of malonate, malonic acid, oxalate, oxalic acid, lactate, lactic acid, succinate, succinic acid, malate, or malic acid;
- or less than 0.05% by weight of pyruvate, pyruvic acid, fumarate, fumaric acid, tartrate, tartaric acid, sorbate, sorbic acid, acetate, or acetic acid;
- or less than about 0.05% by weight of chlorophyll;
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- c) at least 1% by weight of a steviol glycoside solubility enhancer composition comprising
- i) one or more monocaffeoylquinic acids or salts thereof;
- ii) at least 20% by weight of one or more dicaffeoylquinic acids or salts thereof;
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- iii) at least one of an ester of ferulic acid and quinic acid, an ester of caffeic acid and tartaric acid, an ester of caffeic acid and 3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)lactic acid, an ester of p-coumaric acid and quinic acid, an ester of sinapic acid and quinic acid, and isomers thereof;
- wherein the aqueous steviol glycoside solution comprises a 1:0.3 to 1:3 ratio by weight of total steviol glycoside to steviol glycoside solubility enhancer composition.
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An aqueous steviol glycoside solution comprising:
- a) greater than 0.2% by weight of a total steviol glycoside composition comprising one or more steviol glycosides, wherein if the steviol glycoside composition includes rebaudioside A, rebaudioside D, or rebaudioside M, the rebaudioside A individual concentration is at least 1% by weight, the rebaudioside D individual concentration is at least 0.2% by weight, or the rebaudioside M individual concentration is at least 0.3% by weight;
- b) less than 0.3% by weight of malonate, malonic acid, oxalate, oxalic acid, lactate, lactic acid, succinate, succinic acid, malate, or malic acid;
- or less than 0.05% by weight of pyruvate, pyruvic acid, fumarate, fumaric acid, tartrate, tartaric acid, sorbate, sorbic acid, acetate, or acetic acid;
- or less than about 0.05% by weight of chlorophyll;
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- c) a steviol glycoside solubility enhancer in an amount that enhances the solubility of at least one of the steviol glycosides composition, the steviol glycoside solubility enhancer comprising
- i) one or more monocaffeoylquinic acids or salts thereof;
- ii) at least 10% by weight of one or more dicaffeoylquinic acids or salts thereof;
- iii) at least one of an ester of ferulic acid and quinic acid, an ester of p-coumaric acid and quinic acid, an ester of sinapic acid and quinic acid, an ester of caffeic acid and tartaric acid, an ester of caffeic acid and 3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)lactic acid, and isomers thereof,
- wherein the aqueous steviol glycoside solution comprises a ratio between 1:0.3 and 1:3 by weight of total steviol glycoside to steviol glycoside solubility enhancer composition,
- wherein the steviol glycoside composition remains in solution for at least 7 days when stored a temperature of about 25° C.
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