Alcoholic beverage containing steviol glycosides
AssigneeSuntory Holdings Limited
InventorsYasuko Fujiwara, Mika Kono, Yuriko Watanabe
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Abstract
The present invention pertains to an alcoholic beverage that contains one or more types of steviol glycosides selected from rebaudioside D and rebaudioside M, and has a steviol glycoside content of 0.001-0.5 g/1,000 ml and an alcohol content of 0.5-40.0 v/v %.
Claims18
An alcoholic beverage comprising one or more steviol glycosides selected from rebaudioside D and rebaudioside M, wherein
- a content of the steviol glycosides is 0.04 to 0.5 g/1000 ml,
- an alcohol content is 3.0 to 40.0 v/v %, and
- the effect of one or both of rebaudioside D and rebaudioside M on reducing alcohol's distinctive pungency is perceptible.
A method for reducing alcohol's distinctive pungency of an alcoholic beverage having an alcohol content of 3.0 to 40.0 v/v %, comprising adding one or more steviol glycosides selected from rebaudioside D and rebaudioside M to an alcoholic beverage at 0.04 to 0.5 g/1000 ml, wherein
- the effect of one or both of rebaudioside D and rebaudioside M on reducing the alcohol's distinctive pungency is perceptible.
An alcoholic beverage comprising one or more steviol glycosides selected from rebaudioside D and rebaudioside M, wherein
- a content of the steviol glycosides is 0.04 to 0.5 g/1000 ml,
- an alcohol content is 3.0 to 20.0 v/v %,
- the effect of one or both of rebaudioside D and rebaudioside M on reducing the alcohol's distinctive pungency is perceptible,
- the alcoholic beverage comprises one or more other steviol glycosides, and
- the composition ratio, in terms of mass ratio, of the total amount of rebaudioside D and rebaudioside M to the total amount of the other steviol glycosides is 99:1 to 60:40.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.