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US 12,495,818 B2Granted
Dihydrochalcones from Balanophora harlandii
AssigneeThe Coca-Cola Company
InventorsBin Wang, Gil Ma, Indra Prakash
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Abstract
Methods of isolating dihydrochalcone compounds of Formula (I) from Balanophora harlandii are provided herein. Compositions and consumables comprising at least one sweetener and at least one dihydrochalcone compound described herein are also provided. Methods of enhancing the sweetness of a consumable, methods of making a consumable taste more like a sucrose-sweetened consumable and methods of preparing consumables are also detailed herein.
Claims15
A beverage comprising rebaudioside M and at least one dihydrochalcone compound of Formula I:
- wherein R1 is OR6;
- R6 is a saccharide substituted by one or more oxygens in the hydroxyl positions by galloyl, vanillyl, feruloyl, a monohydroxybenzoyl, dihydroxybenzoyl, trihydroxybenzoyl, or methoxybenzoyl;
- R2 is independently selected from OH and is OR6;
- R3 is selected from hydrogen and CH2COOH;
- R4 is selected from hydrogen and CH3;
- and
- wherein the rebaudioside M is present in a sweetening amount.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.