Sweetener compositions and uses thereof
AssigneeAjinomoto Co., Inc.
InventorShoichi Ishii
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Abstract
The present invention provides compositions containing one or more aspartyl dipeptide derivatives represented by formulas (1) and/or (2) mixed with another high intensity sweetner, such Aspartame, sugar, sugar alcohol, and oligosaccharide; food, beverages, and/or medicinal products containing these compositions, methods of using the compositions to impart sweetness in food, beverages, and/or medicinal products to impart sweetness or suppress a bitter taste; and methods of making the compositions and products.
Claims56
A composition, comprising an aspartyl dipeptide ester compond represented by formula (1) or a salt thereof;
- and another high intensity sweetener in an amount sufficient to improve the quality of the sweetness of said aspartyl dipeptide ester compound:
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- wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a methoxy group and a methyl group, and R6 and R7 are independently a hydrogen atom or a methyl group,
- and when R6 and R7 are different substituents, the carbon atom to which these substituents are linked is in the (R), (S) or (RS) configuration.
A composition, comprising an aspartyl dipeptide ester compound represented by formula (1), or a salt thereof;
- and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of sugar, sugar alcohol and oligosaccharide, which in an amount sufficient to improve the quality of the sweetness of said aspartyl dipeptide ester compound:
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- wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a methoxy group and a methyl group;
- R6 and R7 are independently a hydrogen atom or a methyl group;
- and when R6 and R7 are different substituents, the carbon atom to which these substituents are linked are in the (R), (S) or (RS) configuration.
A product, which has a bitter taste, comprising an aspartyl dipeptide ester compound of the formula (1) in an amount to reduce the bitter taste compared to the bitter taste of the product that does not contain the aspartyl dipeptide ester compound:
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- wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a methoxy group and a methyl group;
- R6 and R7 are independently a hydrogen atom or a methyl group;
- and when R6 and R7 are different substituents, the carbon atom to which these substituents are linked is in the (R), (S) or (RS) configuration.
A method of correcting the taste of a product, comprising adding a aspartyl dipeptide ester of formula (1) to said product, in an amount sufficient to correct the taste of the product:
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- wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a methoxy group and a methyl group;
- R6 and R7 are independently a hydrogen atom or a methyl group;
- and when R6 and R7 are different substituents, the carbon atom to which these substituents are linked is in the (R), (S) or (RS) configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.