Beverages containing rare sugars
AssigneeThe Coca-Cola Company
InventorsIndra Prakash, Juvenal Higiro, Robert Scott, Gil Ma
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Abstract
Beverages comprising rare sugars and sweetness enhancers are provided herein, wherein the sweetness enhancers are present at or below the sweetness recognition threshold concentration. Also provided are methods for improving the sweetness of a beverage comprising rare sugars by adding a sweetness enhancer in a concentration at or below its sweetness recognition threshold. Beverages comprising natural high potency sweeteners and rare sugars with sugar-like characteristics are also provided, wherein the natural high potency sweetener and rare sugars are present in particular weight ratios.
Claims17
A beverage comprising a rare sugar and a natural high potency sweetener,
- wherein the rare sugar is selected from D-allose, D-psicose, L-ribose, D-tagatose, L-glucose, L-fucose, L-arabinose, D-turanose and combinations thereof;
- wherein the natural high potency sweetener is selected from the group consisting of Stevioside, Rebaudioside A, Rebaudioside D, Rebaudioside E, Rebaudioside M, Monatin and its salts, Mogroside IV, Mogroside V, brazzein, thaumatin and combinations thereof;
- wherein the rare sugar is present in an amount from about 0.1% to about 12% by weight;
- and
- wherein the weight ratio of natural high potency sweetener to rare sugars is from about 1:2 to about 1:3500.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.