Beverages containing rare sugars
OwnerIndra Prakash, Juvenal Higiro +2inventors
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.
Claims30
A beverage comprising a rare sugar and a sweetness enhancer,
- wherein the rare sugar is D-psicose;
- the sweetness enhancer is selected from the group consisting of Rebaudioside C, 2,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid, FEMA GRAS flavor 4701, FEMA GRAS flavor 4774, 4-amino-5-(cyclohexyloxy)-2-methylquinoline-3-carboxylic acid or a salt thereof, and combinations thereof;
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- wherein the sweetness enhancer is present in a concentration at or below its sweetness recognition threshold.
A beverage comprising D-psicose and at least one sweetness enhancer selected from the group consisting of Rebaudioside C, 2,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid, FEMA GRAS flavor 4701, FEMA GRAS flavor 4774, 4-amino-5-(cyclohexyloxy)-2-methylquinoline-3-carboxylic acid and combinations thereof,
- wherein the sweetness enhancer is present in a concentration at or below its sweetness recognition threshold, and
- wherein the sweetness enhancer increases the detected sucrose equivalence of the beverage by an amount more than the detectable sweetness of a solution containing the same concentration of the at least one sweetness enhancer in the absence of any sweeteners.
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