Consumables
AssigneeGivaudan SA
InventorsChad Allen HANSEN, Jay Patrick SLACK, Christopher Todd SIMONS
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Abstract
Disclosed are sweetened consumables and methods of forming said sweetened consumables that comprise certain sweeteners and at least one sweetness enhancer in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold. The sweeteners include sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, erythritol, xylitol, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose, saccharine, or combinations thereof. The sweetness enhancer is selected from naringin dihydrochalcone, mogroside V, swingle extract, rubusoside, rubus extract, rebaudioside, and stevioside.
Claims13
A sweetened consumable comprising
- a) at least 0.0001% of at least one sweetener,
- wherein said sweetener comprises sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, erythritol, xylitol, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose, saccharine, or combinations thereof,
- wherein said at least one sweetener or sweetener combination is present in a concentration above the sweetness detection threshold in a concentration at least isosweet from about 2% to about 15% sucrose, and
- b) at least one sweetness enhancer selected from the group consisting of naringin dihydrochalcone, mogroside V, swingle extract, rubusoside, rubus extract, stevioside, rebaudioside A, and combinations thereof
- wherein said sweetness enhancer is present in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold, and wherein for naringin dihydrochalcone this concentration is from 2 to 60 ppm, for rubusoside from 1.4 ppm to 56 ppm, for rubus extract from 2 ppm to 80 ppm, for mogroside V from 0.4 ppm to 12.5 ppm, for swingle extract from 2 to 60 ppm, for stevioside from 2 to 60 ppm, and for rebaudioside A from 1 to 30 ppm.
A method of sweetening consumables comprising admixing to a consumable a composition comprising:
- a) at least 0.0001% of at least one sweetener,
- wherein said sweetener includes sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, erythritol, xylitol, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose, saccharine, or combinations thereof, in a concentration above the sweetness detection threshold in a concentration isosweet from about 2% to about 15% sucrose,
- and
- b) at least one sweetness enhancer selected from the group consisting of naringin dihydrochalcone, mogroside V, swingle extract, rubusoside, rubus extract, rebaudioside A, stevioside, and combinations thereof,
- wherein said sweetness enhancer is present in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold, and wherein for naringin dihydrochalcone this concentration is from 2 to 60 ppm, for rubusoside from 1.4 to 56 ppm, for rubus extract from 2 to 80 ppm, for mogroside V from 0.4 to 12.5 ppm, for swingle extract from 2 to 60 ppm, for stevioside from 2 to 60 ppm, and for rebaudioside A from 1 to 30 ppm.
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