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AssigneeCargill, Incorporated
InventorsRobert Joshua BROWER, III, Ting Liu CARLSON, Benyuan DANG, Moises David GONZALEZ, Molly McDonald KENNEDY, Nathan Edward KNUTSON
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Plants, and methods of generating plants, having an increased content of rebaudioside D and oilier desirable characteristics are disclosed. Rebaudioside D (rebD) has been observed to have desirable sweetening properties, and accordingly, it has been desirable to produce Stevia plant lines, cultivars, and varieties with defined glycoside profiles where rebD is increased in content, either on a total weight basis of Stevia leaves, relative to other glycosides (e.g., rebA, or stevioside), or both.
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A Stevia plant grown from NCIMB deposit designation NCIMB 42226 Stevia rabaudiana SCO419×SCO435 Tent 1 or NCIMB deposit designation NCIMB 42227 Stevia rabaudiana SCO422×SCO312 Tent 2, or progeny of such a Stevia plant, having leaves that comprise greater than 0.55% Rebaudioside D (rebD) by dry weight.
A process for preparing a sweetening composition comprising extracting steviol glycosides from leaf of a Stevia plant grown from NCIMB deposit designation NCIMB 42226 Stevia rabaudiana SCO419×SCO435 Tent 1 or NCIMB deposit designation NCIMB 42227 Stevia rabaudiana SCO422×SCO312 Tent 2, or progeny of such a Stevia plant, said plant having leaves that comprise greater than 0.55% rebD by dry weight.
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