Sweeteners And Methods Of Production Thereof
AssigneeOptibiotix Limited
InventorsStephen Patrick O'Hara, Oswaldo Hernandez, Sofia Kolida
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Abstract
The present invention relates to high intensity sweetener glycosides which have been modified using a glycosyltransferase so as to reduce off-flavours. The invention also relates to uses of the modified high intensity sweetener glycosides and methods of production thereof.
Claims27
A high intensity sweetener glycoside which has been modified using a glycosyltransferase.
The high intensity sweetener glycosides as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the modified high intensity sweetener glycoside has a reduced bitter and/or liquorice flavour when compared to an un-modified high intensity sweetener glycoside.
Use of the high intensity sweetener glycosides as claimed in any preceding claim, as a low or reduced calorie sweetener.
A method for modifying a high intensity sweetener glycoside so as to reduce one or more off flavours, the method comprising:
- a) contacting the high intensity sweetener glycoside with a glycosyltransferase under conditions effective to result in:
- (i) at least a partial increase of glycoside chains of the high intensity sweetener glycosides;
- and/or
- (ii) at least a partial increase of the glycoside chains of a portion of the high intensity sweetener glycosides;
- so as to form modified high intensity sweetener glycosides or mixture of partially modified high intensity sweetener glycosides.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.