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US 2022/0022480 A1Published application
Coffee beverage having improved quality of taste exhibited by sugar and sweetener
AssigneeSuntory Holdings Limited
InventorsYoji ASAMI, Tadahiro OHKURI, Akiko FUJIE, Koji NAGAO, Yoshiaki YOKOO
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Abstract
The present invention pertains to a coffee beverage having improved taste quality exhibited by a sugar and a sweetener and a method for producing the coffee beverage.
Claims21
A coffee beverage comprising:
- (a) a natural sugar in an amount corresponding to a sweetness intensity X1;
- (b) a high-intensity sweetener in an amount corresponding to a sweetness intensity X2;
- and
- (c) 5 mg/100 ml to 90 mg/100 ml of sodium,
- wherein the high-intensity sweetener comprises at least one high-intensity sweetener b1 selected from the group consisting of rebaudioside M, rebaudioside D, rebaudioside N, rebaudioside O, rebaudioside E, a Luo han guo extract, mogroside V, and thaumatin;
- and
- 0.1<(X1+X2)≤20 is satisfied.
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A method for producing a coffee beverage, comprising:
- to a raw material,
- (i) adding (a) a natural sugar in an amount corresponding to a sweetness intensity X1 and (b) a high-intensity sweetener in an amount corresponding to a sweetness intensity X2;
- and
- (ii) adding (c) sodium such that a sodium content in the beverage is 5 mg/100 ml to 90 mg/100 ml,
- wherein the high-intensity sweetener comprises at least one high-intensity sweetener b1 selected from the group consisting of rebaudioside M, rebaudioside D, rebaudioside N, rebaudioside O, rebaudioside E, a Luo han guo extract, mogroside V, and thaumatin;
- and
- 0.1<(X1+X2)≤20 is satisfied.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.