# US 2023/0053445 A1 · Oral composition having increased sweetness

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- Number: US 2023/0053445 A1
- Document ID: US20230053445A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/788,115
- Filed: 2020-12-24
- Published: 2023-02-23
- Earliest claimed: 2019-12-27
- Assignees: Suntory Holdings Limited
- Applicants: Suntory Holdings Limited
- Inventors: Akiko FUJIE; Tadahiro OHKURI; Yoshiaki YOKOO
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230053445A1

## CPC

- A23L 2/60: Sweeteners
- A23L 2/02: containing fruit or vegetable juices
- A23L 27/30: Artificial sweetening agents
- A23L 27/31: {containing amino acids, nucleotides, peptides or derivatives}
- A23L 27/34: {Sugar alcohols}
- A23L: FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PREPARATION OR TREATMENT THEREOF (preservation thereof A23B)

## Abstract

The present invention relates to an oral composition that has increased sweetness and a production method for the oral composition. The present invention also relates to a method for enhancing the sweetness of the oral composition S and a concentrate for providing the oral composition.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An oral composition comprising:
(a) a high-intensity sweetener having a good taste quality in an amount corresponding to a sweetness intensity X1,
(b) a sodium source of less than 10 mM, and
(c) an amino acid or a derivative or a salt thereof in an amount less than a taste recognition threshold,
wherein the oral composition has a sweetness of a sweetness intensity X2 exhibited by the components (a) to (c) and 0.1<X1<X2 is satisfied.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The oral composition according to claim 1, wherein the amino acid comprises an amino acid selected from a basic amino acid, a neutral amino acid having an alkyl group, an OH group or an amide group on a side chain, and a combination thereof.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The oral composition according to claim 1, wherein the oral composition has a sweetness of a sweetness intensity X3 exhibited by the components (a) and (b) and 0.1<X1<X3<X2 is satisfied.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The oral composition according to claim 1, further comprising a low-intensity sweetener.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The oral composition according to claim 1, wherein the high-intensity sweetener having a good taste quality comprises a high intensity sweetener selected from rebaudioside D, rebaudioside M, mogroside V, a Luo han guo extract, and a combination thereof.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The oral composition according to claim 1, wherein the amino acid is one or more selected from an amino acid having a molecular weight of 70 to 260.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The oral composition according to claim 1, wherein the amino acid comprises an amino acid selected from glycine, alanine, valine, isoleucine, leucine, serine, threonine, glutamine, asparagine, arginine, lysine, histidine, and a combination thereof.

### Claim 8 (depends on 4)

The oral composition according to claim 4, wherein the low-intensity sweetener comprises a sweetener selected from hexose, pentose, tetrose, a polysaccharide having a terminal sugar of aldose or ketose, a sugar alcohol, and a combination thereof.

### Claim 9 (depends on 4)

The oral composition according to claim 4, wherein the low-intensity sweetener comprises a sweetener selected from glucose, sucrose, fructose, maltose, an oligosaccharide, a high-fructose corn syrup, lactose, psicose, allose, tagatose, xylose, ribose, and a combination thereof.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The oral composition according to claim 1, which is a food.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The oral composition according to claim 10, wherein the food is a beverage.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

A method for producing the oral composition according to claim 1 comprising:
(a) adding a high-intensity sweetener having a good taste quality in an amount corresponding to a sweetness intensity X1,
(b) adding a sodium source of less than 10 mM, and
(c) adding an amino acid or a derivative or a salt thereof in an amount less than a taste recognition threshold.

### Claim 13

A method for enhancing a degree of sweetness of an oral composition containing a high-intensity sweetener having a good taste quality, comprising adding a sodium source of less than 10 mM and an amino acid of less than a taste recognition threshold to the oral composition.