Flavor blends comprising brazzein
AssigneePerfect Day, Inc.
InventorMelanie Jean Goulson
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Abstract
Provided are flavor blends comprising brazzein and one or more additional sweetener/flavor agents, and ingestible compositions comprising such flavor blends. and methods for making such flavor blends and ingestible compositions.
Claims17
A flavor blend consisting of brazzein and an additional sweetener/flavor agent, wherein the flavor blend has a desired sensory profile that is different from a sensory profile of a corresponding flavor blend, wherein the corresponding flavor blend is identical to the flavor blend except that it does not comprise the additional sweetener/flavor agent comprised in the flavor blend, or does not comprise the additional sweetener/flavor agent in an amount as comprised in the flavor blend.
A method for producing a flavor blend of claim 1, comprising:
- combining an amount of brazzein with an amount of the additional sweetener/flavor agent,
- wherein the amount of brazzein and the amount of the additional sweetener/flavor agent are chosen to provide a SEV for the flavor blend of between about 3.5% and about 12%,
- wherein the amount of brazzein is between about 0.04% and about 3.1% by mass and the amount of the additional sweetener/flavor agent is between about 96.9% and about 99.96% by mass,
- wherein the amount of the flavor blend is chosen to provide for a final concentration in an ingestible composition of between about 15 ppm and about 160 ppm of the brazzein comprised in the flavor blend, and between about 0.5% and about 4% by mass of the additional sweetener/flavor agent comprised in the flavor blend, and
- wherein the ingestible composition is essentially free of any sweetener/flavor agent other than the brazzein and the additional sweetener/flavor agent comprised in the flavor blend.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.