Beverage containing erythritol, gluconic acid, and amino acid
AssigneeSuntory Holdings Limited
InventorsJumpei YAMASHITA, Akira SOGUCHI, Tadahiro OHKURI, Lucy LU
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Abstract
The present invention provides a beverage containing an alternative sweetener in which the taste quality unique to alternative sweeteners is reduced or improved. One embodiment of the present invention provides a beverage containing: erythritol; gluconic acid or a gluconic acid compound; and one or more amino acids selected from the group consisting of alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, proline, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine, valine, cystine, and theanine.
Claims15
A beverage, comprising:
- erythritol;
- gluconic acid or a gluconic acid compound;
- and
- one or more amino acids selected from the group consisting of alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, proline, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine, valine, cystine, and theanine.
A method for improving taste quality of a beverage, the method comprising adding, to a beverage containing erythritol:
- gluconic acid or a gluconic acid compound;
- and one or more amino acids selected from the group consisting of alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, proline, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine, valine, cystine, and theanine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.