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US 4,906,480 AGranted
Sweetness and flavor enhanced compositions and method of preparing such compositions
AssigneeForsyth Dental Infirmary for Children
InventorShelby Kashket
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AssigneeForsyth Dental Infirmary for Children
InventorShelby Kashket
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A low concentration of polyphenols, particularly flavonoid compounds, such as flavonols, and more particularly catechin compounds, employed as additives to compositions containing sweeteners and/or flavoring agents, or both, significantly enhanced the sweetness and flavor and especially, extended the sweetness and flavor time. A composition, such as chewing gum, which comprises a sweetening or flavoring agent, or both, and a sweetness or flavor extending or enhancing amount of a flavonoid compound, such as a catechin compound. A method of extending and enhancing the flavor and sweetness of a composition, such as chewing gum, food or beverage, which method comprises incorporating onto or into the composition a flavor or sweetness extending or enhancing amount of a flavonoid compound, such as a catechin compound.
An edible or potable composition which comprises a sweetening agent and a sweetening or flavor enhancing and extending amount of a flavanol compound.
A chewing gum composition which comprises a gum base, a sweetening agent and a sweetening extending or flavor enhancing amount of a flavanol compound.
The method of enhancing and extending the sweetness time of an edible or potable composition containing a sweetening agent, which method comprises adding to the edible or potable composition a sweetness extending or flavor enhancing amount of a flavanol compound.
The method of treating an edible or potable composition introduced into the oral cavity to extend or enhance the sweetness or flavor of the composition which method comprises contacting the composition with about 0.001% to 1.0% by weight of the composition of a catechin compound.
The method of extending the sweetness time of an edible composition which composition contains in combination a sweetening agent and a sweetness time extending amount of a non-sweetener flavanol compound.
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