Use of additives to modify the taste characteristics of N-neohexyl-α-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine methyl ester
AssigneeThe NutraSweet Company
InventorsPaula A. Gerlat, Gale C. Walters, Ihab E. Bishay, Indra Prakash, Tammy C. Jarrett, Nitin Desai, Harold A. Sawyer, Claire-Lise T. Bechert
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Abstract
This invention relates to the use of at least one taste modifying ingredient to modify at least one taste characteristic imparted by N-[N-(3,3-dimethylbutyl)-L-α-aspartyl]-L-phenylalanine 1-methyl ester, or neotame, compositions containing the same, and use of modified forms of neotame that possess an improved taste, wherein at least one taste characteristic imparted by neotame is positively affect by the modification of neotame.
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A composition comprising a sweetening-effective amount of N-[N-(3,3-dimethylbutyl)-L-α-aspartyl]-L-phenylalanine 1-methyl ester of the formula
- and at least one taste modifying ingredient, wherein said ingredient is present in an amount sufficient to positively affect at least one taste characteristic imparted by said N-[N-(3,3-dimethylbutyl)-L-α-aspartyl]-L-phenylalanine 1-methyl ester, and said ingredient is present in a concentration that is less than the ingredient's taste threshold concentration.
A method for improving the taste of a composition sweetened with N-[N-(3,3-dimethylbutyl)-L-α-aspartyl]-L-phenylalanine 1-methyl ester comprising adding to said composition a taste modifying ingredient in an amount sufficient to positively affect at least one taste characteristic imparted by said N-[N-(3,3-dimethylbutyl)-L-α-aspartyl]-L-phenylalanine 1-methyl ester, wherein said amount is less than the taste threshold amount of said ingredient in said composition.
A method for improving the taste of a composition comprising adding a modified form of N-[N-(3,3-dimethylbutyl)-L-α-aspartyl]-L-phenylalanine 1-methyl ester in an amount sufficient to sweeten said composition and positively affect at least one taste characteristic imparted by N-[N-(3,3-dimethylbutyl)-L-α-aspartyl]-L-phenylalanine 1-methyl ester in said composition, wherein said modified form comprises a salt, a co-crystallized complex or a cyclodextrin complex of said N-[N-(3,3-dimethylbutyl)-L-α-aspartyl]-L-phenylalanine 1-methyl ester.
An improved sweetened beverage, wherein said beverage includes N-[N-(3,3-dimethylbutyl)-L-α-aspartyl]-L-phenylalanine 1-methyl ester in a sweetening effective amount, the improvement which comprises adding a taste modifying ingredient, wherein said taste modifying ingredient is added in an amount sufficient to positively affect at least one taste characteristic imparted by said N-[N-(3,3-dimethylbutyl)-L-α-aspartyl]-L-phenylalanine 1-methyl ester, and said ingredient is present in a concentration that is less than the ingredient's taste threshold concentration.
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