Food ingredients from Stevia rebaudiana

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11533939-B2
Application number	US-201916449467-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 24, 2019
Priority date	Jun 23, 2011
Publication date	Dec 27, 2022
Grant date	Dec 27, 2022

Abstract

Various ingredients and compositions are prepared from Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni plant. The compositions can be used as bulking agents, and sweeteners in foods, beverages, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.

First claim

I claim:

1. A product comprising:
stevia-derived microcrystalline cellulose; and
a flavoring agent.

2. The product of claim 1 , wherein the stevia-derived microcrystalline cellulose is obtained from a stevia biomass by a process, said process comprising the steps of:
(a) removing water-insoluble components from a stevia biomass;
(b) incubating the water-insoluble, components in an alkaline solution to produce a pulp;
(c) washing the pulp to obtain a washed pulp;
(d) bleaching the washed pulp to obtain a bleached pulp; and
(e) separating cellulose from the bleached pulp.

3. The product of claim 2 , wherein the process further comprises the steps of:
(f) depolymerizing the cellulose to obtain a depolymerized cellulose;
(g) washing the depolymerized cellulose to yield cellulose crystals; and
(h) suspending the cellulose crystals in water and spray-drying to yield the stevia-derived microcrystalline cellulose ingredient.

4. The product of claim 1 , said product further comprising a sweetener.

5. The product of claim 4 , wherein the sweetener is selected from the group consisting of stevia extract, steviol glycosides, stevioside, rebaudioside A, rebaudioside B, rebaudioside C, rebaudioside D, rebaudioside E, rebaudioside F, dulcoside A, steviolbioside, rubusoside, other steviol glycosides found in Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni plant and mixtures thereof, Luo Han Guo extract, mogrosides, high-fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, invert sugar, fructooligosaccharides, inulin, inulooligosaccharides, coupling sugar, maltooligosaccharides, maltodextins, corn syrup solids, glucose, maltose, sucrose, lactose, aspartame, saccharin, sucralose, sugar alcohols, and a combination thereof.

6. The product of claim 1 , wherein the flavoring agent is selected from the group consisting of lemon, orange, fruit, banana, grape, pear, pineapple, mango, bitter almond, cola, cinnamon, sugar, cotton candy, vanilla, and a combination thereof.

7. The product of claim 1 , wherein the product is food, beverage, cosmetics or pharmaceutics.

8. A product comprising:
stevia-derived microcrystalline cellulose; and
a food ingredient.

9. The product of claim 8 , wherein the stevia-derived microcrystalline cellulose is obtained from a stevia biomass by a process, said process comprising the steps of:
(a) removing water-insoluble components from a stevia biomass;
(b) incubating the water-insoluble components in an alkaline solution to produce a pulp;
(e) washing the pulp to obtain a washed pulp;
(d) bleaching the washed pulp to obtain a bleached pulp; and
(e) separating cellulose from the bleached pulp.

10. The product of claim 9 , wherein the process further comprises the steps of:
(f) depolymerizing the cellulose to obtain a depolymerized cellulose;
(g) washing the depolymerized cellulose to yield cellulose crystals; and
(h) suspending the cellulose crystals in water and spray-drying to yield the stevia-derived microcrystalline cellulose ingredient.

11. The product of claim 8 , said product further comprising a sweetener.

12. The product of claim 11 , wherein the sweetener is selected from the group consisting of stevia extract, steviol glycosides, stevioside, rebaudioside A, rebaudioside B, rebaudioside C, rebaudioside D, rebaudioside E, rebaudioside F, dulcoside A, steviolbioside, rubusoside, other steviol glycosides found in Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni plant and mixtures thereof, Luo Han Guo extract, mogrosides, high-fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, invert sugar, fructooligosaccharides, inulin, inulooligosaccharides, coupling sugar, maltooligosaccharides, maltodextins, corn syrup solids, glucose, maltose, sucrose, lactose, aspartame, saccharin, sucralose, sugar alcohols, and a combination thereof.

13. The product of claim 8 , wherein the food ingredient is selected from the group consisting of acidulants, organic and amino acids, coloring agents, bulking agents, modified starches, gums, texturizers, preservatives, antioxidants, emulsifiers, stabilisers, thickeners, gelling agents, and a combination thereof.

Assignees

• Purecircle Sdn Bhd

Inventors

• Markosyan Avetik

Classifications

• A23L29/10

  containing emulsifiers · CPC title

• A23L33/21

  Addition of substantially indigestible substances, e.g. dietary fibres · CPC title

• A61Q19/00

  Preparations for care of the skin · CPC title

• A23L33/175

  Amino acids · CPC title

• A61K8/9794

  Liliopsida [monocotyledons] · CPC title