Sweetened consumables comprising mogroside IV as sweetness enhancer and method of enhancing sweetness of consumables

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11540543-B2
Application number	US-202017036785-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 29, 2020
Priority date	Oct 24, 2006
Publication date	Jan 3, 2023
Grant date	Jan 3, 2023

Abstract

Disclosed are sweetened consumables and methods of forming said sweetened consumables that comprise certain sweeteners and at least one sweetness enhancer in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold. The sweeteners include sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, erythritol, xylitol, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose, saccharine, or combinations thereof. The sweetness enhancer is selected from naringin dihydrochalcone, mogroside V, swingle extract, rubusoside, rubus extract, rebaudioside, and stevioside.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A sweetened consumable comprising:
a) at least 0.0001% of at least one sweetener comprising sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, xylitol, erythritol, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose or saccharine, wherein said at least one sweetener is present in a concentration above the sweetness detection threshold in a concentration isosweet to 2% to 15% sucrose; and
b) a sweetness enhancer comprising Mogroside IV, wherein the sweetness enhancer is present in a concentration below its sweetness detection threshold, wherein the concentration below its sweetness detection threshold excludes concentrations where the sweetness enhancer is perceptible as a sweetener.

2. The sweetened consumable of claim 1 , wherein said sweetness enhancer further comprises naringin dihydrochalcone.

3. The sweetened consumable of claim 1 , wherein said sweetness enhancer further comprises neohesperidin dihydrochalcone.

4. The sweetened consumable of claim 1 , wherein said sweetness enhancer further comprises naringin dihydrochalcone and neohesperidin dihydrochalcone.

5. The sweetened consumable of claim 1 , wherein said sweetened consumable comprises a beverage.

6. The sweetened consumable of claim 5 , wherein said sweetened consumable comprises a carbonated beverage.

7. The sweetened consumable of claim 2 , wherein said sweetened consumable comprises a beverage.

8. The sweetened consumable of claim 7 , wherein said sweetened consumable comprises a carbonated beverage.

9. The sweetened consumable of claim 3 , wherein said sweetened consumable comprises a beverage.

10. The sweetened consumable of claim 9 , wherein said sweetened consumable comprises a carbonated beverage.

11. A method of sweetening consumables comprising admixing with a consumable:
a) at least 0.0001% of at least one sweetener comprising sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, xylitol, erythritol, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose or saccharine, wherein said at least one sweetener is present in a concentration above the sweetness detection threshold in a concentration isosweet to 2% to 15% sucrose; and
b) a sweetness enhancer comprising Mogroside IV, wherein the sweetness enhancer is present in a concentration below its sweetness detection threshold, wherein the concentration below its sweetness detection threshold excludes concentrations where the sweetness enhancer is perceptible as a sweetener.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein said sweetness enhancer further comprises naringin dihydrochalcone.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein said sweetness enhancer further comprises neohesperidin dihydrochalcone.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein said sweetness enhancer further comprises naringin dihydrochalcone and neohesperidin dihydrochalcone.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein said sweetened consumable comprises a beverage.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein said sweetened consumable comprises a carbonated beverage.

17. The method of claim 12 , wherein said sweetened consumable comprises a beverage.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein said sweetened consumable comprises a carbonated beverage.

19. The method of claim 13 , wherein said sweetened consumable comprises a beverage.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein said sweetened consumable comprises a carbonated beverage.

Assignees

• Givaudan Sa
• Givaudan Sa

Inventors

• Hansen Chad Allen
• Slack Jay Patrick
• Simons Christopher Todd

Classifications

• A23L29/30

  containing carbohydrate syrups; containing sugars; containing sugar alcohols, e.g. xylitol; containing starch hydrolysates, e.g. dextrin (products from apiculture A23L21/20; artificial sweetening agents A23L27/30) · CPC title

• A23L21/00

  Marmalades, jams, jellies or the like; Products from apiculture; Preparation or treatment thereof · CPC title

• A23L5/00

  Preparation or treatment of foods or foodstuffs, in general; Food or foodstuffs obtained thereby; Materials therefor · CPC title

• A23L33/105

  Plant extracts, their artificial duplicates or their derivatives · CPC title

• A23V2002/00

  Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs · CPC title