Sweetened consumables comprising rebaudioside A as a sweetness enhancer and method of enhancing sweetness of consumables

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9055760-B2
Application number	US-201414224433-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 25, 2014
Priority date	Oct 24, 2006
Publication date	Jun 16, 2015
Grant date	Jun 16, 2015

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, wherein said sweetener comprises acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose, saccharine, or combinations thereof,
wherein said at least one sweetener or sweetener combination 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 (i) mogroside V or swingle extract and (ii) rebaudioside A, wherein the sweetness enhancer is present in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold, wherein for mogroside V this concentration is from 0.4 to 12.5 ppm, wherein for swingle extract this concentration is from 2 to 60 ppm, and wherein for rebaudioside A this concentration is from 1 to 30 ppm;
wherein the sweetness enhancer has a more than additive sweetness enhancing effect that is greater than the sweet taste due to the sweetness enhancer itself.

2. The sweetened consumable of claim 1 , wherein said sweetness enhancer comprises mogroside V and rebaudioside A.

3. The sweetened consumable of claim 1 , wherein said sweetness enhancer comprises mogroside V, rebaudioside A and stevioside, wherein stevioside is present in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold of 2 to 60 ppm.

4. The sweetened consumable of claim 1 , wherein said sweetness enhancer comprises swingle extract and rebaudioside A.

5. The sweetened consumable of claim 1 , wherein said sweetness enhancer comprises swingle extract, rebaudioside A and stevioside, wherein stevioside is present in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold of 2 to 60 ppm.

6. The sweetened consumable of claim 1 , comprising a beverage.

7. A method of sweetening consumables comprising:
admixing with a consumable
a) at least 0.0001% of at least one sweetener, wherein said sweetener includes acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose, saccharine, or combinations thereof,
wherein said at least one sweetener or sweetener combination 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 (i) mogroside V or swingle extract and (ii) rebaudioside A, wherein the sweetness enhancer is present in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold, wherein for mogroside V this concentration is from 0.4 to 12.5 ppm, wherein for swingle extract this concentration is from 2 to 60 ppm, and wherein for rebaudioside A this concentration is from 1 to 30 ppm;
wherein the sweetness enhancer has a more than additive sweetness enhancing effect that is greater than the sweet taste due to the sweetness enhancer itself.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein said sweetness enhancer comprises mogroside V and rebaudioside A.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein said sweetness enhancer comprises mogroside V, rebaudioside A and stevioside, wherein stevioside is present in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold of 2 to 60 ppm.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein said sweetness enhancer comprises swingle extract and rebaudioside A.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein said sweetness enhancer comprises swingle extract, rebaudioside A and stevioside, wherein stevioside is present in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold of 2 to 60 ppm.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein said consumable comprises a beverage.

13. The sweetened consumable of claim 3 , comprising a beverage.

14. The sweetened consumable of claim 5 , comprising a beverage.

15. The method of claim 9 , wherein said consumable comprises a beverage.

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

Assignees

• Givaudan Sa
• Givaudan Sa

Inventors

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

Classifications

• A23L7/00

  Cereal-derived products; Malt products; Preparation or treatment thereof (preparation of malt for brewing C12C) · CPC title

• A23V2002/00

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

• A23L21/00

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

• A23L29/37

  Sugar alcohols · CPC title

• A23L27/36 Primary

  Terpene glycosides · CPC title