Sweetened consumables comprising mogroside V and stevioside as sweetness enhancers and method of enhancing sweetness of consumables

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9572369-B2
Application number	US-201514711041-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 13, 2015
Priority date	Oct 24, 2006
Publication date	Feb 21, 2017
Grant date	Feb 21, 2017

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 combination comprising sucrose and fructose,
wherein said 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 mogroside V and stevioside, 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 and wherein for stevioside this concentration is from 2 to 60 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 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 and fructose;
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 mogroside V and stevioside, 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 and wherein for stevioside this concentration is from 2 to 60 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.

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

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein said further 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

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

• A23L27/34

  Sugar alcohols · CPC title

• A23L5/00

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

• A23L2/60

  Sweeteners · CPC title

• A23L27/30

  Artificial sweetening agents · CPC title