Rebaudioside e and food products sweetened with rebaudioside e

Abstract

The present disclosure is generally directed to orally consumable products, such as foodstuffs and beverages, containing rebaudioside E present in, e.g., about 5 ppm to about 100 ppm, and to methods for preparing such orally consumable products.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61 / 837,097, filed Jun. 19, 2013, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]This invention relates to orally consumable products, such as foods and beverages containing rebaudioside E.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]There is a need for new food and beverage formulations that can adequately meet one or a combination of commercial objectives, such as nutritional characteristics, flavor, and / or shelf-life. Such food and beverage formulations are desirable to meet changing market demands. In particular, there is market demand for foods and beverages having alternative nutritional characteristics, including, for example, low / zero calorie content. Also, there is consumer interest in food and beverage formulations that are organic and / or all natural, or that make greater use of natural ingredients, such as ingredi...

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Benefits of technology

The present patent is about an orally consumable product that contains rebaudioside E, a sweetener, at a concentration of about 5 ppm to about 100 ppm. The rebaudioside E can be present in the product as the only sweetener or in combination with other sweeteners like stevia extract or natural high intensity sweeteners like rebaudioside A or rebaudioside B. The orally consumable product can be a foodstuff, beverage, or pharmaceutical composition. The rebaudioside E can be added to the product as a purified ingredient or as a natural ingredient. The method of preparing the orally consumable product involves adding rebaudioside E to the product or ingredients. The invention provides a way to enhance the sweetness of an orally consumable product by adding rebaudioside E.

Problems solved by technology

One problem with developing new food and beverage formulations employing alternative sweeteners is the associated bitterness and other off-tastes of such sweeteners.

However, the sweetness of Reb A sweeteners is accompanied by problems of off-tastes in many food and beverage formulations, such as carbonated cola flavored beverages, including slow on-set of sweetness, bitter aftertaste, licorice taste, and lingering aftertaste.

In particular, bitter off-tastes are believed to have reduced commercialization of beverages sweetened with Reb A sweeteners, such as diet carbonated soft drinks.

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