Sweetener Composition Flavor Modification via Composite Agents
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current high-intensity sweeteners lack the ability to effectively enhance the flavor and taste profiles, limiting their sensory appeal and consumer satisfaction in food and beverage products.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating a flavor/taste modifying agent, such as glycosylated stevia or sweet tea extracts, into high-intensity sweetener compositions to enhance the flavor and taste profiles, which activates similar brain areas as sugar, improving taste perception and mouthfeel.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If high-intensity sweeteners are used as sugar replacement, then sweetness is achieved, but flavor and taste profile are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines high-intensity sweeteners with flavor/taste modifying agents to create a composite sweetener composition. This composite approach allows the product to maintain high sweetness intensity while simultaneously improving flavor and taste profile, resolving the contradiction between achieving sweetness and maintaining sensory appeal.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges two functional components: high-intensity sweeteners for sweetness and flavor/taste modifying agents for sensory enhancement. By combining these elements into a single composition, the patent achieves both sweetness and improved flavor/taste profile that would be difficult to obtain with either component alone.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If natural high-intensity sweeteners are used, then health benefits are achieved, but sensory appeal is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a composite composition that integrates natural high-intensity sweeteners (providing health benefits) with flavor/taste modifying agents (enhancing sensory appeal). This composite structure allows the product to maintain its health advantages while significantly improving taste and flavor characteristics.
Solution Approach 2:
The flavor/taste modifying agents act as intermediaries that bridge the gap between the health benefits of natural sweeteners and the sensory appeal of traditional sugars. These modifiers enhance the sensory experience without compromising the health advantages of using natural high-intensity sweeteners.
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AI summary
Sweetener compositions comprising a flavor/taste modifying agent; and a high intensity sweetner (HIS) are discosed. The flavor/taste modifying agent is present at an amount sufficient to enhance a flavor and/or taste profile of the HIS in the sweetener composition.