Sweetener Stabilizers for Pyrroloquinoline Quinone in Beverages

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Solution Overview

Problem

Sugars such as sucrose and high-fructose corn syrup can degrade pyrroloquinoline quinone over time, compromising its stability in food and supplement formulations.

Innovation Solution

Using specific sweetening components like erythritol, acesulfame potassium, reduced starch syrup, and stevia extract to stabilize pyrroloquinoline quinone and its salts, maintaining stability in solutions such as beverages.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Shape

If sugars such as sucrose or high-fructose corn syrup are used as sweeteners, then sweetness and various functional purposes are achieved, but pyrroloquinoline quinone stability decreases over time

Engineering Contradiction:

ImprovesweetnessVSAvoidpyrroloquinoline quinone stability

Core Design Contradiction:

ShapeVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and removes the harmful sugars (sucrose, high-fructose corn syrup) from the formulation and replaces them with alternative sweeteners that do not cause degradation of pyrroloquinoline quinone, thereby maintaining both sweetness and stability

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses alternative sweeteners that may have different stability characteristics but do not interfere with the long-term stability of pyrroloquinoline quinone, effectively replacing the problematic sugar components

Inventive Principle:

Principle #27Cheap short-living objects (Disposable)

2Adaptability or versatility

If pyrroloquinoline quinone is stored in solutions such as beverages, then functionality and application versatility are improved, but stability is compromised due to sugar content

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveapplication versatilityVSAvoidpyrroloquinoline quinone stability

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the chemical composition parameters of the beverage formulation by replacing sugar-based sweeteners with alternative sweeteners, thereby maintaining the versatility of pyrroloquinoline quinone applications while improving its stability in solution

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentEP3845073B1Use of sweeteners for stabilizing pyrroloquinoline quinone and / or salts thereof

Publication Date: 2026.04.01 MITSUBISHI GAS CHEM CO INC

AI summary

The present invention provides a stabilizer for pyrroloquinoline quinone and/or a salt thereof, wherein the stabilizer comprises one or more sweetening components as active ingredients selected from the group consisting of erythritol, acesulfame potassium, and a reduced starch syrup.