JP2000175649A - Sweetener composition containing gymnemic acid - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain the subject composition having fresh taste and body feeling without remaining over sweetness, and giving excellent sweetness to a food, a medicinal agent or a quasi-drug, or the like, by including sucralose and gymnemic acid. SOLUTION: This sweetener composition having fresh taste and body feeling and capable of giving excellent sweetness to an orally used product such as a food, a medicinal agent or a quasi-drug without remaining over sweetness as a defect of previous strong sweeteners is obtained by including 0.00001-1 pt.wt. of gymnemic acid per 1 pt.wt. of sucralose. As food products suitable for using this sweetening composition as a sweetener, e.g. a drink such as a carbonated beverage, a fruit drink, coffee, a soft drink, a milk beverage or a tea-based drink, and a dessert such as a mousse, and a confectioneries such as chewing gum and candy is exemplified.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to a sweetening composition containing gymnemic acid and sucralose. More specifically, the present invention relates to a sweet composition in which the sweetness of sucralose is improved by combining gymnema acid with sucralose. Further, the present invention relates to a food containing the sweetening composition as a sweetener.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Sugar (sucrose) has been widely used as a sweetener in foods and drinks because of its high quality sweetness, richness (body feeling), moisturizing properties, and viscosity imparting properties. However, sucrose causing obesity and tooth decay has been shunned from recent health consciousness and low calorie consciousness, and low calorie has been progressing especially in luxury goods such as beverages and desserts.

For this reason, various high-intensity sweeteners have been researched and developed as sucrose-substitute sweeteners. Among them, sucralose having a sweetness approximately 600 times that of sucrose has been used.
Because of its many non-cariogenic and non-caloric advantages, it is attracting attention as a new sweetener.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to further improve the sweetness of a high-sweetness sweetener "sucralose" which is a new sweetener alternative to sucrose. More specifically, it has a sweetness with a more body-like (full-bodied) feeling without a feeling of lagging, and imparts a good sweetness to products used orally, such as foods, pharmaceuticals or quasi-drugs. It is an object to provide a sweet composition that can be made. Further, another object of the present invention is to provide a food with improved sweetness containing such a sweetening composition as a sweetener.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems The present inventors have made intensive studies to solve the above-mentioned problems, and found that by adding and adding gymnemaic acid to sucralose, the sweetness unique to a high-sweetness sweetener can be improved. It has been found that the lingering sensation of the unpleasant taste is eliminated, and that the sweetness can be given a rich body and body sensation.
The present invention has been developed based on such knowledge.

That is, the present invention relates to the following sweet compositions. (1) A sweet composition containing sucralose and gymnamic acid. (2) The sweetening composition according to (1), which comprises 0.00001 to 1 part by weight of gymnemaic acid based on 1 part by weight of sucralose.

Further, the present invention relates to a food containing the above-mentioned sweetening composition. Examples of the food include beverages such as carbonated drinks, fruit drinks, coffee, soft drinks, milk drinks, tea drinks and mousses. And sweets such as chewing gum and candy.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The sweetening composition of the present invention is characterized by containing sucralose and gymnemic acid.

The sucralose used in the present invention has a structure in which three hydroxyl groups at positions 1 and 6 of the fructose residue and the position 4 of the glucose residue in the sucrose molecule are substituted with chlorine molecules. It is a high sweetness sweetener exhibiting about 600 times higher quality sweetness (British Patent No. 1543167).
The high-intensity sweetener has a sweetness characteristic larger than that of sugar, can give a sweetness equivalent to a large amount of sugar in a smaller amount, and is low in calories and / or Alternatively, it can be used as a sugar substitute for non-feel products.

Gymnemaic acid is a plant of the family Potato (Gymnem).
a sylvestre) is a triterpene glycoside contained in the leaves. In recent years, it has been found that gymnemaic acid has an effect of selectively suppressing sweetness and an effect of delaying absorption of sugar from the intestine, and has attracted attention as a diet food and a substance that suppresses an increase in blood sugar level after ingestion of food by diabetic patients. I have.

The mixing ratio of sucralose and gymnamic acid varies depending on the type of product to which the sweetening composition is applied, and cannot be specified unconditionally.
Gymnamic acid can be appropriately selected and used in the range of 0.00001 to 1 part by weight, preferably 0.00005 to 0.5 part by weight with respect to part by weight.

Originally, sucralose is a good sweetener having a refreshing and refreshing sweetness with little unpleasant taste and sweetness sensation as in conventional high-sweetness sweeteners such as saccharin sodium. By adding gymnemaic acid within the range, a refreshing sweetness can be further imparted with a body feeling such as thickness and richness, and the composition can be prepared as a better sweetness composition closer to sucrose. Sucralose itself has about 600 times the sweetness of sucrose and is a low-calorie sweetener, but by further adding gymnemaic acid, absorption from the intestine is suppressed,
It can be prepared as a substantially non-caloric sweetening composition.

The sweetening composition of the present invention may contain the above-mentioned components as essential components, and other sweeteners such as sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose, and the like, as long as the effects of the present invention are not impaired. Fructose, invert sugar, trehalose,
Sugars such as trehalulose and palatinose; sugar alcohols such as xylitol, sorbitol and maltitol;
Saccharin sodium, cyclamate and salts thereof, acesulfame K, thaumatin, aspartame, alitame, stevioside contained in stevia extract, glycyrrhizin contained in licorice or licorice extract, dipotassium glycyrrhizinate, disodium glycyrrhizinate, ammonium glycyrrhizinate, etc. , Or a combination of two or more.

The shape of the sweetening composition of the present invention is not particularly limited, and may be in the form of a solution diluted with water or the like, a powder or granules dried by a spray drying method or the like. It may be in the form of a molded tablet.

The sweetening composition of the present invention can be used as a sweetener for cooking or a tabletop sweetener in order to replace sugar and other sweeteners commonly used as sweeteners, and can be used for any oral composition. It can be used as a sweetener for products.

Here, the oral composition means a product (edible product) to be ingested orally and a product to be used in the mouth, for example, foods such as boiled foods and sweets and drinks; dragees, drops, troches and the like. Oral pharmaceuticals, including oral sprays, throat sprays and syrups; quasi-drugs such as mouth fresheners such as mouth sprays, mouthwashes such as mouthwashes, gargles, and toothpastes or mouthwashes.

According to the present invention, the sweetness of the conventional high-intensity sweetener is imparted with a richness (body feeling, bulkiness), which has tended to be insufficient, and the unpleasant sweetness of the sweetener is reduced, so that the taste is reduced. The sweetener which is one of the five original tastes can be qualitatively improved and an improved sweetener can be provided. Furthermore, a non-cariogenic, low-calorie or non-caloric sweetener can be provided. For this reason, foods that are particularly required to have good taste (sweetness) and lead to commercial value, or foods that are useful in low calorie and non-cariogenic properties, for example, taste foods such as desserts and confectionery including confectionery and beverages It is useful for foods for diabetic patients and diet foods.

The food is not particularly limited, but is preferably a fruit drink or vegetable juice containing citrus juice or vegetable juice, a carbonated drink such as cola, ginger ale or cider, a soft drink such as sports drink, coffee, or the like. Beverages such as tea drinks such as black tea and matcha, milk drinks such as cocoa and lactic acid bacteria drinks; desserts such as yogurt, jelly, pudding and mousse; baked confectionery and steamed confectionery including Western confectionery such as cakes and buns and Japanese confectionery Confectionery; sauces including fruit flavor sauce and chocolate sauce; creams such as butter cream and fresh cream; jams such as strawberry jam and marmalade; ice confectionery such as ice cream and sorbet; Can be mentioned.

The amount of the sweetening composition of the present invention used in the oral composition is not particularly limited as long as it is an effective amount for imparting a desired sweetness to the oral composition. Specifically, sweetness refers to the type of oral composition to which the sweetener is applied,
The other components contained in the composition, as well as those that can vary depending on factors such as the palatability of sweetness, and therefore, the amount of the sweetening composition of the present invention is also required to obtain a desired taste in the final product. In consideration of the type of high-intensity sweetener to be used and its sweetness, it can be used in a discretionary manner according to the ordinary ability of those skilled in the art.

[0020]

The present invention will be described below in more detail with reference to the following Examples, but it should not be construed that the invention is limited thereto. In the following, parts mean parts by weight unless otherwise specified. Example 1 Gymnemaic acid was added to an aqueous solution containing 0.005% by weight of sucralose at the ratio shown in Table 1, and 20 panelists evaluated the sweetness and sweetness. The results are shown in Table 1. In the table, ppb is 10-7.
% By weight.

[0021]

[Table 1]

As can be seen from these results, the addition of gymnema can give the sucralose sweetness a richness and thickness. Example 2 40 parts by weight of a chewing gum gum base, 53 parts by weight of reduced maltose, 0.09 parts by weight of sucralose, and 0.0005 parts by weight of gymnemaic acid were heated and mixed, and a fragrance and a coloring agent were added to obtain a chewing gum having a whole body feeling. Was.

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A sweet composition comprising sucralose and gymnemic acid. 2. The sweetening composition according to claim 1, wherein gymnemaic acid is contained in a proportion of 0.00001 to 1 part by weight with respect to 1 part by weight of sucralose. 3. A food containing the sweet composition according to claim 1 or 2. 4. The food according to claim 3, which is selected from the group consisting of carbonated drinks, fruit drinks, coffee, soft drinks, milk drinks, tea drinks, desserts and confections.