JPS5820170A - Preparation of sweetener - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prepare a sweetener showing always a uniform blending ratio of sugar and a stevioside type glucoside, having increased sweetness without reducing the flavor of sugar, by covering the surface of sugar with the stevioside type glucoside. CONSTITUTION:Surgar in the form of crystal, granule, etc. is coated with a solution of a stevioside type glucoside in water or an organic solvent such as an alcohol, etc. by a proper method, e.g., by a spray, etc. so that the surface of sugar is covered with about 0.1-0.4wt% stevioside type glucoside, and preferably it is crushed and stirred.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Zero-Hatsu@Hiro A sweetener that increases the sweetness of sugar by using stevioside glycosides, and further maintains a homogeneous blend of sugar and stevioside glycosides at all times. It is related to the manufacturing method.

Sugar consumption is regarded as a measure of culture, and combined with its palatability, the consumption of Ichibun in the world has been increasing year by year.

However, in recent years in Europe and America, where diseases caused by excessive intake of sugar have been occurring frequently, improvements in rounding and eating habits have been advocated and implemented on a national scale.

As a countermeasure, the first challenge is to reduce sugar intake. Furthermore, in our country, the incidence of adult diseases is rapidly increasing, and it is said that we are approaching the number 11 in Japan. In addition, in children, there are many diseases that appear to be caused by excessive sugar intake, such as the rapid increase in the number of obese children, the fact that most of the children who enter school have cavities, and the frequent occurrence of fractures in young children. This is the current situation. Therefore, there is an urgent need to prevent excessive sugar intake.However, 1IpIII is an essential luxury item in our lives, and the demand for sweetness is intense for people. The billing company's desire to satisfy the customer as much as possible cannot be restrained. Many artificial sweeteners have been developed in the past to solve these contradictory problems, but the question remains whether they are natural sweeteners or not. Sugar has inferior taste, flavor, etc., and since it is not a type of sugar, it is useless in terms of maintaining health.

Therefore, the present inventor has discovered that, due to the synergistic effect of sugar and stevioside glycosides, which are conventionally known as sweeteners, the sweetness has a taste and flavor that is almost the same as natural sugar. Moreover, even if the sweetness of stevioside is improved and the use of sugar is reduced, it has been found that it can give people the same sweet taste satisfaction as natural $111 and provide enough sugar from a health standpoint.

However, if the two were simply mixed in a predetermined ratio, a homogeneous blend could not be obtained because the amount of stevioside used was very small compared to the amount of sugar.

Therefore, as a result of various studies on the blending method, it was possible to overcome the above-mentioned defects by coating sugar grains with a static solution of stevioside glycosides, crushing and stirring this.

The present invention provides a method for producing a sweetener that increases sweetness φ without reducing the flavor of sugar by coating the surface of sugar with stevioside glycosides, preferably by 0.1 to 0.4 weight of sugar. It is. Furthermore, the surface of sugar is coated with stevioside glycosides, which is then crushed and stirred, thereby obtaining a sweetener in which the blending ratio of sugar and stevioside glycosides is always uniform.

The sugar used in the present invention can be any type of sugar, such as white sugar or double sugar, which has a crystalline nine-grain shape or the like.

The stevioside glycoside used in the present invention is Stevia revacdiana Bertoni (St*via r@
It is a sweet ingredient contained in the perennial proboscis of the Asteraceae family called baudlana BgRTONI). It is a glycoside whose aglycone is steviol.
Substances that are purified by extraction using alcohol or organic solvents, removing colored and opaque components using ion exchange resins, decolorizing resins, etc., or by adhering to synthetic adsorption resins, etc., and eluting them. This includes glycosides of steviol (17) having the following structure.

RIR.

Stevioside g l c g 1 /1
g1 c Rebaudio Dulcoside A glc gl♂-ham
Revacdiorebaudioside E gl/'glc gl♂'g l
c Repak Diosteviolbioside Hg t t”g i
aWhen used in the present invention, one type or a mixture of two or more of these glycosides may be used, but in general, stevioside of the above glycosides extracted from commercially available stevia plants is generally used. A mixture of stabioside glycosides is used.

In the production method of the present invention, a solution of the stevioside glycoside dissolved in a solvent such as water or alcohol is applied to the sugar crystal or granular raw material using an appropriate method such as a sprayer. In this case, if an adhesive such as alginic propylene glycol ester or methyl cellulose is added to this solution and applied, the waxability against sugar will be improved.

In addition, organic acid such as citric acid, acetic acid, succinic acid, sinlic acid, tartaric acid, aspartic acid, etc., or salt, ginger soda, sodium succinate, sodium glutanate, sodium inosinate, etc. are added to this solution. Salts such as guanyl-related soda may be added to enhance sweetness or adjust the quality of sweetness.

The amount of stevioside glycoside used can be changed as appropriate depending on the degree of increase in sweetness, but generally it is 10% sugar.
It is preferable to use 0.1 to 0.4 fii for 0 f.

The sweetener whose sugar surface is coated with stevionide glycosides as described above can be obtained by pulverizing granular sugar using an appropriate grinder to form a powder, and then mixing it into a powder. and stevioside glycosides.

The sweetener thus obtained has almost the same shape, appearance, and feel as natural sugar, and is about 200 times sweeter than stevioside glycoside sugar. Therefore, it is possible to satisfy the sweet taste preference with just a few tenths of the conventional amount of sugar intake.
In other words, it can be used extremely effectively to prevent excessive intake of sugar.

In addition, sugar powder or granules that have been coated with steviaside glycosides on the surface and then crushed have a certain amount of steviaside glycosides coated on their surface, so they can be used as they are. When used, the sugar powder granules always have an enhanced sweetness, prevent the uneven distribution of stevinaside glycosides that occurs when simply mixing the two, and create packets in which a predetermined amount of each of the two is mixed. There is no need to take complicated measures such as using this unit.

Next, examples of the present invention will be shown.

Example: Put 1 kf of sugar in a container equipped with a pressure reducing device, and separately, dissolve 2 and 3 stevioside, algin acupuncture propylene □ glycol 1 Of, and an appropriate amount of salt in water and make a round wire 20
t is prepared, this solution is sprayed into double sugar, the internal temperature of the container is heated to 40-60°C, and the product is dried under reduced pressure to obtain 1 kf of product.

Afterwards, this material is crushed into fine particles and made into a product.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A method for producing a sweetener, which involves coating the surface of sugar with a stevioside glycoside. 2. A method for producing a sweetener, which comprises coating the surface of sugar with a stevionide glycoside, and then crushing and stirring this.