Sweetening and taste-masking compositions, products and uses thereof
The present invention relates to a sweetening composition comprising neohesperidin dihydrochalcone (NHDC) and gamma-cyclodextrin, to the use of the sweetening composition for sweetening ingestible products, namely, food products and pharmaceuticals, and to an ingestible product comprising the sweetening composition. Furthermore, the present invention also relates to the use of a composition comprising neohesperidin dihydrochalcone and a cyclodextrin selected from beta-cyclodextrin and gamma-cyclodextrin as taste-masking agent, to a process for masking unpleasant tastes in ingestible products, namely in food products and pharmaceuticals, and to ingestible products which comprise unpleasantly tasting substances and the taste-masking composition.
1. Sweetening composition comprising neohesperidin dihydrochalcone and gamma-cyclodextrin,
wherein the molar ratio of neohesperidin dihydrochalcone:gamma-cyclodextrin is comprised between 1.5:1 and 1:10.
2. Composition according to claim 1 , wherein the molar ratio of neohesperidin dihydrochalcone:gamma-cyclodextrin is comprised between 1.5:1 and 1:6.
3. Composition according to claim 1 , wherein the molar ratio of neohesperidin dihydrochalcone:gamma-cyclodextrin is about 1:1.
4. Composition according to claim 1 , wherein the molar ratio of neohesperidin dihydrochalcone:gamma-cyclodextrin is 1±0.1: 1±0.1.
5. Composition according to claim 4 , wherein the molar ratio of neohesperidin dihydrochalcone:gamma-cyclodextrin is 1±0.05: 1±0.05.
6. Composition according to claim 1 , wherein the molar ratio of neohesperidin dihydrochalcone:gamma-cyclodextrin is about 1:3.
7. Composition according to claim 1 , wherein the molar ratio of neohesperidin dihydrochalcone:gamma-cyclodextrin is 1±0.1: 3±0.3.
8. Composition according to claim 7 , wherein the molar ratio of neohesperidin dihydrochalcone:gamma-cyclodextrin is 1±0.05: 3±0.15.
9. Process for sweetening an ingestible product comprising adding the sweetening composition of claim 1 to the ingestible product.
10. The process according to claim 9 , wherein the ingestible product is selected from a food product and a pharmaceutical product.
11. Ingestible product comprising the sweetening composition according to claim 1 .