COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING AND METHODS OF USING 1,3-PROPANEDIOL, TO IMPROVE SWEETNESS AND/OR REDUCE BITTERNESS OF SWEETENERS
The present disclosure is directed to sweetener composition comprising 1,3-propanediol and a sweetener. As disclosed are food, beverage, confection, or concentrate compositions comprising the aforementioned sweetener composition and methods of producing such sweeteners.
1 . A sweetener composition comprising:
(a) about 1 ppm to about 10 ppm of 1,3-propanediol; and
(b) about 18,000 ppm to about 62,000 ppm of a sweetener.
2 . The sweetener composition of claim 1 , wherein the sweetener is sucrose, high fructose corn syrup, erythritol, allulose, or tagatose.
3 . A food, beverage, confection, or concentrate composition comprising the sweetener composition of claim 1 .
4 . A food, beverage, confection, or concentrate composition comprising a sweetener composition, wherein the sweetener composition consists essentially of:
(a) about 600 ppm to about 1,000 ppm of 1,3-propanediol; and
(b) about 90 ppm to about 400 ppm of a sweetener.
5 . The sweetener composition of claim 4 , wherein the sweetener is a Stevia sweetener.
6 . The sweetener composition of claim 5 , wherein the Stevia sweetener is Stevia Reb A97 or Stevia Reb M95.
7 . A method of improving sweetness and/or reducing bitterness of a sweetener comprising:
(a) providing about 90 ppm to about 400 ppm of a sweetener; and
(b) adding an amount of 1,3-propanediol from about 600 ppm to about 1,000 ppm to the sweetener to form a sweetener composition consisting essentially of 90 ppm to about 400 ppm of the sweetener and from about 600 ppm to about 1,000 ppm of 1,3-propanediol, whereby said sweetener composition has improved sweetness and/or bitterness as compared to sweetener that does not include said amount of 1,3-propanediol.
8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the sweetener is a Stevia sweetener.
9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the Stevia sweetener is Stevia Reb A97 or Stevia Reb M95.
10 . A sweetener composition produced by the method of claim 7 .
11 . A food, beverage, confection, or concentrate composition comprising the sweetener composition of claim 10 .
12 . A method of improving sweetness and/or reducing bitterness of a sweetener comprising:
(a) providing about 18,000 ppm to about 62,000 ppm of a sweetener; and
(b) adding an amount of 1,3-propanediol from about 1 ppm to about 10 ppm to the sweetener to form a sweetener composition, whereby said sweetener composition has improved sweetness and/or bitterness as compared to sweetener that does not include said amount of 1,3-propanediol.
13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the sweetener is sucrose, high fructose corn syrup, erythritol, allulose, or tagatose.
14 . A sweetener composition produced by the method of claim 12 .
15 . A food, beverage, confection, or concentrate composition comprising the sweetener composition of claim 14 .