Sweetener composition with improved taste quality comprising allulose and salt and method for improving taste quality of alulose using salt
A sweetener composition including allulose and a salt and having improved taste, and a method of improving taste of allulose are disclosed.
1. A sweetener composition comprising allulose and a salt,
wherein the allulose is a crystalline allulose and the surface of the crystalline allulose is coated with the salt,
the salt is sodium chloride, potassium chloride, magnesium chloride, calcium chloride, sodium glutamate, sodium succinate, or combinations thereof,
the salt is present in an amount of 0.1 parts by weight to 1 part by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of the allulose, and
the coating of the salt is formed by spraying a salt-containing solution onto the surface of the crystalline allulose, wherein the salt-containing solution consists of the salt(s) and water.
2. The sweetener composition according to claim 1 , wherein the salt is sodium chloride.
3. The sweetener composition according to claim 1 , wherein the sweetener composition has a mean aperture of 350 μm or more.
4. The sweetener composition according to claim 1 , wherein the sweetener composition has a coefficient of variation in size distribution of 32% or less.
5. The sweetener composition according to claim 1 , wherein the sweetener composition has a bulk density of 69 g/100 ml or more.
6. The sweetener composition according to claim 1 , wherein the sweetener composition has an angle of repose of 30° or less.