Sweetener composition and food containing same
The present invention provides a sweetener composition that can be used for food as a sugar substitute sweetener. Specifically, the sweetener composition contains rebaudioside O and rebaudioside N as active ingredients, or contains at least one of rebaudioside D and rebaudioside M and at least one of rebaudioside O and rebaudioside N as active ingredients. In addition, the sweetener composition is used in combination with an additional sweetener.
1. A composition comprising
i) a sweetener composition comprising rebaudioside O and rebaudioside N, and
ii) rebaudioside A,
wherein in the sweetener composition,
rebaudioside O is present in an amount of 10% to 90% by weight of the sweetener composition, and
the amount of rebaudioside O is 110% to 900% by weight of the amount of rebaudioside N,
wherein the sweetener composition is 0.02 to 0.35 parts by weight to 1 part by weight of the rebaudioside A in the composition, and
wherein the rebaudioside A is 74 to 98% by weight of the composition.
2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the amount of rebaudioside O is 110% to 500% by weight of the amount of rebaudioside N.
3. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the sweetener composition further comprises rebaudioside D and rebaudioside M.
4. The composition of claim 3 , wherein rebaudioside D is present in an amount of 10% to 60% by weight of the sweetener composition, and rebaudioside M is present in an amount of 20% to 80% by weight of the sweetener composition.
5. The composition of claim 3 , wherein at least one of rebaudioside D, rebaudioside M, rebaudioside O, and rebaudioside N is a stevia extract and/or obtained by purification with hydrophilic alcohol.
6. The composition of claim 1 further comprising an additional sweetener.
7. A food product comprising the composition of claim 1 and a food.
8. The food product of claim 7 , wherein the sweetener composition is present in an amount of 0.0001 to 2.0% by weight.
9. A bitterness masking flavor or a flavor enhancer, comprising an additional sweetener and the composition of claim 1 at a weight ratio of 1:0.01 to 1:99.
10. A method of manufacturing a food product comprising admixing the composition of claim 1 and a food to form the food product.
11. A composition comprising
i) a sweetener composition comprising rebaudioside O and rebaudioside N, and
ii) rebaudioside A,
wherein in the sweetener composition,
rebaudioside O and rebaudioside N are present in a ratio of 90:10 by weight, and
wherein the sweetener composition is 0.02 to 0.35 parts by weight to 1 part by weight of the rebaudioside A in the composition, and
wherein the rebaudioside A is 74 to 98% by weight of the composition.