SWEETENING COMPOSITION COMPRISING ASPARTAME AND 2,4-DIHYDROXYBENZOIC ACID

摘要

The invention relates to foodstuffs containing improved sucrose-like tasting sweetener compositions with aspartame as the principal source of sweetness and another compound delivering sweetness, wherein the other compound delivering sweetness is 2,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof. 2,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid is used in the sweetener composition in an amount of, as calculated in the form of the free acid, 0.1 to 4.0 times the amount of aspartame, on a weight basis.