Composition for improving taste of high-intensity sweetener and application thereof

摘要

An object of the present invention is to improve a distinctive strange taste (particularly bitterness remaining in the mouth) of a conventional low-calorie food or drink, particularly an edible product (a food or drink) having low calories obtained by replacing part or most of the sugar or isomerized sugar to be added by a high-intensity sweetener. Provided are a composition for improving a taste of a high-intensity sweetener, a method of improving a taste of an edible product containing a high-intensity sweetener, and an edible product in which a taste of a high-intensity sweetener is improved, each of which is characterized by containing or using an isomerized sugar and a rare sugar such that the rare sugar is contained or used in an amount of from 1 to 150 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the isomerized sugar.

主权项

1. A method of providing an edible product containing a high-intensity sweetener, comprises:
isomerizing one or more of members selected from the group consisting of D-glucose, D-fructose, and an isomerized corn syrup, thereby providing an isomerized sugar which comprises rare sugars comprising D-psicose, D-allose and a rare sugar other than D-psicose and D-allose; and adding to the edible product the isomerized sugar containing the rare sugars, and the high-intensity sweetener in combination in effective amounts thereof to suppress a bitterness of the high-intensity sweetener, wherein the rare sugars are in an amount of from 1 to 150 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the isomerized sugar.