SWEETENER COMPOSITION

摘要

The amount of added mono- or disaccharide in a fluid or solid food composition can be reduced by: incorporating a fraction of an amount of mono- or disaccharide that is recommended in a given recipe for the food composition resulting in a loss of sweetness, and incorporating carboxymethyl cellulose having a viscosity of up to 200 mPa·s, measured as a 2 weight percent aqueous solution at 20° C. using a Haake RS1 viscometer with a cylinder system Z34 DIN at 10.0 s−1, in the fluid or solid food composition as the only ingredient to compensate for the lost sweetness, with the proviso that the fluid food composition has a viscosity of at least 10 mPa·s, when measured in the absence of the carboxymethyl cellulose at 20° C.

主权项

1. A sweetener composition consisting of
a) one or more mono- or disaccharides and b) a carboxymethyl cellulose having a viscosity of up to 200 mPa·s, measured as a 2 weight percent aqueous solution at 20° C. using a Haake RS1 viscometer with a cylinder system Z34 DIN at 10.0 s−1 such that the weight ratio of a):b) is from 0.5:1 to 25:1, and c) 0 to 40 weight percent, based on the total weight of the sweetener composition, of one or more additional ingredients.