摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an agent, a food or beverage and a method for reducing the use of sweetness components such as saccharides, suppressing intake of excessive calories, or capable of adding natural sweetness close to sucrose, etc. <P>SOLUTION: The sweetness intensifier includes a Siraitia grosvenorii extract extracted from Siraitia grosvenorii, and is used for intensifying the sweetness of sweetness components coexistent in an object for addition. The food or beverage contains the sweetness components and the Siraitia grosvenorii extract extracted from Siraitia grosvenorii in an quantity effective for intensifying the sweetness of the sweetness components. Further, the method of intensifying the sweetness of the food or beverage, wherein the sweetness is intensified by adding the Siraitia grosvenorii extract extracted from Siraitia grosvenorii in a quantity effective for intensifying the sweetness of the sweetness components to the food or beverage containing the sweetness components, is provided. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |