| 摘要 |
The present invention provides a sweetener which has mild sweetness like sugar while maintaining a high sweetness intensity of a Stevia sweetener and also has a sharp head-taste of sweetness, a sharp after-taste of sweetness, as well as reduction of the bitterness and astringency of after-taste peculiar to the Stevia sweetener, and a process for producing the same. The sweetener contains steviol glucosides comprising beta -1,4-galactosyl rebaudioside A having one to three (3-1,4-bonded galactosyl groups in a molecule and rebaudioside A, wherein the following expressions (1) and (2) are satisfied: <DF NUM="(1)">Ä(GRA + RA)/(X)Ü ≥ 0.4 </DF> <DF NUM="(2)">Ä(GRA) / (RA)Ü ≥ 1.0 </DF> wherein GRA represents the weight percentage of the beta -1,4-galactosyl rebaudioside A having one to three beta -1,4-bonded galactosyl groups in a molecule, RA represents the weight percentage of the rebaudioside A, and X represents the weight percentage of the steviol glucosides. |
