Sweetening compositions

摘要

The present invention relates to natural sweetening composition comprising: (a) sweet juice derived from the botanical genus/species Siraitia grosvenorii, Siraitia siamensis, Siraitia silomaradjae, Siraitia sikkimensisi, Siraitia africana, Siraitia borneensis, Siraitia taiwaniana or mixtures thereof; and (b) sugar, wherein said sugar is selected from fructose, sucrose, glucose and mixtures thereof; and wherein the ratio of the sweet juice of the sugar is from about 1:1 to about 1:5. An edible acid and/or salt can be added to the composition to improve the flavor. Edible products comprising such a sweetening composition is also claimed.