| 摘要 |
A sweetening composition for use in the rearing of farm animals, comprises a major proportion of at least one high intensity sweetener and a minor proportion of thaumatin, the ratio of high intensity sweetener to thaumatin being over 20:1 and such that when used to provide a palatable degree of sweetness in drinking water, the sweetened water will contain no more than 5 ppm of thaumatin, the high intensity sweetener providing substantially all the sweetness. The high intensity sweetener is preferably selected from saccharin, acesulpham-K, stevioside, sodium cyclamate, dihydrochalcones and sucralose. Use of the sweetened drinking water for animals increases their food conversion ratio. |
