Flavor potentiated oral compositions containing thaumatin or monellin

摘要

A flavored oral composition contains thaumatin or monellin at a flavor potentiating level, which level is below the sweetness threshold of thaumatin or monellin respectively in the composition; a flavoring composition comprises a solution or dispersion of a flavoring agent in a carrier therefor, and also contains thaumatin or monellin at a flavor potentiating level, which level is below the level required to provide sweetness in a substrate when the flavoring composition is added thereto in a flavoring amount; a method of potentiating and extending the flavor of an oral composition comprises adding thereto thaumatin or monellin at a flavor-potentiating level below the sweetness threshold of thaumatin or monellin respectively.