JP2000175648A - Sweetener composition containing whey mineral - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain the subject composition having fresh taste and body feeling without remaining over sweetness, and giving excellent sweetness to a food, a medicinal agent or a quasi-drug, or the like, by including sucralose and whey minerals. SOLUTION: This sweetener composition having fresh taste and body feeling and capable of giving excellent sweetness to an orally used product such as a food, a medicinal agent or a quasi-drug without remaining over sweetness as a defect of previous strong sweeteners is obtained by including 0.1-100 pts.wt. of whey minerals per 1 pt.wt. of sucralose. As food products suitable for using this sweetening composition as a sweetener, e.g. a drink such as a carbonated beverage, a fruit drink, coffee, a soft drink, a milk beverage or a tea-based drink, and a dessert such as a mousse, and confectioneries such as chewing gum and candy are exemplified.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to a sweetening composition containing whey minerals and sucralose. More specifically, the present invention relates to a sweet composition in which the sweetness of sucralose is improved by combining whey minerals with sucralose. Further, the present invention relates to a food containing the sweetening composition as a sweetener.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Sugar (sucrose) has been widely used as a sweetener in foods and drinks because of its high quality sweetness, richness (body feeling), moisturizing properties, and viscosity imparting properties. However, sucrose causing obesity and tooth decay has been shunned from recent health consciousness and low calorie consciousness, and low calorie has been progressing especially in luxury goods such as beverages and desserts.

For this reason, various high-intensity sweeteners have been researched and developed as sucrose-substitute sweeteners. Among them, sucralose having a sweetness approximately 600 times that of sucrose has been used.
Due to its many non-cariogenic and non-metabolic non-caloric advantages, it is attracting attention as a new sweetener.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to further improve the sweetness of a high-sweetness sweetener "sucralose" which is a new sweetener alternative to sucrose. More specifically, it has a sweetness with a mellow, more body-like (full-bodied) sensation without a feeling of backing off, and has a good sweetness for orally used products such as foods, pharmaceuticals or quasi-drugs. It is an object of the present invention to provide a sweetness composition that can impart fragrance. Further, another object of the present invention is to provide a food with improved sweetness containing such a sweetening composition as a sweetener.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems The present inventors have made intensive studies to solve the above problems, and found that by adding and mixing whey minerals to sucralose, the sweetness peculiar to the high-sweetness sweetener is added. It has been found that the lingering sensation of the savory taste is eliminated, and that the sweetness can be further enhanced with a richness and body. The present invention has been developed based on such knowledge.

That is, the present invention relates to the following sweet compositions. (1) A sweet composition containing sucralose and whey minerals. (2) The sweetening composition according to (1), containing whey mineral in a ratio of 0.1 to 100 parts by weight with respect to 1 part by weight of sucralose.

Further, the present invention relates to a food containing the above-mentioned sweetening composition. Examples of the food include beverages such as carbonated drinks, fruit drinks, coffee, soft drinks, milk drinks, tea drinks and mousses. And sweets such as chewing gum and candy.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The sweetening composition of the present invention is characterized by containing sucralose and whey minerals.

The sucralose used in the present invention has a structure in which three hydroxyl groups at positions 1 and 6 of the fructose residue and the position 4 of the glucose residue in the sucrose molecule are substituted with chlorine molecules. It is a high sweetness sweetener exhibiting about 600 times higher quality sweetness (British Patent No. 1543167).
The high-intensity sweetener has a sweetness characteristic larger than that of sugar, can give a sweetness equivalent to a large amount of sugar in a smaller amount, and is low in calories and / or Alternatively, it can be used as a sugar substitute for non-feel products.

[0010] Whey mineral is a mineral component contained in the remaining yellow-green liquid (whey, whey) from which coagulated matter (curd) produced by adding an acid or milk-clotting enzyme to milk or skim milk is removed. Usually, whey contains about 0.7% of mineral components in addition to lactose, soluble proteins (lactalbumin, lactoglobulin), water-soluble vitamins (B1, B2, nicotinic acid, C, etc.) and salts. Whey minerals
Using whey as a raw material, it can be separated and obtained by a method such as ultrafiltration, but it is easily commercially available.

In the present invention, whey minerals themselves can be used, whey products containing whey minerals, such as whey, concentrated whey, cheese whey powder, acid whey powder, and the like, and combinations thereof. .

The mixing ratio of sucralose and whey minerals depends on the type of product to which the sweetening composition is applied, and cannot be specified unconditionally.
The whey mineral can be appropriately selected and used from the range of 0.1 to 100 parts by weight, preferably 1 to 60 parts by weight with respect to parts by weight.

[0013] Sucralose is originally a good sweetener having a refreshing and refreshing sweetness with a little unpleasant taste as in conventional high-sweetness sweeteners such as saccharin sodium. Can be added to a refreshing sweetness to give a body feeling such as thickness and richness, and the aftertaste is refreshed without the feeling of aftertaste of sweetness, and it is prepared as a better sweetness composition closer to sucrose. can do. In addition, minerals are not only constituents of the body but also important components responsible for physiological and metabolic regulation required for vital activities, and are also useful as activators of enzymes. Since the sweetening composition of the present invention contains a relatively large amount of whey minerals as described above, it not only functions as a mere sweetener for imparting sweetness, but also replenishes components useful for a living body. It is also useful as a functional additive that contributes to biological functions.

The sweetening composition of the present invention only needs to contain the above-mentioned components as essential components, and other sweeteners such as sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose, etc., as long as the effects of the present invention are not impaired. Fructose, invert sugar, trehalose,
Saccharides such as trehalulose, palatinose, D-xylose; sugar alcohols such as xylitol, sorbitol, and maltitol; A high-intensity sweetener such as glycyrrhizin, dipotassium glycyrrhizinate, disodium glycyrrhizinate, and ammonium glycyrrhizinate contained in the liquorice extract may be used alone or in combination of two or more.

The shape of the sweetening composition of the present invention is not particularly limited, and may be in the form of a solution diluted with water or the like, a powder or a granule dried by a spray drying method or the like, or a tablet or granule of these powders or granules. It may be in the form of a molded tablet.

The sweetening composition of the present invention can be used as a sweetener for cooking or a tabletop sweetener itself for the purpose of replacing sugar or other sweeteners usually used as a sweetener, and can be used for any oral composition. It can be used as a sweetener for products.

Here, the oral composition means a product (edible product) to be ingested orally and a product to be used in the mouth, for example, foods such as boiled foods and sweets and beverages; dragees, drops, troches and the like. Oral pharmaceuticals, including oral sprays, throat sprays and syrups; quasi-drugs such as mouth fresheners such as mouth sprays, mouthwashes such as mouthwashes, gargles, and toothpastes or mouthwashes.

According to the present invention, the sweetness of the conventional high-intensity sweetener is imparted with a richness (body feeling, bulkiness), which has tended to be insufficient, and the unpleasant sweetness of the sweetener is reduced to reduce the feeling of palatability. It is possible to provide a sweetener that imparts goodness and qualitatively improves and improves sweetness, which is one of the five original tastes. Furthermore, a non-cariogenic, low-calorie or non-caloric sweetener can be provided. For this reason, foods that are particularly required to have good taste (sweetness) and lead to commercial value, or foods that are useful in low calorie and non-cariogenic properties, for example, taste foods such as desserts and confectionery including confectionery and beverages It is useful for foods for diabetic patients and diet foods.

The food is not particularly limited, but is preferably a fruit drink or vegetable juice containing citrus juice or vegetable juice, a carbonated drink such as cola, ginger ale or cider, a soft drink such as sports drink, coffee, or the like. Beverages such as tea drinks such as black tea and matcha, cocoa and lactic acid bacteria drinks, whey drinks and milk drinks in general; desserts such as yogurt, jelly, pudding and mousse; Confectionery such as confectionery;
Sources including fruit flavor sauce and chocolate sauce; Creams such as butter cream and fresh cream; Jams such as strawberry jam and marmalade; Ice confectionery such as ice cream and sorbet; Confectionery such as chewing gum, hard candy, nougat candy, jelly beans Kinds; pickles, kamaboko and other processed agricultural and livestock products.

The amount of the sweetening composition of the present invention used in the oral composition is not particularly limited as long as it is an amount effective for imparting a desired sweetness to the oral composition. Specifically, sweetness refers to the type of oral composition to which the sweetener is applied,
The other components contained in the composition, as well as those that can vary depending on factors such as the palatability of sweetness, and therefore, the amount of the sweetening composition of the present invention is also required to obtain a desired taste in the final product. In consideration of the type of high-intensity sweetener to be used and its sweetness, it can be used in a discretionary manner according to the ordinary ability of those skilled in the art.

[0021]

The present invention will be described below in more detail with reference to the following Examples, but it should not be construed that the invention is limited thereto. In the following, parts mean parts by weight unless otherwise specified. Example 1 Whey minerals were added to an aqueous solution containing 0.005% by weight of sucralose at the ratios shown in Table 1, and 20 panelists evaluated the sweetness and sweetness. The results are shown in Table 1.

[0022]

[Table 1]

From these results, it was found that by adding whey minerals to sucralose, the sweetness of sucralose can be given a richness and thickness, and the aftertaste can be reduced to prepare a more palatable sweetener. . Example 2 Sports drink whey mineral 1 part by weight, vitamin mix 0.25 part by weight, citric acid 0.125 part by weight, sodium L-ascorbate 0.05 part by weight, lemon transparent juice 0.5 part by weight, sucralose 0 After adding 0.02 parts by weight of water to 100 parts by weight and heating to 93 ° C., 0.15 parts by weight of fragrance was added,
The bottle was filled to obtain a sports drink.

[0024] The resulting sports drink was a drink which was reinforced with minerals and provided with a body taste.

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A sweet composition comprising sucralose and whey minerals. 2. A whey mineral is contained in a ratio of 0.1 to 100 parts by weight based on 1 part by weight of sucralose.
Sweetness composition. 3. A food containing the sweet composition according to claim 1 or 2. 4. The food according to claim 3, which is selected from the group consisting of carbonated drinks, fruit drinks, coffee, soft drinks, milk drinks, tea drinks, desserts and confections.