Method for improving deficiency of sweetness of D-sorbose in sweetener comprising D-sorbose and improving sweetness persistence

摘要

PPROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a taste quality-improved D-sorbose-containing sweetener, specifically a low-calorie sweetener, the quality of taste of which is altered so as to be broadly usable for food and drink product such as sugar. PSOLUTION: The taste quality-improved D-sorbose-containing sweetener is produced by adding sugar alcohol and/or highly-sweet sweetener and/or hexose and/or sucrose to D-sorbose. The sugar alcohol is selected from the group comprising sorbitol, mannitol, lactitol, maltitol, xylitol, and erythritol. The highly sweet sweetener is selected from the group comprising aspartame, acesulfame K, sodium cyclamate, sodium saccharin, Sucralose (R), stevia sweetener, dulcin, thaumatin, neotame and monellin. The hexose is selected from the group comprising glucose, fructose, D-tagatose and D-psicose. The use of the sugar alcohol and/or the sucrose and/or the hexose accounts for 5-2,000 pts.wt. and the use of the highly sweet sweetener accounts for 0.003-5 pts.wt. each based on 100 pts.wt. of the D-sorbose. PCOPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT