Sweetener compositions

• US 10,212,961 B2
• Filed: 04/17/2017
• Issued: 02/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Douxmatok Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Douxmatok Ltd.
• Inventors: Baniel, Avraham
• Primary Examiner(s): Chawla, Jyoti
• Application Number:
  US15/489,696
• Publication Number:
  US 20170367389A1
• Time in Patent Office: 680 Days
• Field of Search: 426 97, 426 96, 127 3, 127 34, 127 36, 127 63
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 27/33 containing sugars or derivatives
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 27/70 Fixation, conservation, or encapsulation of flavouring agents
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 27/72 Encapsulation
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 27/77 Use of inorganic solid carriers, e.g. silica
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 27/79 in the form of films
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2002/00 Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2200/15 Flavour affecting agent
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2200/16 Taste affecting agent
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2200/22 Coating agent
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2200/25 Nanoparticles, nanostructures
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2200/254 Particle size distribution
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/60 Sugars, e.g. mono-, di-, tri-, tetra-saccharides
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/61 Glucose, Dextrose
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/628 Saccharose, sucrose

Abstract

The invention provides a sweetener composition comprising a core nano particle in association with a sweetener carbohydrate.

Claims

1. A sweetness enhancing composition comprising:

a water dispersible, food-compatible, core particle consisting essentially of silica in direct intermolecular association with a sweetener carbohydrate having an enhanced sweetness as compared to a comparable amount of said carbohydrate in a free unassociated form.

2. The sweetness enhancing composition according to claim 1, wherein said composition has a lower caloric content when compared to a comparable amount per weight of said sweetness enhancing sweetener-carbohydrate in free unassociated form.

3. A sweetness enhancing composition according to claim 1, wherein said core particle is of a size of between about 3 nm and 100 nm.

4. A sweetness enhancing composition according to claim 1, wherein said core particle is of a size of between about 5 nm and 50 nm.

5. A sweetness enhancing composition according to claim 1, wherein said core particle is substantially water-insoluble.

6. A sweetness enhancing composition according to claim 1, wherein the sweetener carbohydrate is a mono-saccharide or a di-saccharide.

7. A sweetness enhancing composition according to claim 6, wherein said mono-saccharide is glucose or fructose.

8. A sweetness enhancing composition according to claim 7, wherein said di-saccharide is sucrose.