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Sweetener compositions

  • US 9,668,504 B2
  • Filed: 10/30/2014
  • Issued: 06/06/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A dehydrated sweetener composition consisting essentially of a core particle and a sweetener carbohydrate;

  • wherein said sweetener carbohydrate is in direct association with said core particle and forms a sweetener carbohydrate coating;

    wherein said core particle comprises exposed oxygen atoms along the surface thereof linked to said sweetener carbohydrate via hydrogen bonding thereby allowing release of said core particle upon ingestion;

    wherein said core particle is silica; and

    wherein said sweetener carbohydrate coating exhibits enhanced sweetness compared to a comparable amount of sweetener carbohydrate in free unassociated form.

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