CPC A23L 27/36 (2016.08) [A23L 2/60 (2013.01); A23L 2/68 (2013.01)] | 24 Claims |
1. A composition comprising:
one or more steviol glycoside malonic acid esters (SGMAs) or salts thereof; and
a stabilizer comprising one or more caffeoyl-substituted quinic acids or salts thereof;
wherein the composition is a beverage or beverage concentrate having a pH of 1.7 to 4; and
wherein the SGMA or salt thereof has the structure:
or a salt thereof;
wherein
at each occurrence R1 is independently chosen from —H, and a glycosidically-bonded primary sugar,
at each occurrence the primary sugar is independently chosen from glucose, xylose, and rhamnose, and at each occurrence the primary sugar independently optionally comprises a secondary sugar glycosidically-bonded to the primary sugar, a malonic acid ester or a salt thereof bonded to the primary sugar, or a combination thereof,
at each occurrence the secondary sugar, if present, is independently chosen from glucose, xylose, and rhamnose, and at each occurrence the secondary sugar independently optionally comprises a tertiary sugar glycosidically-bonded to the secondary sugar, a malonic acid ester or a salt thereof bonded to the secondary sugar, or a combination thereof,
at each occurrence the tertiary sugar, if present, is independently chosen from glucose, xylose, and rhamnose, and at each occurrence the tertiary sugar independently optionally comprises a malonic acid ester or a salt thereof bonded to the tertiary sugar, and
the SGMA comprises at least one of the primary sugars and at least one of the malonic acid ester groups or a salt thereof on one or more of the primary, secondary, and tertiary sugars.
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