US 11,980,211 B2
Verbascoside and related compounds for sweetness enhancement
Ajay Pratap Singh, Union Beach, NJ (US); Hassan Mustaq Ubaideen, Union Beach, NJ (US); Jung-A Kim, Union Beach, NJ (US); Xiao-Qing Tang, Union Beach, NJ (US); Hsi-Wen Chin, Union Beach, NJ (US); Michelle Eve Huber, Union Beach, NJ (US); Xiaodong Li, Union Beach, NJ (US); and Thumpalasseril V. John, Union Beach, NJ (US)
Assigned to International Flavors & Fragrances, Union Beach, NJ (US)
Appl. No. 17/274,606
Filed by International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., New York, NY (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 12, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/041602
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 9, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/014610, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/813,466, filed on Mar. 4, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/697,012, filed on Jul. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0046970 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A23L 29/30 (2016.01); A23L 27/00 (2016.01)
CPC A23L 29/30 (2016.08) [A23L 27/88 (2016.08)] 7 Claims
 
1. A method of enhancing the sweetness of a sweetness modifier comprising the step of adding to the sweetness modifier an olfactory effective amount of isoverbascoside,
wherein the sweetness modifier is selected from the group consisting of sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, rebaudioside A, stevioside, rebaudioside D, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, erythritol, xylitol, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol, aspartame, sucralose, neotame, acesulfame potassium, saccharin, steviolbioside, rebaudioside B, rebaudioside C, rebaudioside E, rebaudioside F, dulcoside A, dulcoside B, rubusoside, alpha-glucosyl stevia, fructosyl stevia, galactosyl stevia, beta-glucosyl stevia, siamenoside, mogroside IV, mogroside V, Luo Han Guo, monatin, glycyrrhizic acid, thaumatin, a salt thereof, a glycosylated derivative thereof and a combination thereof;
wherein the olfactory effective amount is from about 1 ppb to about 100 ppm; and wherein isoverbascoside is provided as a Chaenomeles speciose leaf extract.