	US 11,985,995 B2
	Methods of freeze drying compositions containing rebaudioside M and rebaudioside D
Youlung Chen, Marietta, GA (US); Xiaoliang Tan, Marietta, GA (US); Indra Prakash, Alpharetta, GA (US); Josef Klucik, Marietta, GA (US); Gil Ma, Atlanta, GA (US); and Youngsuk Heo, Cumming, GA (US)
Assigned to The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GA (US)
Appl. No. 16/300,302
Filed by The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GA (US)
PCT Filed May 10, 2017, PCT No. PCT/US2017/031892 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 9, 2018, PCT Pub. No. WO2017/196933, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 16, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/334,201, filed on May 10, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2020/0178587 A1, Jun. 11, 2020
Int. Cl. A23L 27/30 (2016.01); A23L 2/60 (2006.01); A23L 3/44 (2006.01)

CPC A23L 27/36 (2016.08) [A23L 2/60 (2013.01); A23L 3/44 (2013.01)]

15 Claims

1. A method of preparing a freeze dried powder with improved aqueous solubility comprising:

a. preparing a mixture consisting of water and a crystalline steviol glycoside composition consisting essentially of about 75% to about 90% Reb M by weight, about 10% to about 25% Reb D by weight; and wherein the mixture has a solids content from about 10% to about 30% by weight;

b. heating the mixture to a temperature from about 70° C. to 98° C. for a time sufficient to dissolve the crystalline composition and provide a clear solution; and

c. freeze drying the clear solution to provide a freeze dried powder.