US 12,433,311 B2
Food or beverage with increased sweetness
Tadahiro Ohkuri, Kanagawa (JP); Akiko Fujie, Kanagawa (JP); and Yoshiaki Yokoo, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED, Osaka (JP)
Filed by SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED, Osaka (JP)
Filed on May 14, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/663,640.
Application 18/663,640 is a continuation of application No. 16/619,758, granted, now 11,998,032, previously published as PCT/JP2018/021842, filed on Jun. 7, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-113760 (JP), filed on Jun. 8, 2017; and application No. 2017-198815 (JP), filed on Oct. 12, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0292873 A1, Sep. 5, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A23L 2/60 (2006.01); A23L 27/12 (2016.01); A23L 27/30 (2016.01); A23L 27/40 (2016.01)
CPC A23L 27/36 (2016.08) [A23L 2/60 (2013.01); A23L 27/12 (2016.08); A23L 27/30 (2016.08); A23L 27/31 (2016.08); A23L 27/40 (2016.08); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A food or beverage comprising:
(a) a natural sugar in an amount corresponding to a sweetness intensity X1,
(b) a high-intensity sweetener in an amount corresponding to a sweetness intensity X2, and
(c) less than 40 mg/100 ml of sodium,
wherein (1) sweetness having a sweetness intensity X3 is exhibited by the ingredients (a) to (c), and
(2) energy is 50 Kcal/100 ml or less, and
wherein 0.1< (X1+X2)<X3≤20 is satisfied.