Patent ID: 9408406
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: A23G,A23L

Claim Text:
1. A method for reducing bitterness in a beverage product comprising a high intensity sweetener, the method comprising preparing a beverage product comprising 1,3-propanediol in an amount effective to provide a ratio of 1,3-propanediol to the high intensity sweetener in the beverage product of about 0.01:8 to about 0.6:8, wherein the high intensity sweetener in the ratio with the 1,3-propanediol comprises one or more steviol glycosides selected from the group consisting of rebaudioside A, rebaudioside B, rebaudioside C, rebaudioside D, rebaudioside E, rebaudioside F, dulcoside A, dulcoside B, rubusoside, stevioside, and steviolbioside, and combinations thereof.