Patent ID: 9012520
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: A23L

Abstract:
1. A method for increasing the sweetness of a carbohydrate sweetener or a synthetic high potency sweetener in a sweetenable composition comprising: adding to the sweetenable composition at least one natural sweetness enhancer chosen from 13-[(2-O-(3-O-α-D-glucopyranosyl)-β-D-glucopyranosyl-3-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-β-D-glucopyranosyl)oxy]kaur-16-en-18-oic acid β-D-glucopyranosyl ester and 13-[(2-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-3-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl]-β-D-glucopyranosyl)oxy]-17-hydroxy-kaur-15-en-18-oic acid β-D-glucopyranosyl ester; wherein the sweetness enhancer is present in the sweetenable composition in an amount that is at or below the sweet detection threshold level of the sweetness enhancer and the sweetener and the sweetness enhancer are different.