Patent ID: 6245376
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: A23G,A23L,A24B,A61K,A61Q

Abstract:
A process for removing the bitter aftertaste and enhancing the sweetness of a cola beverage having dissolved therein a sweetening quantity and concentration of aspartame having the structure: ##STR69##which causes a bitter aftertaste subsequent to ingestion thereof, consisting of the step of adding to said beverage from about 1 up to about 20 ppb of damascenone having the structure: ##STR70##and an alcohol compound selected from the group consisting of:(i) (cis-3-hexenol having the structure: ##STR71##(ii) 1-octen-3-ol having the structure: ##STR72##(iii) .beta.-phenylethyl alcohol having the structure: ##STR73##with the mole ratio of damascenone:alcohol being in the range of from about 1:10 up to about 10:1, said damascenone and alcohol being in a debittering concentration in said cola beverage.