Patent ID: 8709514
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: A23L

Abstract:
1. A stevia formulation comprising: (1) a stevia sweetener with a rebaudioside A content of 95% by weight or greater; (2) 0.35 to 5.00 parts by weight of a first sugarcane-derived extract with respect to 100 parts by weight of the stevia sweetener; (3) 0.06 to 2.50 parts by weight of a second sugarcane-derived extract with respect to 100 parts by weight of the stevia sweetener; and (4) 0.010 to 10.0 parts by weight of γ-aminobutyric acid with respect to 100 parts by weight of the stevia sweetener; wherein the first sugarcane-derived extract contains a first eluted component obtained by passing a raw material selected from the group consisting of sugarcane juice and sugarcane-derived molasses through a column packed with a first porous adsorbent, and eluting the components adsorbed onto the porous adsorbent with a solvent containing at least one selected from the group consisting of methanol and ethanol, wherein the first porous adsorbent is at least one selected from the group consisting of aromatic resins, acrylic acid-based methacryl resins and acrylonitrile aliphatic resins, wherein the second sugarcane-derived extract contains a second eluted component obtained by passing a solution containing a distillate through a column packed with a second porous adsorbent, and eluting the components adsorbed onto the porous adsorbent with a solvent containing at least one selected from the group consisting of methanol and ethanol, wherein the distillate is obtained by distillation of a raw material selected from the group consisting of sugarcane juice and solvent extracts of sugarcane, and wherein the second porous adsorbent is at least one selected from the group consisting of aromatic resins, acrylic acid-based methacryl resins and acrylonitrile aliphatic resins.