Patent ID: 8017168
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: A23L,A61P,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A functional sweetener composition comprising at least one functional ingredient, a rebaudioside A composition and a sweet taste improving polyol, wherein: the rebaudioside A composition comprises rebaudioside A and other steviolglycosides; the rebaudioside A composition has a purity from about 50% to about 99.5% rebaudioside A by weight on a dry basis; the rebaudioside A comprises an anhydrous rebaudioside A polymorph, a rebaudioside A solvate polymorph, an amorphous rebaudioside A, or a combination thereof; the rebaudioside A composition and polyol are present in the sweetener composition at a weight ratio in the range of about 1:50 to about 1:800; the at least one functional ingredient is selected from the group consisting of a rubisco protein, a rubiscolin, a rubiscolin derivative, wherein the rubiscolin derivative comprises an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of Tyr-Pro-Ile-Asp-Leu-Phe (SEQ ID NO: 3), Tyr-Pro-Met-Asp-Leu-Phe (SEQ ID NO: 4), Tyr-Pro-Leu-Asp-Leu-Val (SEQ ID NO: 5), Tyr-Pro-Ile-Asp-Leu-Val (SEQ ID NO: 6), Tyr-Pro-Met-Asp-Leu-Val (SEQ ID NO: 7), and combinations thereof, an ACE inhibitory peptide, and combinations thereof.