Patent ID: 8142829

Claim:
A monatin-containing beverage comprising monatin and a monatin stabilizer comprising a C 6 -C 3 phenylpropenoic carbonyl structure represented by a formula selected from the group consisting of the monatin stabilizer selected from the group consisting of isoquercitrin, enzymatically modified isoquercitrin (EMIQ), myricitrin, or a mixture of any of them in an effective amount in the monatin-containing beverage in the range of about 7.5 ppm to about 1000 ppm to reduce degradation of monatin in the monatin-containing beverage and a corresponding change in a characteristic of the monatin-containing beverage as compared to the same monatin-containing beverage without the monatin stabilizer, the corresponding change in the characteristic of the monatin-containing beverage comprising formation of lactam.