Patent ID: 8435587

Claim:
A functional sweetener composition comprising at least one functional ingredient, rebaudioside A and a polyol selected from the group consisting of erythritol, maltitol, xylitol or combinations thereof, wherein: the rebaudioside A has a purity greater than about 95% by weight on a dry basis; the weight ratio of the rebaudioside A to the polyol is about 1:4 to about 1:800; and the at least one functional ingredient is selected from the group consisting of 8 carbon 1-octanol, 9 carbon 1-nonanol, 10 carbon 1-decanol, 12 carbon 1-dodecanol, 14 carbon 1-tetradecanol, 16 carbon 1-hexadecanol, 18 carbon 1-octadecanol, 20 carbon 1-eicosanol, 22 carbon 1-docosanol, 24 carbon 1-tetracosanol, 26 carbon 1-hexacosanol, 27 carbon 1-heptacosanol, 28 carbon 1-octanosol, 29 carbon 1-nonacosanol, 30 carbon 1-triacontanol, 32 carbon 1-dotriacontanol, 34 carbon 1-tetracontanol or combinations thereof.