Patent ID: 7851005

Claim:
A beverage composition comprising: (i) at least one active substance; wherein the active substance comprises a sweetener; and wherein the sweetener consists of a sweetener selected from the group consisting of sucrose, dextrose, dextrin, maltose, xylose, ribose, fructose, maltitol, glucose, lactose, invert sugar, fructo oligo saccharide syrups, partially hydrolyzed starch, corn syrup solids, sorbitol, xylitol, mannitol, galactitol, hydrogenated isomaltulose, lactitol, erythritol, hydrogenated starch hydrolysate, L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine methyl ester, L-alpha-aspartyl-N-(2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-3-thietanyl)-D-alaninamide hydrate, L-aspartyl-L-phenylglycine methyl ester, L-aspartyl-L-2,5-dihydrophenyl-glycine methyl ester, L-aspartyl-2,5-dihydro-L-phenylalanine; L-aspartyl-L-1-cyclohexen)-alanine, sucralose, sodium saccharin salts, calcium saccharin salts, the free acid form of saccharin, cyclamate salts, the sodium salt of 3,4-dihydro-6-methyl-1,2,3-oxathazine-4-one-2,2-dioxide, the ammonium salt of 3,4-dihydro-6-methyl-1,2,3-oxathazine-4-one-2,2-dioxide, the calcium salt of 3,4-dihydro-6-methyl-1,2,3-oxathazine-4-one-2,2-dioxide, the potassium salt of 3,4-dihydro-6-methyl-1,2,3-oxathazine-4-one-2,2-dioxide, stevia, dihydrochalcones, monellin, steviosides, rebaudioside A, glycyrrhizin, dihydroflenvenol, Thaumatin I, Thaumatin II, talin, monatin, Lo han guo, and mixtures thereof; and (ii) at least one taste potentiator; wherein said taste potentiator comprises a water-soluble taste potentiator; and wherein the water-soluble taste potentiator consists of a water-soluble taste potentiator selected from the group consisting of alapyridaine, cynarin, miraculin, glupyridaine, pyridinium-betain compounds, glutamates, trehalose, salts, such as sodium chloride, water-soluble sugar acids, potassium chloride, sodium acid sulfate, water-soluble hydrolyzed vegetable proteins, water-soluble hydrolyzed animal proteins, water-soluble yeast extracts, adenosine monophosphate (AMP), glutathione, water-soluble nucleotides, such as inosine monophosphate, disodium inosinate, xanthosine monophosphate, guanylate monophosphate, alapyridaine (N-(1-carboxyethyl)-6-(hydroxymethyl)pyridinium-3-ol inner salt, sugar beet extract, sugarcane leaf essence, curculin, strogin, mabinlin, gymnemic acid, 2-hydroxybenzoic acid, 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid, 2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid, 2,6-dihydroxybenzoic acid, 2,3,4-trihydroxybenzoic acid, 2,4,6-trihydroxybenzoic acid, 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoic acid, 4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid, 2-hydroxyisocaproic acid, 3-hydroxycinnamic acid, 3-aminobenzoic acid, 4-aminobenzoic acid, and combinations thereof.