A readily dissolvable steviol glycoside composition comprising a steviol glycoside and a dissolution enhancer compound in an amount effective to increase dissolution of the steviol glycoside.

A food or beverage having (a) a natural sugar in an amount corresponding to a sweetness intensity X1, (b) a high-intensity sweetener in an amount corresponding to a sweetness intensity X2, and (c) less than 40 mg/100 ml of sodium, wherein (1) ingredients (a) to (c) exhibit a sweetness intensity X3 is exhibited by the, and (2) energy is 50 Kcal/100 ml or less, and wherein 0.1<(X1+X2)<X320 is satisfied. Also, a sweetening composition for producing the food or beverage, and a method for producing the food or beverage.

Methods for purifying steviol glycosides, including Rebaudioside X, are provided herein. Sweetener and sweetened containing Rebaudioside X are also provided herein. Methods of improving the flavor and/or temporal profile of sweetenable compositions, such as beverages, are also provided.

D-psicose/erythritol compositions comprise, in combination, D-psicose and erythritol as sweeteners together with one or more other edible ingredients. Comestibles are provided, including beverage products and other food products, comprising the novel D-psicose/erythritol compositions. D-psicose and erythritol may each be present in a comestible in a concentration sufficient independently of the other to perceptibly sweeten the composition. An additional sweetener component and other ingredients may be included in the formulation.

A solubilized steviol glycoside composition including one or more steviol glycosides and one or more steviol glycoside solubility enhancers can be used as a sweetener composition to sweeten other compositions (sweetenable compositions) such as foods, beverages, medicines, oral hygiene compositions, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, and the like.

Genetic information on stevia is elucidated. The present invention provides a method of screening for a stevia plant having at least one of the chemical features (a) to (r), comprising a step of detecting from the genome of a test stevia plant the presence and/or the absence of at least one of the genetic features (1) to (3), etc.

Described herein are compound useful as sweet flavor modifiers. Ingestible compositions that include one or more of these compounds in combination with a natural or artificial sweetener are also described.

Glucosylated chlorogenic acid (GCGA) compounds, particularly compounds selected from those having structural formulae (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), salts thereof, and combinations thereof, and methods of preparing same are described. The GCGA compounds are useful in beverage products, food products, and home care products.

The present disclosure relates, at least in part, to compositions (e.g., formulations) comprising a steviol glycoside. Rebaudioside M (Reb M), combined with brazzein that have improved caloric profile as well as flavor, taste and/or mouthfeel. In some embodiments, the composition further comprises one or more additional sweeteners.

The invention concerns a sweetened dairy product comprising a dairy material, at least one steviol glycoside, and a lactase enzyme.