Sweetener compositions comprising particular glycoside blends are described in this paper. The glycioside blends comprise rebaudioside A, rebaudioside B, and/or rebaudioside D in various proportions. The sweetener composition can also include one or more bulking agents or other ingredients. The sweetener compositions can be used in foods and beverages.

A method of screening for a stevia plant with high steviol glycoside content, that includes detecting from the genome of a test stevia plant the presence and/or the absence of the following genetic feature: (1) homozygous for the allele wherein the base at the position corresponding to position 290 of SEQ ID NO: 1 is T, and the presence and/or the absence of the following genetic feature: (2) homozygous or heterozygous for the allele wherein the base at the position corresponding to position 40 of SEQ ID NO: 2 is A.

The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing a transfructosylated steviol glycoside using Arthrobacter-derived microorganisms, a culture thereof, a supernatant of the culture, an extract of the culture, and a lysate of the microorganisms.

Various embodiments of the present technology provide a sweetener composition comprising stevia glycosides that may be stably soluble in an aqueous solution, and methods for their manufacture. In various embodiments, the sweetener composition may comprise at least one stevia glycoside and a natural emulsifier. The natural emulsifier of the sweetener composition may enhance the aqueous solubility of the stevia glycoside to increase the concentration of dissolved stevia glycoside relative to its inherent aqueous solubility. The sweetener composition may be stably soluble upon formulation into any edible sweetened substances.

The present invention provides a high sweet content stevia plant having a variation at a portion corresponding to SEQ ID NO: 1, a method of producing or screening for the same, etc.

Sweetener imitating sugar in its full profile—fullness, aftertaste, pleasantness of sweet taste, intensity of sweet taste, and the like. The sweetener consists of functional, synergic combination of three components: wort, thaumatin and stevioglycoside which forms the full taste profile of the sweetener of natural origin with low energy value and high sweetening capacity.

Provided are: a food/beverage product containing dietary fiber, vitamins, and a calcium source, the food/beverage product made by ameliorating off-flavors resulting from said nutritional ingredients; an agent for masking off-flavor in the food/beverage product; and a method for masking off-flavor in the food/beverage product.

The food/beverage product contains stevia, dietary fiber, vitamins, and a calcium source. The agent for masking off-flavor in a food/beverage product containing dietary fiber, vitamins, and a calcium source, the off-flavor masking agent having stevia as an active ingredient. The method for masking off-flavor in a food/beverage product containing dietary fiber, vitamins, and a calcium source, the off-flavor masking method involving making the food/beverage product to be compounded with stevia. An acidic milk beverage is preferred as the food/beverage product.

Mogrosides containing non-glucose glycosides are provided herein. Compositions, including consumables comprising the novel mogrosides described herein, are also provided.

The present invention relates to a recombinant microorganism comprising one or more nucleotide sequence(s) encoding: a polypeptide having ent-copalyl pyrophosphate synthase activity; a polypeptide having ent-Kaurene synthase activity; a polypeptide having ent-Kaurene oxidase activity; and a polypeptide having kaurenoic acid 13-hydroxylase activity, whereby expression of the nucleotide sequence(s) confer(s) on the microorganism the ability to produce at least steviol.

Novel cultivars of Stevia rebaudiana plant, with a novel genetic trait of self-compatibility, and the advantageous use of this genetic trait in Stevia rebaudiana crossing breeding for increasing steviol glycosides production, including food and beverage products and other consumables, are disclosed.