Monatin tabletop sweetener compositions and methods of making the same

• Main Author: ABRAHAM TIMOTHY W.,CAMERON DOUGLAS C.,GOULSON MELANIE J.,HICKS PAULA M.,LINDLEY MICHAEL G.,MCFARLANSARA C.,MILLIS JAMES R.,ROSAZZA JOHN,ZHAO LISHAN,WEINER DAVID P
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 13.09.2006
• Subjects: BAKERY PRODUCTS; BAKING; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; CHEWING GUM; COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; COFFEE; CONFECTIONERY; DAIRY PRODUCTS, e.g. MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE; EDIBLE DOUGHS; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIREDCHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERSFROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; ICE-CREAM; MAKING THEREOF; MANUFACTURE, PREPARATION, OR INFUSION THEREOF; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK OR CHEESE SUBSTITUTES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PREPARATION THEREOF; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; PRESERVATION THEREOF; SPIRITS; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; TEA; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR SUBSTITUTES; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TREATMENT, e.g. PRESERVATION, OF FLOUR OR DOUGH, e.g. BYADDITION OF MATERIALS; VINEGAR; WINE

The present invention relates to novel sweetener compositions comprising monatin and methods for making such compositions. The present invention also relates to sweetener compositions comprising specific monatin stereoisomers, specific blends of monatin stereoisomers, and /or monatin produced via a biosynthetic pathway in vivo (e.g., inside cells) or in vitro.