Food engineering and bioengineering
LU Shangyang, LIU Yi, DOU Jiaxin, WANG Yuqing, LIU Bo
The purpose of this paper is to solve the deficiency of single sweetener in taste,such as no-pure sweet taste,obvious aftertaste and bitter taste,etc.By means of single factor test and orthogonal test to stevioside Reb-A (rebaudioside A),erythritol,maltitol,L-glutamate and thaumatin with different mixing ratio optimization,a mixture sweetener with similar taste as sucrose,pure sweet taste nutrition and safety was prepared.The results showed that erythritol and maltitol could obviously modify the aftertaste and bitter taste of stevioside Reb-A and improve the taste quality.The sweet protein thaumatin increased the nutrition of the mixture,while L-glutamate could inhibit the excessive sweetness of stevioside Reb-A,improving the flavor.The optimal proportion and mass fraction of the mixed sweeteners was stevioside rebaudioside A 0.016%,erythritol 1.2%,maltitol 2.5%,thaumatin 0.003%,L-glutamate 0.2%.Compared with other mixture sweeteners in the market,the mixture sweeteners has the advantages of pure sweet taste,low calorie,similar taste as sucrose,nutrition security,etc,which could be used as a popular family-size mixture of sweeteners.