Provided herein is composition containing a destroyed frond of a Lemnoideae plant with a suppressed off-flavor, and a method for suppressing an off-flavor of a destroyed frond of a Lemnoideae plant. A composition containing a destroyed frond of a Lemnoideae plant and also containing an organic acid salt, an inorganic salt, a sweetener, and/or an acidulant; and a method for suppressing an off-flavor, including blending an organic acid salt, an inorganic salt, a sweetener, and/or an acidulant with a destroyed frond of a Lemnoideae plant, are provided herein.

A method of masking off-tastes in a comestible composition, comprising the addition to a comestible composition base comprising high-intensity sweetener, of from 20-50 ppm of at least one of cellobiose and psicose. The use of one or both of the materials is effective particularly in masking the off-tastes encountered with the use of high-intensity sweeteners. In a particular embodiment, cellobiose and/or psicose may be used to block the off-tastes in reduced-sugar or no-sugar comestible products containing no high-intensity sweetener.

Provided herein is a method of reducing the off-taste of a food or beverage wherein the off-taste is selected from the group consisting of licorice, astringency, bitterness and sweet lingering comprising adding about 10 to about 40 ppm, phloretin to the food or beverage wherein the phloretin is provided in the substantial absence of a bitterness-masking aroma substance selected from the groups consisting of homoeriodictylol, homoeriodictyol sodium salt, homoeriodictylol potassium salt or mixtures thereof and wherein the phloretin does not significantly enhance the sweetness of the article or composition.

The present invention aims to provide a novel glycosyl hesperetin, which is significantly reduced in miscellaneous tastes characteristic of conventional products containing glycosyl hesperetin, and a method for producing the same and uses thereof; and the objects are solved by providing a glycosyl hesperetin which comprises glycosyl hesperetin in an amount of 90% or more by mass but less than 100% by mass, on a dry solid basis, but it does not substantially contain furfural, and a method for producing the same and uses thereof.

In one aspect, the disclosure relates to sweetener and/or umami compositions, methods of making same, products comprising same, and methods of improving mouthfeel in a product, e.g., a savory or umami food or beverage. In various aspects, the disclosed compositions comprise a sweetening agent and/or an umami agent and a taste modulator component. In various aspects, the disclosed sweetener compositions comprise a sweetening agent and a taste modulator component. In further aspects, the disclosed savory compositions comprise an umami agent and a taste modulator component. In further aspects, the disclosed taste modulator composition can further comprise an additional CaSR modulator. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.

Provided herein are compositions with enhanced sweetness or reduced caloric content per weight when compared to the sweetener carbohydrate or sweetener polyol component thereof, and methods for the preparation thereof.

An iron supplement nutritional formulation for infants and adults is provided using a non-nutritive sweetener including an extract from monk fruit (Siraitia grosvenorii) in combination with a polysaccharide iron complex. The formulation improves the taste and palatability of the supplement, thereby increasing the dosage accuracy within children and infants who tend to spit out or regurgitate other forms of polysaccharide iron complexes.

The invention relates to a soft chewable dosage form comprising a first active pharmaceutical ingredient encapsulated in a lipid material that is embedded in the soft chewable dosage form and wherein the soft chewable dosage form comprises at least a second active pharmaceutical ingredient as well as a method of treating a subject suffering from a disease or disorder in the gastro intestinal tract using the soft chewable dosage form.

The use of mucic acid gallate compounds in a non-sugar sweetener such as a steviol glycoside-containing consumable to provide lingering aftertaste specific masking effect is provided.

Disclosed is a) a conjugated peptide being conjugated with at least one reducing sugar and a degree of conjugation of at least 10 percent, preferably being in solid form such as powders; b) a method for preparing non-bitter conjugated protein hydrolysates comprising hydrolyzing a protein by at least one enzyme, mixing the resulting protein hydrolysate and at least one reducing sugar, heating the mixture to perform a Maillard reaction and drying the composition; c) a method for masking the bitter taste of a peptide comprising mixing a peptide and a reducing sugar, heating the mixture to perform a Maillard reaction and drying to obtain a powder; and d) the use of a conjugated peptide for food products, dietary supplements, pharmaceutical products and animal feed products.