JP3939478B2 - Xylitol-containing composition - Google Patents

Description

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[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a xylitol-containing composition with improved flavor.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, consumer interest and awareness of the health industry, such as health foods and functional foods, is increasing, and the market for products that use sugarless gum, functions such as drowsiness prevention and bad breath reduction as a formal selling point. Continues to expand. In particular, recently, products containing non-acid-producing xylitol as a main sweetener with the sales point of caries prevention as a selling point are increasing rapidly.
If a large amount of xylitol is used as a sweetener, the effect of preventing caries can be expected more, but it has a sharp sweet taste and an unpleasant aftertaste such as burning, so it is difficult to adjust the preference, and currently there are restrictions on the amount of xylitol used And other sweeteners are forced to be used together, and there is a demand for improving the flavor of xylitol-containing products.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
This invention makes it the subject to provide what has a favorable flavor in a xylitol containing composition.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
As a result of intensive studies regarding the flavor improvement of the xylitol-containing composition, the present inventors have found that spirantol is excellent in flavor improvement, and have made the present invention.
That is, the present invention provides a xylitol-containing composition blended with spiranthol, which improves the sharp sweetness and burning unpleasant aftertaste of xylitol and has a good-quality flavor. .
[0005]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail.
Spirantol used in the present invention is a compound having a pungent and dull anesthetic property that exists as a component of Dutch sennici or Kibana holland sennici, which is an annual herb belonging to Chrysanthemum native to South America. In the present invention, not only spirantol collected and purified from them, but also the essential oil of the plant containing spirantol can be used.
The compounding quantity of spirantol used by this invention is 0.0005-0.1 mass % with respect to a xylitol containing composition.
If the amount is too small, the effect of improving the flavor of xylitol becomes insufficient. On the other hand, if the amount is too large, the astringent feeling becomes strong and the feeling of use becomes worse.
[0006]
Herein directed to xylitol-containing chewing gum composition. In addition, when preparing the composition of this invention, the convenient component normally used according to the kind of composition, a use purpose, etc. can be mix | blended as another component.
The content of xylitol is generally 0.1 to 80%, and preferably 1 to 70% for chewing gum. Generally, if the content is too small, the efficacy effect of xylitol becomes insufficient, while if it is too much, the sweetness becomes strong.
A chewing gum can be mentioned in particular as the effect of the present invention.
[0007]
In the chewing gum composition according to the present invention, components such as the following inorganic powder, organic polymer, and fragrance are used in addition to the above essential components.
As the inorganic powder, various conventionally known powders used for chewing gum and toothpaste can be used.
Examples of such materials include silica-based inorganic powders such as precipitated silica, silica gel, aluminosilicate, zirconosilicate, dicalcium phosphate dihydrate and anhydride, tricalcium phosphate, hydroxyapatite, pyro Examples thereof include calcium phosphate, calcium carbonate, aluminum hydroxide, alumina, magnesium carbonate, tribasic magnesium phosphate, and zirconium silicate. These inorganic powders usually have an average particle diameter of 0.1 to 100 μm, preferably 0.5 to 50 μm.
[0008]
As the organic polymer, various conventionally known ones used for gum bases and the like are used. Examples of the water-insoluble polymer include polyvinyl acetate, chicle, and gelton. As water-soluble polymers, carboxymethylcellulose alkali metal salt, methylcellulose, hydroxyethylcellulose, cellulose derivatives such as sodium carboxymethylhydroxyethylcellulose, alkali metal alginate such as sodium alginate, propylene glycol alginate, carrageenan, xanthan gum, tragacanth gum, caraya gum, gum arabic gum And the like, polyvinyl alcohol, sodium polyacrylate, polyvinylpyrrolidone and the like.
[0009]
As a fragrance | flavor, conventionally well-known various things mix | blended with oral cosmetics, such as dentifrice other than chewing gum, are used. For example, peppermint oil, spearmint oil, anise oil, eucalyptus oil, wintergreen oil, cassia oil, clove oil, thyme oil, sage oil, ginger oil, lemon oil, orange oil, peppermint oil, cardamom oil, coriander Oil, Mandarin oil, Lime oil, Lavender oil, Rosemary oil, Laurel oil, Camomil oil, Caraway oil, Marjoram oil, Bay oil, Lemongrass oil, Origanum oil, Tea tree oil, Mastic oil, Pine needle oil Etc.
Single flavors include menthol, carvone, anethole, cineol, methyl salicylate, cinnamic aldehyde, eugenol, thymol, linalool, linalyl acetate, limonene, menthone, menthyl acetate, pinene, octylaldehyde, citral, pregon, carbele acetate, Anisaldehyde, ethyl acetate, ethyl butyrate, allyl cyclohexane propionate, methyl anthranilate, ethyl methyl anthranilate, vanillin, undecalactone, hexanal, ethyl alcohol, propylene alcohol, butanol, isoaluminum alcohol, etc. . Examples of the blended fragrance including single fragrance and / or natural fragrance include strawberry flavor, apple flavor, banana flavor, pineapple flavor, grape flavor, mango flavor, tropical fruit flavor, butter flavor, milk flavor, fruit mix flavor and the like. In addition, the form of the fragrance is essential oil, extract, solid, or powder obtained by spray drying these (powder fragrance) or those encapsulated, or the organic polymer in which the fragrance or powder fragrance is bonded to the inorganic powder. It may be included in the package.
[0010]
The chewing gum to which the present invention is applied can contain conventional auxiliary components such as sweeteners and sour agents other than xylitol.
Sweetening agents include monosaccharides such as glucose, xylose and fructose; reducing disaccharides such as maltose; non-reducing disaccharides such as sucrose, trehalose and sucralose; sugars such as xylitol, erythritol, sorbitol, lactitol and maltitol One or several kinds of alcohol, reduced palatinose, lactose, reduced lactose, reduced maltose, starch syrup, reduced starch syrup, oligosaccharide, glucose, reduced starch saccharified, confectionery, aspartame, stevia, saccharin, acesulfame K, etc. be able to.
Examples of the acidulant include malic acid, citric acid, tartaric acid, lactic acid, fumaric acid, succinic acid, phytic acid, and the like.
Other softeners, colorants, brighteners, thickeners, emulsifiers, pH adjusters, preservatives, and the like can be appropriately blended. In addition, vitamins, plant extracts and the like can be appropriately blended.
In any case, these can be used in the amount of components conventionally used.
[0011]
【Example】
EXAMPLES Hereinafter, although an Example is shown and this invention is demonstrated concretely, this invention is not restrict | limited to the following Example. In the following examples,% is mass percentage.
Perfume (flavor oil) A, B, C spray-dried flavor oils X, Y, Z in the following examples are as follows.
[0012]
Fragrance A
Menthol 30.0%
Peppermint oil 40.0
Spearmint oil 10.0
Orange oil 5.0
Lemon oil 2.0
Grapefruit oil 1.0
Eucalyptus oil 1.0
Cassia oil 1.0
Clove oil 1.0
Thyme oil 0.5
Anise oil 1.0
Anethole 1.0
Lavender oil 1.0
Rosemary oil 1.0
Ethanol remaining [0013]
Fragrance B
Menthol 40.0%
Peppermint oil 30.0
Orange oil 5.0
Lemon oil 2.0
Grapefruit oil 1.0
Ginger oil 1.0
Cardamom oil 1.0
Crocodile 1.0
Strawberry flavor 5.0
Apple flavor 2.0
Banana flavor 1.0
Melon flavor 1.0
Ethanol remaining [0014]
Fragrance C
Menthol 50.0%
Peppermint oil 5.0
Spearmint oil 3.0
Anethole 8.0
Cineitol 10.0
Orange oil 5.0
Methyl salicylate 5.0
Winter Green Oil 1.0
Caro 10.0
Triacetin remaining [0015]
Spray-dried flavor oil The above-mentioned flavor oils A, B, C are prepared, mixed with water-dissolved and filtered excipient (a mixture of gum arabic, dextrin, and cyclodextrin), and then the emulsion mixed solution is spray-dried Was used.
Spray flavor oil X (contains flavor oil A)
Spray flavor oil Y (containing flavor oil B)
Spray flavor oil Z (contains flavor oil C)
[0016]
Examples 1-6
Chewing gum compositions having the formulations shown in Tables 1 and 2 were prepared, and the flavor when xylitol and spirantol were used in combination was evaluated by the following evaluation method. The evaluation results are also shown in Tables 1 and 2.
From the evaluation results of Tables 1 and 2, it was confirmed that the chewing gum to which the present invention was applied improved the sharp sweetness of xylitol, an unpleasant aftertaste such as burning, and provided a high-quality flavor.
(Evaluation methods)
The weighted average was calculated by the following five-step evaluation method by 10 expert panels.
5 points: The quality of the flavor is greatly improved compared to the control product.
4 points: Flavor quality is improved compared to the control product.
3 points: The flavor quality is slightly improved compared to the control product.
2 points: No improvement in flavor quality compared to the control product.
1 point: The quality of the flavor is rather lowered compared to the control product.
◎: Evaluation score of 4 or more ○: Evaluation score of less than 4 3 or more △: Evaluation score of less than 3 2 or more ×: Evaluation score of less than 2
[Table 1]

[0018]
[Table 2]

Claims (1)

A xylitol-containing chewing gum composition characterized by containing 0.0005 to 0.1 % by mass of spirantol.