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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 01, 1996
Lowell A Sanker, Montgomery, OH (US);
Liezl G Peterson, Cincinnati, OH (US);
James G Upson, Springdale, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A beadlet suitable for flavoring a beverage comprising a shell material and core composition suitable for ingesting comprising: (a) from about 0.1 mg to about 400 mg of a flavor component; and (b) from about 0.02 mg to about 450 mg of a sweetener component comprising: (1) acetosulfame; and (2) a second artificial sweetener selected from the class of the aspartyl peptide esters, the sulfamate sweeteners, the sulfimide sweeteners, the dihydrochalcone sweeteners and the ammoniated glycyrrhizins and mixtures thereof; wherein the ratio by weight of (1) to (2) is from about 1:15 to about 15:1; and wherein the beadlet core contains from about 15 mg to about 2,000 mg of material.