FIELD: food industry.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the food industry, in particular to a beverage containing water, at least one non-nutritive sweetener having a bitter off-note taste, linoleic acid, and heptanoic acid. Alternatively, the invention relates to a beverage comprising water, at least one non-nutritive sweetener, a combination of caprylic acid, caproic acid, and butyric acid, and at least one aldehyde selected from the group consisting of decanal, nonanal, and 2-methyl-butyraldehyde. Invention relates to a beverage syrup for the preparation of a beverage comprising at least one non-nutritive sweetener having an off-note taste, linoleic acid and heptanoic acid. Acids are present in an amount sufficient to reduce the off-note taste of the non-nutritive sweetener when the syrup is mixed with a diluent to prepare the beverage. Alternatively, the invention relates to a beverage syrup for preparing a beverage comprising at least one non-nutritive sweetener, a combination of caprylic acid, caproic acid and butyric acid and at least one aldehyde selected from the group consisting of decanal, nonanal and 2-methylbutyraldehyde. Syrup is mixed with a diluent to prepare a beverage.
EFFECT: combinations of linoleic and heptanoic acids, as well as caprylic acid, caproic acid and butyric acid reduce the bitter taste of the non-nutritive sweetener.
15 cl, 13 dwg, 2 ex
