Thaumatin 99% powder is a natural sweet protein extracted from the African plant Thaumatococcus Daniellii Benth. It has the characteristics of high sweetness, low calorie, safety, and non-toxicity, and has high commercial value in the fields of food processing and medicine.
What Is Thaumatin?
Thaumatin, also known as African arrowroot sweet, is a natural sweet protein extracted from arrowroot. It is a white to cream-colored powder. The sweetness is extremely strong, 1600 times that of sucrose. Its sweetness threshold is extremely low, even if it is diluted to 10^(-8)mol/L, its sweetness can still be perceived. Soma is sweet and refreshing. It has no peculiar smell.
When thaumatin is combined with tannins, it will lose its sweetness, and its sweetness will decrease in high-concentration salt solution. Shared with sweeteners, it can improve flavor. In addition, Soma sweet has good processing stability. It is stable in pasteurized and baked foods. Commonly used preservatives have no effect on it, and it is stable in food and beverage formulations.
Is Thaumatin Safe?
In 1979, Somatin was first approved in Japan as a natural food additive and put on the market.
In 1981, Britain approved thaumatin for medicine.
in 1986, thaumatin was approved as food sweetener.
Since 1994, it is sweetener and flavor enhancer which has been approved in Europe.
Similar approvals are available in Switzerland, Israel, Canada, Mexico, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Australia, Singapore
Regulations exist in New Zealand and South America. Subsequently, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the US Food Flavor and Extract Manufacturers Association (FEMA) considered thaumatin to be safe. Approved for use in food.
How Is Thaumatin Used?
Thaumatin is with low energy of about 4.2 kcal/g. It can improve and enhance food flavor, mask bitterness and astringency. It can also lower the sensory threshold of many aromatic substances, such as menthol, coffee, ginger, chocolate, strawberry, apple, lemon, orange, etc. Thaumatin is used as a sweetener, flavor improver and enhancer.
Low concentration of thaumatin can effectively enhance the flavor of food, suitable for beverages, milk products, jam, pectin, candy, ice cream, condiments and food supplements. It also applies to microbiological and mineral based dietary supplement drinks or chewable tablets.
Thaumatin can produce a rich and creamy flavor in low-fat dairy products, improving the flavor lost by skimming.
Thaumatin has a synergistic effect when used in combination with sweeteners such as saccharin, acesulfame K and aspartame. It can enhance the sweetness of common high-intensity sweeteners and can mask the metallic taste and the bitterness of other sweeteners. It provides sweeteners with a mouthfeel closer to sucrose, enhancing sweetness and prolonging sweetness. This natural flavor improving and enhancing agent is actually used in a small amount and basically does not produce energy in the human body.
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