Thaumatin Powder

What is thaumatin?

Thaumatin Powder is a white to cream color amorphous and odorless powder. Sweet and refreshing, no peculiar smell, long lasting. The sweetness is extremely strong, and its sweetness is on average 1600 times that of sucrose, but it depends on the dilution concentration: 5500-8000 times at 0.00011%: 3500 times at 0.001%, 1300 times at 0.01%, and 850 times at 0.02% times. Its aqueous solution is stable at pH 1.8-10, and its isoelectric point is approximately pH 11. Because it is a protein, it can be denatured by heating and lose its sweetness. It will also lose its sweetness when it is combined with tannins. The sweetness decreases in highly concentrated salt solutions. Very soluble in water, insoluble in acetone. It has a synergistic effect and improves flavor when used with sugar sweeteners.

Main ingredients

There are two main ingredients. Thaumatin I is a compound composed of 207 amino acids combined in a linear chain with a molecular weight of 22204; Thaumatin II is a protein composed of 198 amino acids combined with a molecular weight of 21000±500. Non-caloric sweeteners, flavorings. It should be used in combination with sugars such as sucrose in coffee, chocolate, beverages, desserts, baked products, etc. It has an enhancing effect on fragrance, and has obvious synergy when combined with spices, etc.

Traits

It is odorless and extremely sweet. The aqueous solution of 10% has a sweet taste with a sweetness threshold of 1.1mg/kg. That is, at the sweetness threshold concentration, it is about 5500 to 8000 times the sweetness of sucrose, and at a sweetness equivalent to a sucrose concentration of 6% to 10%, it is 2000 to 3000 times. If it is lower than 1.1mg/kg, the flavor can be enhanced. For example, 0.5mg/kg of somatame can reduce the mint flavor threshold by 1/10 to 1/3.

It is an alkaline protein with an isoelectric point of 11.5 to 12.5. Because it is a protein, it can be denatured when heated and lose its sweetness. If heated at 80 to 100°C, the sweetness will decrease by more than 50%. Heating above 100°C for a short time will have little effect. . It will also lose its sweetness when combined with tannins. The sweetness decreases in highly concentrated salt solutions.

Very soluble in water, soluble in 60% ethanol, insoluble in acetone. It has a synergistic effect and improves flavor when used with sugar sweeteners.

The sweetness of thaumatin is stable within the pH range of 2 to 10, heated below 100°C (or ultra-high temperature instant sterilization above 100°C), and is also stable against acid.

What are the benefits?

Thaumatin Powder is a natural sweet protein that is natural, low in calories, safe and non-toxic, and can be degraded into the amino acids needed by the human body.

The sweetness of thaumatin is extremely strong, and the sweetness threshold is very low. Its sweetness is refreshing, has no peculiar smell, and lasts for a long time. In addition, thaumatin has good processing stability and is stable in pasteurized and baked foods. Commonly used preservatives have no effect on it. It is stable in use in food and beverage formulations, and the dry product has a shelf life of more than two years. In 1979, thaumatin was first approved for use in Japan as a natural food additive. In 1981, the UK approved thaumatin for use in medicines and in 1986 as a sweetener in food. Since 1994, Europe has approved it as a Use of sweeteners and flavor enhancers; similar approvals exist in countries and regions such as Switzerland, Israel, Canada, Mexico, South Korea, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and South America. Subsequently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Food Flavors and Extracts Manufacturing Association (FEMA) deemed thaumatin safe and approved it for use in food.

In 2014, my country officially approved the use of thaumatin as a food additive. The usage amount of thaumatin is 0.025 grams in frozen drinks (except edible ice), processed nuts and seeds, baked goods, table sweeteners, and beverages (except packaged drinking water). per kilogram, which greatly promotes the application of thaumatin in my country's food industry.

It is a low-energy natural sweetening protein that can improve the flavor of food, mask bitterness and astringency, and can also reduce the sensory threshold of many aromatic substances, such as menthol, coffee, ginger, chocolate, strawberry, apple, Lemons, oranges, etc. Low concentrations of thaumatin can effectively enhance food flavor and are suitable for beverages, ice cream, and microbial and mineral-based dietary supplement drinks or chewable tablets.

Thaumatin has a synergistic effect when used in combination with sweeteners such as saccharin, acesulfame potassium and aspartame. It can improve the sweetness of general high-intensity sweeteners and can mask the metallic taste and bitter taste caused by other sweeteners. Provides a taste closer to sucrose, enhancing sweetness and prolonging the sweetness. This natural flavor improver and enhancer has a small actual usage and basically does not generate energy in the human body.

Thaumatin Powder is used in the cosmetics industry, such as in toothpaste and mouthwash, to prolong its flavor and cooling sensation; when added to chewing gum, the sweetness and fragrance are more lasting when chewed, and in sugar-free chewing gum, it can promote the sweetness of the filler. Taste; adding it to coffee extract not only increases the aroma, bitterness and acidity of coffee, but also makes it smell more like roasted coffee.

Thaumatin has broad application prospects, and high-purity thaumatin (>98%) has a high average transaction price in the international market. At present, the main problems faced in production are limited planting area, low yield, unstable supply of raw materials in western Africa, and genetic engineering production is still in the research stage.

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