DESCRIPTIVE PROFILES OF SYNERGISTIC MIXTURES OF BULK AND INTENSE SWEETENERS

The descriptive profiles of three bulk and intense sweetener blends (m altitol-cyclamate, maltitol-acesulfam-K, and sucrose-cyclamate) were e stablished with reference to a 10% sucrose solution, These blends were chosen because they had been demonstrated in a previous study (Huttea u et al., 1998) as having a significant level of synergy. The descript ive profiles were established by a quantitative descriptive analysis-( QDA) type technique and the results were analysed by analysis of varia nce and by principal component analysis to examine the overall relatio nships among single solutions and mixtures of sweeteners. A significan t reduction of the non-sweet tastes and aftertastes usually associated with acesulfam-K and cyclamate was observed. (C) 1998 Elsevier Scienc e Ltd. All rights reserved.