US Patent 11944112 Stabilized steviol glycoside malonic acid esters

Various embodiments disclosed relate to stabilized steviol glycoside malonic acid esters and methods of making the same. A composition includes one or more steviol glycoside malonic acid esters (SGMAs) or salts thereof. The composition also includes a stabilizer including one or more caffeoyl-substituted quinic acids or salts thereof. The composition can be a beverage or beverage concentrate having a pH of 1.7 to 4, and/or the composition can have a mass ratio of the one or more SGMAs, salts thereof, or combination thereof to the stabilizer of 1:5 to 3:1.