Patent 11944112 was granted and assigned to Cargill on April, 2024 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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.