Product Information

Thaumatin powder, a kind of sweetener, belongs to the protein sweetener African bamboo syringa. It is extracted from the arils of the Sudanese herb African bamboo syringa fruit. It has a refreshing sweetness and no Bad aftertaste or bitterness.

Thaumatin powder was first found as a mixture of proteins isolated from the katemfe fruit (Thaumatococcus daniellii Bennett) of west Africa. Some of the proteins in the thaumatin family are natural sweeteners roughly 2000 times more potent than sugar. Although very sweet, thaumatin's taste is markedly different from sugar's. The sweetness of thaumatin builds very slowly. Perception lasts a long time leaving a liquorice-like aftertaste at high usage levels. Thaumatin is highly water-soluble, and stable to heating and stable under acidic conditions.

Benefits:

1. White to cream-colored amorphous powder,

2. Odorless. Sweet taste, no smell, long time.

3. The thaumatin powder tastes very fresh, and its sweetness is 1600 times that of sucrose, depending on the dilution concentration: 0.00011~5500~8000: 0.001~3500 times, 0.01 times, 1300~0.02~850 times.

4. The aqueous solution at pH 1.8 to 10 stable pH of the isoelectric point of about 11 is due to protein denaturation and loss of heat can occur sweetness, tannin combined event will lose sweetness.

5. In the high concentration of salt solution will reduce the sweetness.

6. Easily soluble in water. Carbohydrate sweeteners share a synergistic effect and improve the flavor effect.

Uses and Applications

Non-calorie sweetener, flavoring agent. For general food and health food. Thaumatin powder is suitable for use with sugars such as sucrose in coffee, chocolate, gum, beverages, cold drinks, desserts, baked goods, etc.

It can improve the bitterness of certain amino acids, the astringency of tannins, and the bitterness of caffeine, enhance the flavor of dairy products and cocoa, and can also enhance the effect when used in spices.

Thomatin is widely used in food, medicine, industrial manufacturing, tobacco products, cosmetics, feed and other fields.