Coca-Cola and a partner have filed a patent on a new sweetener that can be used in lower-calorie sodas.
Beverage Digest reported Monday that the Atlanta-based beverage giant and PureCircle are backing stevia sweetener Reb-X, a variant to the already utilized stevia sweetener Reb-A. The publication said the patent abstract suggests the patent covers “methods for purifying steviol glycosides, including rebaudioside X.”
The news comes as Coca-Cola and the soft drink industry look for ways to reduce calorie amounts in their drinks amid increasing accusations that their products are a contributor to obesity.
Coca-Cola recently introduced a mid-calorie drink in Argentina dubbed Coca-Cola Life. The beverage uses sugar and Reb-A, but some industry experts believe Reb-X may work better than Reb-A in very low-calorie and zero-calorie carbonated drinks, Beverage Digest said.
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