Beverages and other beverage products are sweetened with at least one
non-nutritive sweetener, such as a compound from the stevia plant, e.g.,
stevioside and/or rebaudiosides, and further comprise glycerine in an
amount at least sufficient to enhance the mouthfeel. In certain exemplary
embodiments a beverage comprises glycerine in an amount sufficient to
provide good mouthfeel to the beverage, yet not otherwise perceptibly
affect the taste, i.e., not otherwise perceptibly increase sweetness.
Non-nutritive sweetened beverage compositions, natural beverage
compositions, and beverage concentrates incorporating steviosides and
glycerine are also provided. In addition, a method for including
glycerine in a beverage formulation to enhance the mouthfeel of a
beverage sweetened with a compound from the stevia plant is provided.