The invention relates to a sweetening composition comprising a natural sweet-tasting carbohydrate, a stevia compound, rubusoside, and tannin, wherein component d) is present in an amount in the range from 1 mg/l to 400 mg/l. The invention also relates to a sweetening composition comprising a natural sweet-tasting carbohydrate, a stevia compound, rubusoside, tannin and oak extract or pomegranate extract. The invention further relates to a sweetening composition comprising acesulfam or aspartame, sucralose, a stevia compound, saccharin or cyclamate, neohesperidin, and tannin in an amount in the range from 1 mg/l to 400 mg/l. Moreover, the invention relates to a sweetening composition comprising a) 0,1 to 50 g/l of a natural sweet-tasting carbohydrate, b) 40 to 120 g/l of a natural sweet-tasting carbohydrate different from a), and c) 30 to 300 mg/l of rubusoside. And, the invention is about the use of said sweetening compositions for sweetening and preparing beverages.
