An oral composition that delivers a dose of an active ingredient, e.g., gymnemic acid (GA), directly to the sweetness taste receptors of an oral cavity, which blocks the sense of sweetness and thereby produces appetite control. The oral composition contains a sweet-suppressing agent as an active ingredient (e.g., GA), a sweetening agent (e.g., inulin), and a flavor (e.g., spearmint or cinnamon). The oral composition can include an appetite-suppressing agent (e.g., chromium.) The sweet-suppressing agent can interact with taste receptors in an oral cavity of a consumer to temporarily suppress the taste of sweetness. The sweetening agent can decrease the bitterness taste of the sweet-suppressing agent. The oral composition can be in any dosage form, e.g., an orally disintegrating tablet, an orally dispersible tablet, a troche, a candy, a jelly, a gum, an edible film or a strip, a wafer, a drop, an oral spray, a liquid, or powder.
