Method of producing an aromatised food or beverage product
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorsScott A. Westfall, William Wu, Annette Michelle Birch, Amber Christine Scarlatos
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of producing an aromatized food or beverage product, wherein an aroma fraction is obtained from a plant extract, said aroma fraction is being contacted with an oil to remove undesired aroma compounds, and the aroma fraction from which undesired compounds have been removed are combined with a food or beverage composition to produce an aromatized food or beverage product.
Claims20
A method of producing an aromatised food or beverage product, the method comprising:
- a) collecting an aroma fraction from a plant material selected from the group consisting of (i) roast and ground coffee and (ii) a coffee extract, in the form of a gas comprising water vapor;
- b) contacting the aroma fraction with an oil to remove at least one undesired aroma compound selected from the group consisting of furans, pyrroles, thiols, and mixtures thereof from the aroma fraction;
- c) separating the oil from the aroma fraction;
- d) condensing the aroma fraction to produce an aqueous aroma containing liquid;
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- e) combining the aqueous aroma containing liquid from which the at least one undesired aroma compound selected from the group consisting of furans, pyrroles, thiols, and mixtures thereof have been removed, with a food or beverage composition to form the aromatised food or beverage product.
A method of producing an aromatised food or beverage product, the method comprising:
- a) collecting an aroma fraction from a plant material selected from the group consisting of roast and ground coffee and a coffee extract, in the form of a gas comprising water vapor;
- b) condensing the aroma fraction to produce an aqueous aroma containing liquid;
- c) contacting the aqueous aroma containing liquid with an oil to remove at least one undesired aroma compound selected from the group consisting of furans, pyrroles, thiols, and mixtures thereof from the aroma fraction;
- d) separating the oil from the aqueous aroma containing liquid;
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- e) combining the aqueous aroma containing liquid from which the at least one undesired aroma compound selected from the group consisting of furans, pyrroles, thiols, and mixtures thereof has been removed, with a food or beverage composition to form the aromatised food or beverage product.
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