Use and methods of 1,3-propanediol to improve taste and/or off-taste qualities
AssigneePrimient Covation LLC
InventorsSean L. Gahan, Stephen J. Hurff, Rafael I. San Miguel, James A. Zahn
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Abstract
A method of improving taste and/or off-taste of a food, beverage, confection, or concentrate composition includes a step of providing a food, beverage, confection, or concentrate composition that includes two or more of: a sour additive; a bitter additive; and a sweetener. The method also includes a step of adding 1,3-propanediol to the food, beverage, confection, or concentrate composition to form a tasteful composition, whereby said tasteful composition has improved taste and/or off-taste as compared to a food, beverage, confection, or concentrate composition that does not include 1,3-propanediol.
Claims5
A food, beverage, confection, or concentrate composition comprising:
- about 100 ppm to about 1,100 ppm of 1,3-propanediol;
- about 5,000 ppm to about 15,000 ppm of one or more sour additive(s);
- about 250 ppm to about 4,000 ppm of one or more bitter additive(s);
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- about 600 ppm to about 3,000 ppm of one or more sweetener(s).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.