Compositions for sour taste balancing
AssigneeSymrise AG
InventorsThomas Riess, Tom Somers, Jens Fahle, Katharina Reichelt, Jakob Ley, Susanne Paetz, Rebecca Wiebusch
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Abstract
The invention relates to an aroma composition comprising at least one taste modifier having the general formula I or a salt thereof, a semi-finished product comprising such an aroma composition, a finished product comprising such an aroma composition and/or such a semi-finished product, the use of at least one specific taste modifier and a method for improving the sweet/sour balance and/or reducing the sweet/sour imbalance and/or improving the mouthfeel in a preparation.
Claims19
An aroma composition comprising one or more taste modifiers of Formula (I), or salts thereof:
- wherein
- X is —CH2—and Y is O, or X is O and Y is —CH2—,
- provided that
- if X is —CH2— and Y is 0, R1 and R2 together represent a single bond, or R1 is H and R2 is H, and
- if X is —O— and Y is —CH2—, R1 and R2 together represent a single bond, R3 is —H or —OH, and R4 is —H or —CH3;
- and
- provided that the one or more taste modifiers are present in an amount that (i) provides no sweetness impression or a sweetness impression of less than 1.5% sucrose equivalents in the aroma composition, and (ii) is not sufficient to enhance the sweetness of any other sweet-tasting substance in the aroma composition, if present;
- and
- wherein at least one of the one or more taste modifiers is selected from:
- phloretin;
- hesperetin;
- hesperetin dihydrochalcone;
- naringenin;
- phyllodulcin;
- trilobatin;
- hydrangenol;
- hesperetin dihydrochalcone 4-O-glucoside;
- and
- phloretin in combination with at least one further taste modifier selected from the group consisting of naringenin, hesperetin, hesperetin dihydrochalcone, phyllodulcin, trilobatin, hydrangenol, and hesperetin dihydrochalcone 4-O-glucoside, and salts thereof.
A method for improving sweet and sour balance of a preparation, reducing sweet and sour imbalance of a preparation, improving mouthfeel of a preparation, or a combination thereof, comprising:
- (i) providing a preparation in need of improved sweet and sour balance, reduced sweet and sour imbalance, improved mouthfeel, or a combination thereof;
- (ii) providing an aroma composition of claim;
- (iii) mixing the preparation of (i) with the aroma composition of (ii):
- (iv) optionally, further processing of the mixture obtained in (iii);
- and
- (v) obtaining a composition with an improved sweet and sour balance, reduced sweet and sour imbalance, improved mouthfeel, or a combination thereof.
An aroma composition comprising two or more taste modifiers in an amount that:
- (i) provides no sweetness impression or a sweetness impression of less than 1.5% sucrose equivalents to the aroma composition;
- and
- (ii) is not sufficient to enhance sweetness of any other sweet-tasting substance in the aroma composition, if present;
- wherein the two or more taste modifiers include:
- (a) phloretin;
- and
- (b) at least one taste modifier selected from naringenin, hesperetin, hesperetin dihydrochalcone, phyllodulcin, trilobatin, hydrangenol, hesperetin dihydrochalcone 4-O-glucoside, and salts thereof.
An aroma composition comprising two or more taste modifiers in an amount that:
- (i) provides no sweetness impression or a sweetness impression of less than 1.5% sucrose equivalents to the aroma composition;
- and
- (ii) is not sufficient to enhance sweetness of any other sweet-tasting substance in the aroma composition, if present;
- wherein the two or more taste modifiers include:
- (a) hesperetin dihydrochalcone;
- and
- (b) at least one taste modifier selected from naringenin, phloretin, hesperetin, phyllodulcin, trilobatin, hydrangenol, and hesperetin dihydrochalcone 4-O-glucoside, and salts thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.