US 2023/0263202 A1 · Production of Ethanol-free Vanilla Extracts

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for producing an ethanol-free vanilla extract, and an ethanol-free vanilla extract obtainable by the process according to the invention. In particular, the present invention relates to an ethanol-free vanilla extract comprising at most 100 mg/kg ethanol, the use of this ethanol-free vanilla extract and products comprising the ethanol-free vanilla extract. The focus of the present invention is in particular to provide an ethanol-free vanilla extract which contains only traces of ethanol naturally contained in fermented vanilla beans and is produced without the use of ethanol.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An ethanol-free vanilla extract obtainable by a process comprising:

(a) preparing fermented vanilla beans;
(b) crushing the fermented vanilla beans;
(c) extracting the crushed vanilla beans with an organic extraction solvent or an extraction solvent mixture comprising at least one organic extraction solvent having a log P value of from −0.8 to 0.4 to obtain a raw extract;
(d) adding a protective solvent to the raw extract;
(e) filtering the raw extract;
and
(f) distilling off the extraction solvent or the extraction solvent mixture from the raw extract to obtain a vanilla extract.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

18/141,249Filed 28 Apr 2023

Priority

11 Sep 2020

Published

24 Aug 2023

Term ends

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Classification17 codes

A23L 27/11
Natural spices, flavouring agents or condiments; Extracts thereof: obtained by solvent extraction
A23L 27/10
Spices; Flavouring agents or condiments; Artificial sweetening agents; Table salts; Dietetic salt substitutes; Preparation or treatment thereof:…
A23L 27/115
Natural spices, flavouring agents or condiments; Extracts thereof: obtained by distilling, stripping, or recovering of volatiles
A61K 8/9794
Angiosperms [Magnoliophyta]: liliopsida [monocotyledons]

Production of Ethanol-free Vanilla Extracts

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Abstract

Claims20