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US 2024/0190832 A1Published application
Flavor-imparting agent and method for producing same
AssigneeThe Nisshin OilliO Group, Ltd.
InventorsKanji AOYAGI, Yoshinori SEKIGUCHI
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Abstract
Described is a flavor-imparting agent, based on oils and/or fats, with an improved flavor, particularly a sweet scent and/or milky scent presented by lactones having 6 to 14 carbon atoms. The flavor-imparting agent with a sweet scent and/or milky scent is obtained by producing a specified quantity of lactones having 6 to 14 carbon atoms through oxidizing and heating glycerides, having specific constituent fatty acids, at 140° C. or above.
Claims17
A method for producing a flavor-imparting agent, comprising:
- oxidation heat treatment of glycerides at 140° C. or higher to produce lactones having 6 to 14 carbon atoms, thereby preparing a flavor-imparting agent containing 5 mass ppm or more of the lactones having 6 to 14 carbon atoms, wherein
- 10% by mass or more of constituent fatty acids of the glycerides are straight-chain saturated fatty acids having 6 to 14 carbon atoms, and
- the lactones are γ-lactones and/or δ-lactones.
A flavor-imparting agent comprising:
- 80% by mass or more of glycerides;
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- 5 ppm or more of lactones having 6 to 14 carbon atoms, based on a total mass of the flavor-imparting agent, wherein
- 0 to 5% by mass of constituent fatty acids of the glycerides are unsaturated fatty acids,
- 10% by mass or more of the constituent fatty acids of the glycerides are straight-chain saturated fatty acids having 6 to 14 carbon atoms, and
- the lactones are γ-lactones and/or ϕ-lactones.
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A method for imparting flavor to glycerides, comprising:
- oxidation heat treatment of glycerides at 140° C. or higher to produce 5 mass ppm or more of lactones having 6 to 14 carbon atoms, wherein
- 10% by mass or more of constituent fatty acids of the glycerides are straight-chain saturated fatty acids having 6 to 14 carbon atoms, and
- the lactones are γ-lactones and/or δ-lactones.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.