Aromatising Food And Beverages
AssigneeKoninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.
InventorsGertjan Hegmanns, Ellen Roos, Ria Brust, Oliver Frank, Thomas Hofmann, Christian Hegmann, Cynthia Klostermann
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Abstract
The invention provides a method of protecting food or beverage material aroma compounds comprising the steps of separating food or beverage material aroma compounds from a food or beverage material, protecting the separated aroma compounds with a protecting group, and storing said protected aroma compounds.
Claims22
A method of protecting food or beverage material aroma compounds comprising the steps of separating food or beverage material aroma compounds from a food or beverage material, protecting the separated aroma compounds with a protecting group, and storing said protected aroma compounds.
A method of aromatising a food or beverage material, the method comprising the steps of:
- a. separating food or beverage material aroma compounds from a food or beverage material;
- b. protecting the separated aroma compounds with a protecting group;
- c. storing the protected aroma compounds separately to a food or beverage material;
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- d. combining the protected aroma compounds with a food or beverage material to release the aroma compounds from the protecting group.
A method according to any preceding claim, wherein the protecting group comprises an acetal.
A method according to any preceding claim, wherein the protected aroma compounds are stored at pH6-pH10.
Protected food or beverage aroma compounds comprising an adduct of one or more food or beverage aroma compounds with a protecting group.
A beverage preparation apparatus, the apparatus comprising a first container for storing a food or beverage material and a second container for storing protected food or beverage material aroma compounds, a water source and a heater, wherein the apparatus is configured to combine the food and beverage material, the protected aroma compounds and heated water upon activation of the apparatus by a user.
A kit for producing aromatised liquid coffee, the kit comprising coffee stored in a first container and protected aroma compounds in a second container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.