Methods and systems for the recovery of polar and non-polar aroma compounds from a dealcoholized beverage
AssigneeFlavologic GmbH
InventorsAlexander HÄSSELBARTH, Claudia GEYER
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Abstract
The present invention provides a drinkable article prepared from an alcoholic beverage comprising 0.045% ethanol by volume or less, wherein the drinkable article is characterized by having an amount of innate volatile organic compounds (VOC); and, wherein the amount of innate VOC comprises a plurality of innate aroma compounds; and wherein MeOH contents in the drinkable article is at least one of: a. under the detection level, when measured by Procedure A; b. less than 0.01% by volume; and, wherein the ratio of EtAc to the amount of innate VOC in the drinkable article is between 1:0.2 and 1:300, when measured according to Procedure B.
Claims23
A drinkable article characterized in that the drinkable article:
- a. is prepared from an alcoholic beverage;
- b. comprises 0.045% ethanol or less by volume;
- c. has an amount of innate volatile organic compounds (VOC), wherein the amount includes a plurality of innate aroma compounds;
- d. has a MeOH content that is:
- i. under the detection level, when measured by Procedure A;
- and/or
- ii. less than 0.01% by volume;
- and characterized in that
- i) the ratio of EtAc to median VOC(20) in the drinkable article is between 1:0.2 and 1:300;
- and/or
- ii) the ratio of EtAc-to-hexanoic acid in the drinkable article is between 1:0.02 to 1:250;
- and/or
- iii) the ratio of EtAc-to-phenylethyl alcohol in the drinkable article is between 1:0.01 to 1:245;
- and/or
- iv) the ratio of EtAc-to-octanoic acid in the drinkable article is between 1:0.3 to 1:300;
- and/or
- v) the ratio of EtAc-to-nonanoic acid in the drinkable article is between 1:0.1 to 1:100;
- and/or
- vi) the ratio of EtAc-to-decanoic acid in the drinkable article is between 1:0.3 to 1:320;
- when the EtAc, VOC, and median VOC(20) is measured according to Procedure B;
- and characterized in that the drinkable article has no added flavor and/or colorings relative to the alcoholic beverage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.