Particulate flavor compositions and process to prepare same
AssigneeFirmenich SA
InventorsAnthony Blake, Philip Attwool
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Abstract
The process provides particulate flavor compositions having a flavor oil fixed in a particulate polyol material. It consists in mixing a mono- or disaccharide, a polysaccharide and water with a minor but flavor effective amount of a flavor oil such that the resulting particular flavor compositions possess a Tg below room temperature, and extruding the resulting homogeneous substrate at a temperature to form a melt which on cooling solidifies as a hard rubbery amorphous material having the flavor oil entrapped therein.
Claims18
A process for the preparation of particulate flavour compositions comprising a flavour oil fixed in a particulate polyol material, which comprises:
- a. mixing selected amounts of mono- or disaccharide, polysaccharide and water with a minor but flavour effective amount of a flavour oil in order to form a homogeneous substrate possessing a Tg below room temperature;
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- b. extruding said homogeneous substrate at a temperature sufficient to form a melt which on cooling solidifies as a hard rubbery and amorphous material having said flavour oil entrapped therein.
A process for the preparation of a flavour composition comprising a flavour oil entrapped in an amorphous matrix, which process comprises:
- mixing selected amounts of mono- or disaccharide, polysaccharide, water and a flavour effective amount of a flavour oil in order to form a homogeneous substrate possessing a T.sub.g below room temperature;
- extruding said homogeneous substrate at a temperature sufficient to form a melt;
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- cooling the homogeneous substrate melt to form an amorphous matrix having said flavour oil entrapped therein.
A flavour composition comprising a flavour oil entrapped in an amorphous matrix of a solidified mixture of selected amounts of mono- or disaccharide, polysaccharide, and water, to provide said matrix with a T.sub.g below room temperature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.