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US 9,943,096 B2Granted
Methods and compositions for affecting the flavor and aroma profile of consumables
AssigneeImpossible Foods Inc.
InventorsRachel Fraser, Patrick O'Reilly Brown, Jessica Karr, Celeste Holz-Schietinger, Elysia Cohn
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Abstract
This document relates to food products containing highly conjugated heterocyclic rings complexed to an iron ion and one or more flavor precursors, and using such food products to modulate the flavor and/or aroma profile of other foods. The food products described herein can be prepared in various ways and can be formulated to be free of animal products.
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A food flavor additive composition comprising:
- a) an isolated heme-containing protein;
- b) a compound selected from glucose, ribose, fructose, lactose, xylose, arabinose, glucose-6-phosphate, maltose, maltodextrin, and galactose, and mixtures of two or more thereof;
- and
- c) a compound selected from cysteine, cystine, thiamine, methionine, and mixtures of two or more thereof;
- wherein the flavor additive composition contains no animal products;
- and
- wherein cooking the food flavor additive composition results in the production of at least two volatile compounds which have a meat-associated aroma.
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A food flavor additive composition prepared by a process of:
- a) combining an isolated heme-containing protein;
- a compound selected from glucose, fructose, lactose, xylose, arabinose, glucose-6-phosphate, maltose and glactose, and mixtures of two or more thereof and a compound selected from cysteine, cysteine, thiamine, methionine, and mixtures of two or more thereof, to form a heme flavor reaction mixture, and
- b) heating the heme flavor reaction mixture to at least 150° C. for at least 1 minute to result in a food flavor additive composition;
- wherein the food flavoring additive composition contains no animal products;
- and
- wherein the heme flavor reaction mixture has a meaty flavor and/or meaty aroma during the heating of step b) and the food flavoring additive composition has a meaty flavor and/or meaty aroma after the heating of step b).
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