Abstract: The invention concerns a shelf stable spread that includes sweetened condensed milk of fat content 2 to 25% by weight and water content 15 to 35% by weight and at least one organoleptic modifying food substance added at a ratio ranging from 2% to 30% by weight and preferably 5% to 15% by weight wherein the spread is substantially free of emulsifiers and thickeners, is not caramelised and is thickened by shear so that it has a firmness corresponding to a maximum compression force of at least 20 g measured at 25° C. by a Texture Analyser equipped with a 5 kg load cell and a 20 mm diameter cylinder probe with a penetration into the sample at a constant speed 1 mm/s during 10 s.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aroma dispensing device that includes a first storage container for storing an aroma containing solvent, an extraction column for extracting the aroma from the solvent to substantially remove aroma from the solvent and for dispensing the aroma out of the dispensing device, and a second storage container to salvage the solvent when depleted in aroma after extraction by the extraction column. It also relates to a process for dispensing aromas by extracting an aroma from a supply of a fluid, non-volatile solvent for use in aromatizing one or more or a food-forming or beverage forming ingredient or a food or beverage product, thus forming an aroma-depleted solvent; and salvaging the aroma-depleted solvent for re-use as a carrier of further aroma(s).