Carbocyclic Patents (Class 426/538)
  • Patent number: 11849736
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an aromatizing material having excellent floral aroma. The tea aroma composition including linalool, geraniol, and 2-methylbutanal, and has a weight ratio of 2-methylbutanal content to total linalool and geraniol content which is adjusted to be in the range of from 0.010 to 0.215.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Daisaku Yonezawa, Makoto Otsuka, Takashi Mukai, Takeshi Nakajima, Keita Kikuchi, Yuji Hirayama, Taisuke Osanai, Taishu Hamaba
  • Patent number: 11819044
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method of reducing the off-taste of a food or beverage wherein the off-taste is selected from the group consisting of licorice, astringency, bitterness and sweet lingering comprising adding about 10 to about 40 ppm, phloretin to the food or beverage wherein the phloretin is provided in the substantial absence of a bitterness-masking aroma substance selected from the groups consisting of homoeriodictylol, homoeriodictyol sodium salt, homoeriodictylol potassium salt or mixtures thereof and wherein the phloretin does not significantly enhance the sweetness of the article or composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Firmenich SA
    Inventors: Maxime Delattre, Jean-Luc Gelin, Long In Lou, Ronald H. Skiff
  • Patent number: 11759435
    Abstract: The present invention belongs to the area of pharmaceutical and cosmetic compositions and refers to compounds, novel mixtures and preparations comprising certain compound(s) of formula (I) which show anti-inflammatory properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SYMRISE AG
    Inventors: Veronika Somoza, Katharina Schüller, Joachim Hans, Jakob Ley
  • Patent number: 11542457
    Abstract: Heterocycles having odoriferous ketone or odoriferous aldehyde groups may be suitable in compositions comprising washing agents, cleaning agents, cosmetic agents, air care agents, insect repellents, or combinations thereof where the heterocycles release the ketones and aldehydes during hydrolysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Sascha Wilhelm Schaefer, Benjamin Berntsson
  • Patent number: 11479740
    Abstract: Described herein is a compound of formula (I) in the form of any one of its stereoisomers or a mixture thereof, and wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 independently from each other, represent a hydrogen atom or a C1-2 alkyl group. The use of compound of formula (I) as perfuming ingredients of floral type and the compounds as part of a perfuming composition or of a perfuming consumer product are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: FIRMENICH SA
    Inventors: Julie Quintaine, Robert Moretti
  • Patent number: 11248205
    Abstract: Provided is a culture product having a mild rose aroma and suitable for imparting the rose aroma to a cosmetic product, a food or a drink, a pharmaceutical product, and the like. A culture product, which is obtained by fermenting a lactic acid bacterium culture product in a medium containing a milk component with Kluyveromyces marxianus, and comprises isoamyl alcohol in an amount of 0.3 to 5 parts by mass with respect to 1 part by mass of phenylethyl acetate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHA
    Inventors: Naoki Izawa, Miyuki Kudo, Toshiro Sone
  • Patent number: 10888521
    Abstract: Sustained release spherical or non-spherical pellets comprising (a) an active ingredient (b) a wax-like agent, and (c) a spheronizing agent are provided. Oral dosage forms comprising the pellets and methods for preparing and using such pellets and dosage forms are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Farnam Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Xian Chen, Patricia D. Kigin
  • Patent number: 10669508
    Abstract: Use of 1-[(4R)-4-methylcyclohexen-1-yl]ethanone to impart a ylang-ylang note to a composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventor: Ralf Pelzer
  • Patent number: 10149850
    Abstract: A composition for human consumption includes a base composition having a pH of about 2 to about 5 and encapsulated caffeine dispersed throughout at least a portion of the base composition. The encapsulated caffeine can be a caffeine complex. The base composition can include a liquid or a food. An oral pouch product includes a porous pouch wrapper, an inner botanical filling material contained within the pouch wrapper, and encapsulated caffeine dispersed throughout at least a portion of the oral pouch product. The encapsulated caffeine is included in the composition and/or the oral pouch product an amount sufficient to release about 50 mg to about 200 mg of caffeine. The composition can provide immediate release of caffeine and/or release of caffeine over an extended period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Munmaya K. Mishra, Gerd Kobal
  • Patent number: 9839606
    Abstract: A formulation for the treatment of hair, in particular for treatment of hair loss and dandruff, useful as a lotion and/or a spray. The formulation comprises at least dates, date seeds, and ethanol from fermented dates and date seeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: OSMA COSMETICS & LABORATORIES AG
    Inventor: Omran Alhallami
  • Patent number: 9560871
    Abstract: The present invention provides beverage preservative systems for use in high acid beverage products, and beverage products comprising the beverage preservative systems. The beverage preservative system prevents spoilage by microorganisms in a beverage within a sealed container for a period of at least 16 weeks. The present invention reduces or eliminates the use of conventional preservatives that pose health and/or environmental concerns. The components that make up the beverage preservative system of invention work together in a synergistic manner to reduce the amount of preservative required and so improve the inventive beverage's sensory impact over beverages having conventional preservatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: PEPSICO, INC.
    Inventor: Richard T. Smith
  • Publication number: 20150139918
    Abstract: A mixtures which contain (a) at least one phenylalkenal of formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 independently represent hydrogen, a methyl or phenyl group, R3 represents hydrogen, a phenyl group, alkenyl group or a linear or branched alkyl group with 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and the broken double lines independently represent a single bond or a double bond, and (b) at least one physiological cooling agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Rita Lages, Hubert Loges, Arnold Machinek, Gabriele Neuendorff, Erich Dilk, Heiko Oertling
  • Publication number: 20150099711
    Abstract: A method for modifying a quality of a fruit includes cutting a live stem attached to a live fruit at a cut distance from the fruit, producing a cut end of the stem, contacting only the cut end of the stem with a solution comprising at least one mobile and quality-modifying food ingredient while protecting the fruit from contact with the solution, and keeping the cut end of the stem in contact with the solution for an incubation time sufficient to allow absorption and transport of the food ingredient into the fruit, the food ingredient conferring a modified quality upon the fruit. A system for practicing the method and an edible raw plant product produced by the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Nightshade, LLC
    Inventors: Caius D. Rommens, Heather M. Holloway, Roy D. Holloway
  • Publication number: 20150093339
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the discovery that certain non-naturally occurring, non-peptide amide compounds and amide derivatives, such as oxalamides, ureas, and acrylamides, are useful flavor or taste modifiers, such as a flavoring or flavoring agents and flavor or taste enhancer, more particularly, savory (the “umami” taste of monosodium glutamate) or sweet taste modifiers,—savory or sweet flavoring agents and savory or sweet flavor enhancers, for food, beverages, and other comestible or orally administered medicinal products or compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Catherine TACHDJIAN, Andrew P. PATRON, Sara L. ADAMSKI-WERNER, Farid BAKIR, Qing CHEN, Vincent DARMOHUSODO, Stephen Terrence HOBSON, Xiaodong LI, Ming QI, Daniel H. ROGERS, Marketa RINNOVA, Guy SERVANT, Xiao-Qing TANG, Mark ZOLLER, David WALLACE, Amy XING, Klaus GUBERNATOR
  • Publication number: 20150080265
    Abstract: Compositions which are fragrant and contain at least a member set culled from a library of compositions, each being comprised of sub-combinations of selected terpenes. Fragrances that mimic that of various states of organic and synthetic aromatics including products, processes and those from non-combusted plant products, among other things, uniquitous products, processes, medicinals, and related moieties leverage databases of all known terpene groupings are offered for consideration, and have been provided, according to the instant teachings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Sytze Elzinga, Jeffrey C. Raber
  • Patent number: 8962057
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods relating to oral care compositions with improved taste. One such method includes providing an oral care composition comprising a metal salt, a peroxide, an antimicrobial agent, a bad breath reduction agent, a surfactant, or a combination thereof and adding to the oral care composition a TRPV1 activator and/or vanitrope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Christian Haught, Koti Tatachar Sreekrishna, Yakang Lin, Lowell Alan Sanker
  • Publication number: 20150050408
    Abstract: A powder flavour composition comprising a compound according to the formula (I) or edible salts thereof, and at least one flavour co-ingredient wherein R1 is an alkyl residue containing 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or an alkene residue containing from 9 to 25 carbon atoms with 1 to 6 double bonds, R1 together with the carbonyl group to which it is attached is a residue of a carboxylic acid, and NR2R3, in which R3 is H or together with R2 and the N-atom to which they are attached, a 5-membered ring, is a residue of an amino acid, in particular a proteinogenic amino acid, ornithine, gamma-aminobutyric acid or beta alanine, or a 1-amino cycloalkyl carboxylic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Feng Shi, Harry Renes, Esther Van Ommeren, Susanna Magdalena Vorster, Yili Wang, Adri De Klerk
  • Publication number: 20150044348
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a new use for a compound of vanillin and ethyl vanillin, in a food product and more particularly in a food product with a reduced fat and/or sugar content. The present invention also concerns food compositions comprising said compound of vanillin and ethyl vanillin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Dominique Giannotta, Corine Cochennec, Tristan Colas Des Francs, Sandrine Bodin, Bernard Barlet
  • Publication number: 20150044347
    Abstract: Compounds represented by the formula and their edible salts, and edible compositions containing same wherein R1 is an alkyl residue containing 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or an alkene residue containing from 9 to 25 carbon atoms with 1 to 6 double bonds, such that R1 together with the carbonyl group to which it is attached is a residue of a carboxylic acid, and the amino acid residue connected to the carbonyl carbon atom is a residue of a 1-amino cycloalkane carboxylic acid (ACCA), and n is 1, 2, 3 or 4
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Feng Shi, Harry Renes, Esther Van Ommeren, Susanna Vorster, Yili Wang, Adri De Klerk, Stephan Haiber, Eric Houben, Jacob Elings
  • Publication number: 20150030744
    Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter is directed to novel compounds of Formula I, Formula II, and Formula III, and stereoisomers thereof, and flavor compositions comprising the novel compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Takasago International Corp. (USA)
    Inventors: Louis J. Lombardo, Michael E. Lankin, Jaime M. Ferreira, Jennifer B. Tartaglia, John D. Zanone, Amrit Mankoo
  • Publication number: 20150017280
    Abstract: An alcohol free or low alcohol fermented malt based beverage is disclosed. The malt based beverage has an alcohol content of not more than 1.0 vol. % preferably not more than 0.7 vol. % having an aroma profile close to the one of alcoholic lager beers. The beverage has 7.00-30.00 ppm ethyl acetate and 0.01-0.20 ppm ethyl butyrate. The beverage preferably has the esters 0.05-2.00 ppm isoamyl acetate; 0.01-0.10 ppm ethyl butyrate; and 0.01-0.05 ppm ethyl hexanoate. The beverage preferably has the higher alcohol 5.00-30.00 ppm (iso-)amyl alcohol. The (iso)amyl alcohol is defined as the sum of 3-methyl butanol and 2-methyl butanol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventor: Bart Vanderhaegen
  • Publication number: 20150017302
    Abstract: Cocoa products having a fruity flavor comprising an increased amount of a fruity aroma compounds are disclosed. The cocoa products are produced by a method comprising mixing cocoa nibs, de-shelled cocoa beans, or a combination thereof with an acid and water and roasting the acidified nibs, the acidified de-shelled cocoa beans, or the combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventor: Harrold Glenn Anijs
  • Publication number: 20140377381
    Abstract: The present invention provides edible compositions comprising a compound of the present invention, food products comprising such edible compositions and methods of preparing such food products. The present invention also provides methods of reducing the amount of NaCl in a food product, methods of reducing the sodium intake in a diet, and methods of reducing bitter taste in a food product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicants: KRAFT FOODS GROUP BRANDS LLC, CHROMOCELL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Francis Xavier Brennan, William P. Jones, Jane V. Leland, David Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20140341821
    Abstract: Provided are oral care compositions comprising a) at least one compound of formula (I) ?wherein R is carbonyl attached at C-1 or C-4; and b) at least one mint flavour, for example, mint oil, menthol, l-carvone, l-limonene or menthone. The compositions possess an enhanced mint flavour character.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Givaudan SA
    Inventor: Norikazu Saji
  • Patent number: 8883468
    Abstract: (3S,5R)-3,8-dimethyl-5-(prop-1-en-2-yl)-octahydroazulen-1-ols, their use as flavor or fragrance ingredient, and a process of their production by oxidation in the presence of laccase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Givaudan S.A.
    Inventors: Boris Schilling, Thierry Granier, Esther Locher
  • Patent number: 8871288
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a compound or a mixture consisting of two or more compounds or containing one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of compounds of Formulae (I) and (ent-I) wherein in Formulae (I) and (ent-I) the following applies: the aromatic radical Ar is selected from the group consisting of: wherein in the aromatic radicals A and B the following applies: R1 and R2 are selected independently of one another from the group consisting of H, OH, OCH3, OCH2CH3, OCH(CH3)2, COOCH3, COOCH2CH3, COOCH(CH3)2, or R1 and R2 are adjacent and jointly form an OCH2O group, and wherein in the aromatic radical C the following applies: X is O or S as a flavoring substance or flavoring substance mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Symrise AG
    Inventors: Michael Backes, Tobias Vössing, Ingo Wöhrle
  • Publication number: 20140303122
    Abstract: By searching various kinds of compounds having CaSR agonistic activity, the present invention provides CaSR agonistic agents, pharmaceutical compositions, preventive or therapeutic agents for diarrhea and kokumi-imparting agents each of which comprise the compound. More specifically, the present invention provides CaSR agonistic agents, pharmaceutical compositions, preventive or therapeutic agents for diarrhea and kokumi-imparting agents each of which comprise a glutamic acid derivative having CaSR agonistic activity or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Masayuki SUGIKI, Toru Okamatsu, Sayaka Asari, Yayoi Kawato, Toshihiro Hatanaka, Tetsuo Yano, Yukie Seki, Naohiro Miyamura, Hiroaki Nagasaki, Yuzuru Eto, Reiko Yasuda
  • Patent number: 8852664
    Abstract: The present invention relates primarily to the use of particular ureas, thioureas, carbamates, thiocarbamates and guanidines based on the neomenthyl structure and corresponding mixtures with one another or with further compounds as flavor materials or flavor material mixtures for producing, imparting, modifying and/or enhancing savory flavor notes. the invention furthermore relates to particular compositions, preparations and semifinished products which comprise the said compounds, as well as methods for producing, imparting, modifying and/or enhancing particular flavor impressions. Lastly, the invention also relates to the compounds themselves and to corresponding mixtures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Symrise AG
    Inventors: Jakob Peter Ley, Heiko Oertling, Michael Backes, Tobias Vössing
  • Publication number: 20140287121
    Abstract: Methods for preparing a botanical extract and a flavor system comprising a botanical extract produced by the process for use in beverages are provided. Also provided is a flavor system comprising a botanical extract comprising at least one of thymol, eugenol, carvacrol, cinnamic aldehyde, and eucalyptol. Further provided is a flavor system having a minimum inhibitory concentration of less than about 3%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Sensient Flavors LLC
    Inventors: Sylvia Gaysinsky, Roger Michael Browning
  • Publication number: 20140287122
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of rubusoside and certain mixtures containing rubusoside, preferably the use of certain rubusoside-containing mixtures, in particular Rubus suavissimus extracts, for masking, reducing or suppressing a bitter, sour and/or astringent taste impression. The invention further relates to orally consumable preparations, comprising at least one bitter, sour and/or astringent-tasting substance and rubusoside or certain rubusoside-containing mixtures, preferably certain Rubus suavissimus extracts, a corresponding method of producing said preparations and a method for reducing or suppressing the bitter, sour and/or astringent effect of a bitter, sour and/or astringent-tasting substance. The invention further relates to certain flavoring compositions that are particularly effective for masking, reducing or suppressing a bitter, sour and/or astringent taste impression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: SYMRISE AG
    Inventors: Jakob Peter Ley, Katharina Reichelt, Thomas Riess, Kathrin Langer, Susanne Paetz
  • Publication number: 20140271999
    Abstract: The present application is directed to sensory technologies for beverages and other products that significantly reduce or fully mask bitterness and/or off-flavor associated with the presence of functional ingredients, such as caffeine or L-phenylalanine. In particular, reduction or masking of the bitterness and/or off-flavor in the beverage or food composition is achieved through the addition of trigeminal sensation-eliciting compounds, referred to herein as sensates, responsible for cooling, warming, tingling, or mouthfeel-type sensations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Altria Client Services Inc.
    Inventors: Pauline Marcq, Gerd Kobal, Maria Gogova
  • Patent number: 8808781
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing vanillin, which comprises an electrochemical oxidation of an aqueous, lignin-comprising suspension or solution at an anode, wherein the anode used is a silver electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignees: BASF SE, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitaet Bonn
    Inventors: Florian Stecker, Itamar Michael Malkowsky, Andreas Fischer, Siegfried R. Waldvogel, Carolin Regenbrecht
  • Publication number: 20140219930
    Abstract: The following invention relates to a taste enhancer and a method of enhancing taste. The invention relates the use of a cooling enhancing composition which provides cooling enhancement when combined with other cooling compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
    Inventors: Thumpalasseril V. John, Mark L. Dewis, Kathryn Bardsley, Kenneth J. Kraut, Hou Wu
  • Publication number: 20140219931
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a p-menthane-3,8-diol isomer mixture 50% by mass or more of which is constituted of (1S)-isomers and a cooling sensation composition containing this mixture. The present invention also relates to a flavor and/or fragrance composition, food, beverage, cosmetic, daily use product, oral cavity composition, or pharmaceutical containing the p-menthane-3,8-diol isomer mixture in an amount of 0.0001 to 90% by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: TAKASAGO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Komatsuki, Shigeru Tanaka, Kenya Ishida
  • Publication number: 20140220214
    Abstract: A method for preparing an aromatic pulverulent composition having a melting point Tf, comprising: i) feeding at least two pulverulent elementary solids having organoleptic properties into a mixer, whose chamber has been preheated beforehand to a temperature T lower than Tf, such solids being separately fed into the mixer; ii) mixing the pulverulent elementary solids in the mixer, in the absence of any external liquid phase, at a temperature T lower than Tf, at least one of the pulverulent elementary solids being fed into the mixer at a temperature Ti, such that the mixing occurs under isothermal conditions at a temperature set at such temperature T; and iii) recovering the aromatic pulverulent composition. This method is particularly suitable for preparing a composition essentially including a vanillin and ethylvanillin compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Le-Thiesse, Jean-Claude Masson, Corine Cochennec, Olivier Giacomoni
  • Patent number: 8778987
    Abstract: The use is described of the 4-hydroxychalcone derivatives of the formula (I) wherein A may represent a single or double bond, R1, R2 and R3, mutually independently, may in each case mean H, OH or (preferably C1-C4) alkoxy, providing that at least one of the residues R1 to R3 means OH, and R4 means H, OH or (preferably C1-C4) alkoxy, and/or (ii) the salts thereof and (iii) mixtures thereof to mask or reduce the unpleasant taste impression of an unpleasant tasting substance, as are corresponding methods and preparations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Symrise AG
    Inventors: Jakob Ley, Susanne Paetz, Thomas Riess, Gerhard Krammer
  • Publication number: 20140194433
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel modulators of the cold menthol receptor TRPM8, to a method for modulating the TRPM8 receptor using said modulators; to the use of the modulators for induction of cold sensation; and to objects and means produced using said modulators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Subkowski, Claus Bollschweiler, Jens Wittenberg, Michael Krohn, Holger Zinke
  • Publication number: 20140134114
    Abstract: Preparations for oral consumption are proposed, comprising (a) lactic acid 1-menthyl ester of the general formula (I) its stereoisomers or mixtures thereof, (b) at least one substance having a bitter, astringent and/or metallic taste impression, and optionally (c) further flavourings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Symrise AG
    Inventors: Gerhard Krammer, Jakob Ley, Katja Obst, Katharina Reichelt
  • Publication number: 20140127144
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) is used to modify the taste or flavour of a flavour composition or consumable product, wherein R1 is H, or a substituted, unsubstituted, branched or unbranched C1-C5 alkyl group and, NHR2 is a residue of an amino acid, is selected from Alanine (Ala), cysteine (Cys), Aspartic acid (Asp), phenylalanine (Phe), glutamic acid (Glu), histidine (His), isoleucine (Ile), lysine (Lys), leucine (Leu), methionine (Met), asparagines (Asn), glutamine (Gln), arginine (Arg), serine (Ser), theronine (Thr), valine (Val), tryptophan (Trp), tyrosine(Tyr) and Glycine (Gly), with the proviso that the compound is not N-acetyl glycine. Also disclosed are flavour compositions and consumable products containing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Givaudan S. A.
    Inventors: Xiaogen YANG, Elisabetta LUBIAN, Harry RENES, Alexander P. TONDEUR, Stephan HAIBER, Xinping LIU, Xun FU
  • Publication number: 20140106046
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a compound according to formula (I) in the form of any one of its stereoisomers or a mixture thereof, and wherein n is an integer from 0 to 2; the dotted line represents a carbon-carbon single or double bond; and each of R1 to R4, when taken independently from each other, represents a hydrogen atom or represents a R5 or OR5 group, R5 representing a C1 to C5, or even a C1 to C3, alkyl group; and optionally one of the groups R1 to R4 represents —OH; and/or when R1 and R2 are taken together, and/or R3 and R4 are taken together, represent a OCH2O group, provided said groups taken together are adjacent substituents of the phenyl group; as an ingredient to confer, enhance, improve or modify the kokumi or umami taste of a flavored article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: FIRMENICH SA
    Inventors: Eric Frerot, Katia Aeberhardt
  • Publication number: 20140037559
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cooling component or sensate component which does not have undesirable stimulus feeling, bitterness and the like and is excellent in the persistence of refresh-feeling and cool-feeling, a sensate composition which comprises the same, and various products that comprise said sensate composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: TAKASAGO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuma HOJO, Takashi AIDA, Kenya ISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20140023770
    Abstract: A compound of Formula (I) or of a mixture comprising two, three, four, five, six or a plurality of different compounds of Formula (I) for the superadditive enhancement of an olfactory impression. The invention also relates to novel fragrance and/or flavor material compositions which, in addition to a compound of Formula (I) or a mixture thereof, further contains one, two, three or a plurality of further fragrance and/or flavor materials, the fragrance and/or flavor material or the further fragrance and/or flavor materials not being compound of Formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Bernd Hölscher, Claudia Ryppa
  • Publication number: 20140004243
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having a salty taste enhance activity, and a salty taste enhancer containing the compound, and the like. The present invention relates to a salty taste enhancer for a food or drink, which contains a compound represented by the following formula: wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or an edible salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: Yuki TAHARA, Yusuke Amino, Takami Maekawa, Yuzuru Eto, Takashi Miyaki, Wakana Saikawa, Yuko Kai, Yutaka Ishiwatari
  • Publication number: 20130324557
    Abstract: The present invention includes compounds useful as modulators of TRPM8, such as compounds of Formula (I) and the subgenus and species thereof; personal products containing those compounds; and the use of those compounds and the personal products, particularly the use of increasing or inducing chemesthetic sensations, such as cooling or cold sensations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: SENOMYX, INC.
    Inventors: Chad Priest, Alain Noncovich, Andrew Patron, Jane Ung
  • Publication number: 20130316060
    Abstract: A beverage or other composition may include phloretin and trilobtain wherein the weight ratio of phloretin to trilobtain is from about 1:1 to about 3:1. The concentration of phloretin in such a composition may be about 5 ppm to about 150 ppm. The combination of phloretin and trilobtain may remove one or more negative characteristics of the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: DR PEPPER/SEVEN UP, INC.
    Inventor: DR Pepper/Seven Up, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130287707
    Abstract: As a novel compound which is excellent in odor quality and has an odor of a very clear and strong woody note, the invention provides a compound represented by the following formula (1):
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Takasago International Corporation
    Inventors: Kyoko ZAIZEN, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Junko Nagano, Yoshihiro Yaguchi
  • Publication number: 20130280400
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for modifying the perceived sweetness of a comestible, methods and compositions for increasing the perceived sweetness of a comestible; methods and compositions for suppressing the perceived sweetness of a comestible, hybrid plants, methods of producing hybrid plants, and sweetener compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Linda Bartoshuk, Thomas A. Colquhoun, David G. Clark, Michael Schwieterman, Charles A. Sims, Vance Whitaker, Harry John Klee, Denise Tieman, Lauren Mclntyre
  • Publication number: 20130224361
    Abstract: The invention improves the unpleasant taste characteristic of potassium salts without affecting the original flavor of foods or drinks and increases the value of potassium salt as a salt substitute, in order to provide means and a salt composition for reducing sodium in foods and drinks. By adding one or more of the following: quinic acid or a quinic acid-containing composition, spilanthol or a spilanthol-containing plant extract or plant essential oil, or an Allium plant extract, to a potassium salt or a potassium salt-containing food or drink, the unpleasant tastes such as acrid taste and metallic taste characteristic of potassium salts are improved while the salt flavor and taste are augmented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Inventors: Toshio MIYAZAWA, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Katsuyuki Matsumoto, Shuichi Muranishi
  • Publication number: 20130203863
    Abstract: A method for preparing a composition including a compound including vanillin and ethylvanillin is described. Also described, is a method of preparing a composition including a compound including vanillin and ethylvanillin according to a vanillin/ethylvanillin molar ratio of 2. The method can include an operation of co-granulating vanillin and ethylvanillin at a temperature of 50° C. to 57° C. in the form of a powder and in amounts such that the vanillin/ethylvanillin molar ratio is at least equal to 2, and an operation of lowering the temperature of the composition thus obtained to room temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Le-Thiesse, Kilani Lamiri
  • Publication number: 20130195773
    Abstract: Compositions, comprising menthofuran and selected menthol compounds which feature improved flavour and odour properties, are provided and, in addition, the production of compositions, specifically, of emulsions with an improved storage stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: Symrise AG
    Inventor: Symrise AG