Abstract: The enhancement of foodstuffs is effected by the addition of a small but effective flavor-modifying amount of a compound from the group of compounds having the general formulae ##SPC1##Wherein R.sub.1 is an alkyl or acetyl group and R.sub.2 is hydrogen or a methyl group, with the proviso that R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 together comprise at least 2 carbon atoms; and ##SPC2##Wherein R is an alkyl group.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 24, 1974
Date of Patent:
March 30, 1976
Assignee:
Firmenich & Cie
Inventors:
Max Winter, Fritz Gautschi, Ivon Flament, Max Stoll, Irving M. Goldman