Abstract: Concentrates for bouillons, broths, soups, sauces, gravies, dishes, side dishes, or for use as garnishing or seasoning containing dry herbs and/or vegetables, which concentrate is in the form of a solid body or bodies having a weight of 2-250 g, in particular a cube, block, or tablet shape, which yield a soup, sauce etcetera upon dilution with (hot) water or an aqueous liquid, or can be used as a (side)dish, seasoning or garnishing, and wherein the dry herbs and/or vegetables are present in or with the concentrate as one or more compressed particles or layers.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a storage-stable brown stock from meat extract and vegetable juice and other customary additives. In a first reaction, a liquid mixture having a solids content of 65-85%, preferably 75-80% by weight, of meat extract, gelatin and vegetable concentrate with or without other customary additives is allowed to react at a temperature around boiling point, preferably 90-100° C., for 3-20 minutes, preferably 5-15 minutes. In a cooking step, a soup stock is added to the product of the prior reaction and, after dilution to a solids content of 10-45% by weight, preferably 15-35% by weight, the mixture is cooked for 40-180 minutes, preferably 50-80 minutes, at a temperature around boiling point, preferably 90-100° C. The product is concentrated to a solids content of at least 60% by weight, preferably 70% or more. The end product can be dried to give a pulverant dry product.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a storage-stable brown stock from meat extract and vegetable juice and other customary additives.