Patents by Inventor Eric Frerot
Eric Frerot has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 12635718Abstract: The present disclosure generally provides a class of flavanone derivatives and their use as sweetness enhancers. In some aspects, the disclosure provides certain compositions that include such flavanone derivatives, such as compositions that include such flavanone derivatives and one or more other sweeteners. In some other aspects, the disclosure provides methods of reducing the caloric content of a sweetened article, such as a sweetened food or beverage product.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2020Date of Patent: May 26, 2026Inventors: Eric Frerot, Tim Vernet, Yves Lottaz, Kerstin Steiner, Priti Jha, Dattatreya Banavara
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Publication number: 20250113823Abstract: The present invention relates to arthropod control compositions, methods and uses to control arthropods as well as arthropod control articles comprising the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2023Publication date: April 10, 2025Applicant: FIRMENICH SAInventors: Vincent HARRACA, Maud REITER, Julien COULOMB, Eric FREROT
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Publication number: 20250024871Abstract: The present disclosure generally provides amide compounds, and the use of such compounds and related compounds as flavor modifiers. In some aspects, the disclosure provides compositions that include such amide compounds, such as compositions that include such amide compounds and one or more additional compounds, such as a sweetener, a salt, a glutamate, an arginate, a purinic ribonucleotide, and the like. In some other aspects, the disclosure provides methods of reducing or eliminating the amount of sweetener, salt, glutamate, or arginate in a food or beverage product.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2022Publication date: January 23, 2025Applicant: Firmenich IncorporatedInventors: Joseph R. FOTSING, Melissa Sue WONG, Andrew PATRON, Vincent DARMOHUSODO, Qing CHEN, Eric FREROT
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Publication number: 20240217903Abstract: The disclosure relates to a process for deacetylating certain acetyl-containing compounds, as well as the compositions formed from the process. In some embodiments, the acetyl-containing compounds are acetyl-containing compounds derived from avocado. In some aspects, the disclosure also provides uses of the deacetylated compositions to enhance salty taste, umami taste, or kokumi taste. In some embodiments, the disclosure provides ingestible compositions that include the deacetylated compositions and one or more of a salty tastant, an umami tastant, or a kokumi tastant by incorporating such deacetylated compositions into an ingestible composition. In some other aspects, the disclosure provides methods of reducing or eliminating the amount of one or more of a salty tastant, an umami tastant, or a kokumi tastant. In some other aspects, the disclosure provides uses of the deacetylated compositions to mask a bitter taste.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2022Publication date: July 4, 2024Applicant: Firmenich SAInventors: Eric FREROT, Alexandre Philippe NELL, Robert WAGNER
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Publication number: 20240036041Abstract: The present disclosure generally provides methods for identifying compounds that enhance kokumi taste, and related uses. In some particular aspects, the disclosure provides methods of identifying compounds that enhance kokumi taste by determining whether the compounds modulate the T1R1/T1R3 taste receptor. In some other aspects, the disclosure provides uses of such identified compounds to enhance the kokumi taste of an ingestible composition. In some further aspects, the disclosure provides flavored products, such as food or beverage products, that incorporate such ingestible compositions, and which thereby impart or enhance an umami taste in a flavored article. In some other aspects, the disclosure provides ingestible compositions that contain compounds known to impart or enhance umami taste, such as glutamates, aspartates, and purinic ribonucleotides, such as inosine monophosphate (IMP) and guanosine monophosphate (GMP).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2021Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Guy Servant, Eric Frerot
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Publication number: 20230301330Abstract: A method of enhancing the sweetness of sweetener in a beverage or food product comprising adding Hesperetin Dihydrochalcone to the product in an amount of 2 ppm to 50 ppm by weight of the total weight of the product. Also provided here is a beverage or food product comprising Hesperetin Dihydrochalcone in an amount of from 2 to 50 ppm, by weight, of the total weight of the product.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: Firmenich SAInventors: Maxime Delattre, Angela Di Pietro, Isabelle Cayeux, Eric Frerot
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Patent number: 11690390Abstract: 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 C5, 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: GrantFiled: March 9, 2022Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Firmenich SAInventors: Eric Frerot, Kasia Aeberhardt
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Publication number: 20220304352Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to compounds useful as taste modifiers, particularly as compounds useful for enhancing umami taste, and their use in various comestible products, such as food and beverage products.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2020Publication date: September 29, 2022Applicant: Firmenich SAInventors: Xian-Wen GAN, Eric FREROT
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Publication number: 20220304348Abstract: The present disclosure generally provides triterpene glucuronides, and the use of such compounds and related compounds as flavor modifiers. In some aspects, the disclosure provides certain compositions that include such triterpene glucuronides, such as compositions that include such triterpene glucuronides and one or more other sweeteners. In some other aspects, the disclosure provides methods of reducing the caloric content of a sweetened article, such as a sweetened food or beverage product.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2020Publication date: September 29, 2022Applicant: Firmenich SAInventors: Eric FREROT, Tim VERNET, Isabelle CAYEUX, Christine SAINT-LEGER, Dattatreya BANAVARA
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Publication number: 20220273012Abstract: The present disclosure generally provides a class of flavanone derivatives and their use as sweetness enhancers. In some aspects, the disclosure provides certain compositions that include such flavanone derivatives, such as compositions that include such flavanone derivatives and one or more other sweeteners. In some other aspects, the disclosure provides methods of reducing the caloric content of a sweetened article, such as a sweetened food or beverage product.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2020Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicant: Firmenich SAInventors: Eric FREROT, Tim VERNET, Yves LOTTAZ, Kerstin STEINER, Priti JHA, Dattatreya BANAVARA
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Publication number: 20220273011Abstract: The present disclosure relates to gingerol compounds, whether in their diol form or as a derivative, and their use to enhance the salty taste or the umami taste of a flavored article. The disclosure also provides compositions and flavored products containing such compounds. In some embodiments, the flavored products have reduced amounts of salt or umami-enhancing compounds (glutamates, arginates, purinic ribonucleotides, such as inosine monophosphate (IMP) and guanosine monophosphate (GMP)), relative to comparable flavored products that do not incorporate the gingerol compounds. The disclosure further provides methods of making monoacetate or diacetate derivatives of gingerol diols.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2020Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicant: Firmenich SAInventors: Howard MUNT, Eric FREROT, Maud REITER, Nicolas JECKELMANN, Herve PAMINGLE, Xian-Wen GAN
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Publication number: 20220264923Abstract: 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 C5, 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: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Applicant: Firmenich SAInventors: Eric Frerot, Kasia Aeberhardt
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Patent number: 11291231Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 12, 2017Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: Firmenich SAInventors: Eric Frerot, Kasia Aeberhardt
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Publication number: 20210161189Abstract: Compositions containing monoester derivatives of the primary alcohol residue of a sugar are generally disclosed herein, as well as their use as sweetness enhancers, bitterness maskers, sourness maskers, or astringency reducers, to improve the taste profile of a flavored article.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2019Publication date: June 3, 2021Applicant: Firmenich SAInventors: Eric FREROT, Maxime DELATTRE, Angela DI PIETRO, Maude GAILLARD, Isabelle CAYEUX, Philipp ERNI, Valeria LARCINESE-HAFNER
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Publication number: 20190373921Abstract: A method of enhancing the sweetness of sweetener in a beverage or food product comprising adding Hesperetin Dihydrochalcone to the product in an amount of 2 ppm to 50 ppm by weight of the total weight of the product. Also provided here is a beverage or food product comprising Hesperetin Dihydrochalcone in an amount of from 2 to 50 ppm, by weight, of the total weight of the product.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2017Publication date: December 12, 2019Applicant: Firmenich SAInventors: Maxime DELATTRE, Angela DI PIETRO, Isabelle CAYEUX, Eric FREROT
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Publication number: 20170332683Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2017Publication date: November 23, 2017Inventors: Eric Frerot, Katia Aeberhardt
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Publication number: 20140106046Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2012Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: FIRMENICH SAInventors: Eric Frerot, Katia Aeberhardt
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Publication number: 20130324450Abstract: The invention relates to novel liquid compositions, comprising: a) a liquid base intended for the treatment of surfaces, in particular fabrics or hard surfaces; b) at least one sulfur-containing compound of formula wherein R1 and R2 represent, separately and independently of each other, a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, preferably chlorine, a C1-C4 linear or branched alkyl group, an amino group or a benzylamino group; or, alternatively, R1 and R2 are taken together to represent a phenyl or pyridine ring, possibly substituted with one to four C1-C4 linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl groups and/or one to two halogen atoms, preferably chlorine atoms; and R3 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal atom, in particular Na or k, a phenyl or benzyl group possibly substituted with one or two halogen atoms and/or one or two methyl, trifluoromethyl, methoxy or amino groups, an amine group, or a C1-C8 unsaturated, linear, branched or cyclic hydrocarbon group possibly substituted with one or two nitrogen, oxygen or haType: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: FIRMENICH SAInventors: Daniel Reichlin, Eric Frerot, Philippe Laurent Schneider
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Publication number: 20130034646Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a compound of having the following formula: wherein either 1 or 2 of the dotted lines represent a double bond, in order to provide or enhance buttery, creamy, green, fatty and/or milky note to flavors and foods.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2011Publication date: February 7, 2013Applicant: FIRMENICH SAInventors: Kasia Aeberhardt, Eric Frerot, Elise Sarrazin
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Publication number: 20110020518Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of alkylpyridines of formula (I) wherein R represents a C6 to C10 alkyl or alkenyl group as taste-conferring or enhancing ingredients to impart or reinforce the kokumi or umami taste in flavored compositions or flavored foods.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2009Publication date: January 27, 2011Inventors: Estelle Delort, Eric Frerot, Alain Jaquier, Mark Rubin, Alain Velluz, Robert Wagner