Abstract: A packaged coffee product with oxygen dissolved therein along with milk and/or sweeteners in the sealed packaging is provided. Preferably, the pH of the product is 4.6 or greater, preferably 5.0 or greater. The coffee product may be hot or cold brew coffee and may have other gasses such as nitrogen and/or carbon-dioxide in the sealed container. Ideally, there is oxygen in both the headspace and liquid portion of the beverage in order to inhibit C. bot growth without requiring retort processing. Preferably, the calorie count is in the range of 0.5-9 calories per ounce.

Abstract: The present application relates to the preparation of cyclohexyl-alkyl carbinols, including 1-(cyclohex-3-en-1-yl)-2-methylpropan-1-ol, which possesses a minty aroma that can be described as fresh, invigorating, and menthol-like, and also possesses cooling properties. The use of cyclohexyl-alkyl carbinols as readily accessible and cost effective fragrance, flavor, and cooling ingredients, and potential applications thereof is also described.

Abstract: A lifestyle disease improving drug is disclosed that enhances PPAR?, ? and ? agonist activities that includes a compound having the lactone structure in accordance with the chemical formula 6-alkyl-5,6-dihydro-2H-pyran-2-one, the alkyl containing 4, 5, or 6 carbons. Methods for enhancing PPAR?, ? and ? agonist activities in vertebrates or medically treating a vertebrate are disclosed. The methods include providing a composition of an active ingredient, the lifestyle disease improving drug, in a biologically acceptable medium and administering an effective amount of the composition to a vertebrate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a composition containing isomaltulose from a substrate containing sucrose comprising the steps of: a) contacting the substrate containing sucrose with a particulate carrier-immobilized sucrose isomerase biomass and b) obtaining a composition containing isomaltulose, characterized in that the median particle size d(0.5) of the carrier-immobilized sucrose isomerase biomass is from 370 to 550 ?m. The carrier can be an alginate or a polyvinyl alcohol carrier.

Abstract: The invention provides the use of a 4-hydroxydihydrochalcone of the formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 each, independently, represent H, OH or O-alkyl, with the proviso that at least one of the groups R1, R2 or R3 represents OH, a salt of such a 4-hydroxydihydrochalcone of the formula (I), a mixture containing or consisting of two or more different 4-hydroxydihydrochalcones of the formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are each defined in the way given above, a mixture containing or consisting of salts of two or more different 4-hydroxydihydrochalcones of the formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are each defined in the way given above or a mixture containing or consisting of a 4-hydroxydihydrochalcone of the formula (I) or two or more different 4-hydroxydihydrochalcones of the formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are each defined in the way given above, and a salt of a 4-hydroxydihydrochalcone of the formula (I) or two or more salts of different 4-hydroxydihydrochalcones of the formula

Abstract: The present invention concerns a flavoring substance-included cellulose, comprising or consisting of cellulose and flavoring substances included in the cellulose, methods for producing such flavoring substance-included celluloses, and mixtures comprising flavoring substance according to the invention.

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.

Abstract: There are proposed substance mixtures comprising (a) 20 to 80% by weight of monocyclic terpenes and (b) 80 to 20% by weight of active substances selected from the group consisting of rebaudiosides or plant extracts comprising them, steviosides or plant extracts comprising them, naringin dihydrochalcone, mogrosides or plant extracts comprising them, rubusosides or plant extracts comprising them.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of producing Maillard flavor preparation, such as process flavors, comprising heating a combination of a carbohydrate source and a nitrogen source in a continuous liquid phase containing at least 10 wt % of an ?-hydroxycarboxylic acid component selected from the group of ?-hydroxycarboxylic acids according to the following formula (I): R1—CR2(OH)—COOH salts of these acids and combinations thereof. It was found that the flavor preparations so obtained exhibit unique flavor profiles, making them particularly suitable for use in foodstuffs, beverages, pharmaceutics, tobacco products and oral care products.

Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing inexpensive, highly safe, highly stable, versatile polymethoxyflavones that can be used in food products and easily incorporated into a variety of pharmaceutical formulations, whereby in one pass, a large quantity of polymethoxyflavones can be isolated from other components in citrus peel oil, as well as a method for its use. The method for manufacturing polymethoxyflavones from citrus plant peel oil comprises a step of removing the volatile components in citrus plant peel oil by distillation to obtain a distillation residue, a step of distilling the residue with a thin-film vacuum distillation apparatus to obtain a fraction, a step of extracting the fraction with an aqueous ethanol solution to obtain an extract, and a step of contacting active carbon with the extract after removal of the insoluble oils in the extract for refining, as a method for manufacturing polymethoxyflavones that are highly stable over time and have reduced residual pesticide levels.

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.

Abstract: The present invention provides an agent for enhancing aroma intensity and/or aroma quality of a flavor composition to be added to a food, drink, pharmaceutical product, oral care product, or the like, the agent comprising ?-aminobutyric acid and naringenin, as well as a method for enhancing aroma intensity and/or aroma quality of the flavor composition.

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.

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.

Abstract: There are provided a flavor enhancing agent which is capable of selectively enhancing the flavor of a flavoring of interest, as well as a flavoring composition and a drink that contain the agent and which are enhanced in flavor. Specifically, a polymerized catechin is used with a flavoring.

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.

Abstract: The present invention relates to granules comprising an active substance, obtained by spray-drying an emulsion comprising said active substance, solid particles, water and a water-soluble biopolymer having a molecular weight below 100 KDa. The invention further relates to a process for obtaining such granules and to products containing them.

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.

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.

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.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel method for improving the flavor of a food, drink, pharmaceutical product, oral care product, or the like. One aspect of the present invention is a method for improving the flavor of a food, drink, pharmaceutical product or oral care product, the method including the step of adding 0.1 to 10000 ppb of ?-aminobutyric acid and 0.01 to 10000 ppb of naringenin to the food, drink, pharmaceutical product, or oral care product.

Abstract: The invention relates to hydroxyflavanones, their salts and stereoisomers and their mixtures for suppressing or reducing the bitter and/or metallic taste impression. In addition, the invention relates to nutritional, nutritive or consumable preparations or oral pharmaceutical compositions, characterized in that these have an active content of hydroxyflavanones, their salts and stereoisomers or their mixtures.

Abstract: The use of hesperetin of formula (I) is described wherein the hesperetin of formula (I) is in the form of a (2S)-enantiomer, (2R)-enantiomer or any desired mixture of the two enantiomers, a salt of hesperetin of formula (I), —a mixture comprising or consisting of two or more salts of the hesperetin of formula (I), or a mixture comprising or consisting of hesperetin of formula (I) and one or more salts of hesperetin of formula (I) for enhancing the sweet taste of a sweet-tasting substance or sweet olfactory impression of a flavoring which gives a sweet olfactory impression.

Abstract: A novel compound causing an oral cavity stimulus such as acridness, which is expressed by the following structural formula (I):

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of specific compounds from the structural class of vanillyl lignans or the salts and/or mixtures thereof for modifying or masking unpleasant taste impressions, in particular bitter, astringent, and/or metallic taste impressions. The invention also relates to a corresponding method for masking unpleasant taste impressions, in particular bitter, astringent, and/or metallic taste impressions. The invention further relates to specific preparations containing an effective amount of vanillyl lignans or the salts and/or mixtures thereof to be used in accordance with the invention.

Abstract: A cooling sensation agent composition with a prolonged cool sensation effect is provided comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of aceia or ketal derivatives of 3-(1-menthoxy)propan-1,2-diol represented by Formula (1), single or mixed carbonic esters ol one or two kinds ol alcohols represented by Formula (2), and carboxylic esters represented by Formula (4). A sensory stimulation agoni composition, a flavor or fragrance composition, a beverage or food product, a perfume or cosmetic product, a toiletry product, a daily utensil product or grocery, a fiber, a fiber product, a cloth or a medicine comprising the cooling sensation agent composition; a production method thereof; a cooling processing method of a fiber, fiber product or a cloth, comprising compounding the cooling sensation agent; and new compounds are also provided.

Abstract: A method of using organic compounds and providing slow release flavoring in or for food products wherein flavor precursors are added to flavor compositions and/or food products and release flavor compounds upon consumption of the food products, and novel flavor precursor compounds. The flavor precursors can be prepared from mono- and/or diglycerides and lactone flavor compounds.

Abstract: A method of modifying the taste of a consumable, comprising adding to a consumable base at least one compound of the formula I in which (a) A is selected from the moieties (b) n is from 0-7, such that X is absent or a linear alkylene group in which n is from 1-7; and (c) Z is absent and Y is a moiety selected from the groups —CHO, or —CH2OH; or (d) Z is present and is a C1-7 linear alkane, and Y is selected from —CHOH, —CO, or —COC(CH3)O. The result is a consumable with enhanced mouthfeel and/or creaminess.

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.

Abstract: The present invention provides isosorbide derivatives having the formula shown below and certain subgenera or species thereof, as flavor or taste modifiers, particularly, savory (“umami”) taste modifiers, savory flavoring agents and savory flavor enhancers in foods, beverages, and other comestible compositions,

Abstract: The present invention provides a variety of compounds having a CaSR agonist activity which possesses a superior kokumi-imparting function, and more particularly provides a kokumi-imparting composition, which contains the foregoing compound, and/or another substance having a CaSR agonist activity, in combination. The present invention also provides a kokumi-imparting composition which includes a lanthionine derivative and/or another substance having a CaSR agonist activity.

Abstract: A whole impregnated freeze dried food product for delivering a material of interest comprising; a. moisture content of less than about 5%; b. a material of interest; and, c. taste additives; wherein, the food product is maintained in it's whole original structure, volume and shape; further wherein the food product is functionally impregnated with the material of interest in an amount equivalent to the removed moisture residual, and methods for obtaining same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of certain high potency savory (‘umami’) taste modifiers, as savory flavoring agents and/or enhancers of monosodium glutamate, for the preparation of foods, beverages, and other comestible compositions, and to processes for preparing food flavorant compositions for use in the preparation of comestible food and drink.

Abstract: Compounds and methods of using of compounds or mixtures thereof, as fragrance and/or flavoring material or as fragrance and/or flavoring material mixture, new fragrance and/or flavoring material mixtures, new perfumed and/or flavored articles, and new, particularly advantageous compounds and mixtures to be used are described.

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.

Abstract: A vegetable-based food product, without saccharose, lactose and egg, includes a base ingredient having gluten-free cereal seeds, polished and/or wholegrain, and/or sprouted seeds and/or sprouted wholegrain seeds, thickeners and flavorings, which give such a food product a food substitute character, to provide, for example, a substitute for cheese and/or meat and/or fish and/or milk and/or for sweet preparations suitable to be used as such or in industrial or home-made preparations and/or a vegetable drink.

Abstract: The present invention in one aspect, relates to a composition X comprising the following substances: at least one bitter blocking agent; at least one carbonyl compound; and at least one lactone.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is concerned with a composition comprising caramelised carbohydrate, which composition, when dissolved in water at a dry solids content of 0.1 wt. %, exhibits: i. an absorption at 280 nm (A280) that exceeds 0.01, preferably exceeds 0.05, more preferably exceeds 0.1 and most preferably exceeds 0.3; and ii. an absorption ratio A280/560 of at least 200, preferably of at least 250. Other aspects of the invention relate to a method of manufacturing a beverage or foodstuff that is resistant to light induced flavor changes, said method comprising introducing into said beverage or foodstuff a composition as defined above; and to a process for the manufacture of said composition.

Abstract: A sweetening composition of stevia compound and a compound according to formula (I) wherein the compound according to formula (I) is present in an amount of at least 0.0001%, by weight based on the total weight of the sweetening composition. The compound attenuates the liquorice taste associated with stevia or derivatives thereof.

Abstract: The present application relates to a use of a compound of Formula I or of a mixture of compounds of Formula I: wherein R1 to R10 each independently of one another represent H, methoxy or ethoxy and at least one of the radicals R1 to R10 represents methoxy or ethoxy to intensify the sensory impression of alcohol.

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.

Abstract: The present invention provides isosorbide derivatives having the formula shown below and certain subgenera or species thereof, as flavor or taste modifiers, particularly, savory (“umami”) taste modifiers, savory flavoring agents and savory flavor enhancers in foods, beverages, and other comestible compositions,

Abstract: The present invention relates primarily to the use of one or a plurality of neoflavonoids of formula (I) and/or one or a plurality of physiologically acceptable salts of one or a plurality of neoflavonoids of formula (I) for flavor modification, in particular for altering or masking a bitter, astringent and/or metallic flavor impression of a bitter, astringent and/or metallic tasting substance and a corresponding method of flavor modification. The present invention further relates to certain mixtures and certain preparations fit for consumption containing one or a plurality of neoflavonoids of formula (I) and/or one or a plurality of physiologically acceptable salts of one or a plurality of neoflavonoids of formula (I).

Abstract: The inventions disclosed herein relate to the discovery of the use of compounds having the formula shown below and certain subgenera or species thereof, as flavor or taste modifiers, particularly, savory (“umami”) taste modifiers, savory flavoring agents and savory flavor enhancers in foods, beverages, and other comestible compositions.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: The present invention relates to spray-dried compositions capable of retaining volatile compounds and methods relating to the same. The present invention also relates to the powders produced by such methods.

Abstract: A method of masking the off-taste of an artificial or natural sweetener, comprising the addition to the sweetener of at least one compound according to the formula I in which R1 is selected from H, C1-C4 alkyl and Ph: R2 is selected from H and Me: R3 is selected from H, C1-C4 alkyl and Ph: R4 is selected from H and C1-C4 alkyl: or R3, R4 together form a five, six or seven-membered aliphatic ring.

Abstract: The present invention primarily relates to the use of dioxolanes of the following Formula (I) as fragrance and/or flavoring substances, certain perfume and/or flavoring compositions comprising these dioxolanes and corresponding perfumed and/or flavored items. The present invention also relates to a method for producing the dioxolanes of Formula (I) and certain new dioxolanes according to Formula (I).

Abstract: The use is described of a compound of Formula (I) As a flavoring or flavoring mixture for imparting, modifying and/or enhancing one, two or all the taste impressions umami, kokumi and salty. Flavoring mixtures, vegetable extracts and preparations according to the invention and associated uses and methods are also described.

Abstract: A method for imparting an aroma and/or flavor to a food product is provided. An aroma and/or flavor imparting composition containing any of (i) decanoic acid, (ii) octanoic acid and (iii) any one or more of acetol, furfural, methyltetrahydrofuranone and 2-acetyl-5-methylfuran, wherein when the amount, in parts by weight, of (i) the decanoic acid is “A”, the amount of (ii) the octanoic acid is “B”, and the total amount of (iii) acetol, furfural, methyltetrahydrofuranone and 2-acetyl-5-methylfuran is “C” and when A+B+C=100, then the addition to the beverage/food product is conducted to give a formulation shown by 0?A?60, 0?B?100, 0?C?100, 3A+B?180.