3589results about "Food ingredient as flavour affecting agent" patented technology

The present invention relates generally to functional sweetener compositions comprising non-caloric or low-caloric natural and / or synthetic high-potency sweeteners and methods for making and using them. In particular, the present invention relates to different functional sweetener compositions comprising at least one non-caloric or low-caloric natural and / or synthetic high-potency sweetener, at least one sweet taste improving composition, and at least one functional ingredient, such as a mineral. The present invention also relates to functional sweetener compositions and methods that can improve the tastes of non-caloric or low-caloric high-potency sweeteners by imparting a more sugar-like taste or characteristic. In particular, the functional sweetener compositions and methods provide a more sugar-like temporal profile, including sweetness onset and sweetness linger, and / or a more sugar-like favor profile.

Natural beverage products and methods for making the same are disclosed. The natural beverage products comprise an acidulant comprising lactic acid and at least one of tartaric and citric acids, optionally other natural carboxylic acids and no phosphoric acid.

A chewing gum composition comprises about 5% to about 95% gum base, about 5% to about 96% bulking and sweetening agents, and about 0.1% to about 15% flavor, wherein at least part of the flavor is a long-duration flavor material comprising a vinyl polymer encapsulated matrix. The matrix itself includes about 30% to about 60% acacia gum, about 30% to about 60% corn syrup solids having a DE of between about 24 and about 44 or equivalent hydrogenated starch hydrolysates, and about 2% to about 20% hydrocolloid material, with the acacia gum and corn syrup solids or hydrogenated starch hydrolysates together comprising at least 80% of the matrix. The vinyl polymer comprises between about 30% and about 80% of the long-duration flavor material.

The present invention is directed to an indulgent edible composition that provides an orally pleasurable eating experience similar to chocolate as the chocolate melts in the oral cavity comprising (a) a starch that when combined with water in a weight ratio of 5:95 starch to water, has a viscosity at 22° C. of about 0.03 Pa-s to about 2 Pa-s at a shear rate of 10 sec−1; (b) a protein-containing component that will substantially hydrate in water and will not coagulate; (c) a sweetener that when substantially hydrated is at least 90% free of crystals in said edible composition; (d) a fat-containing component that melts at a temperature of about 45° C. or less; (e) a hydrocolloid gelling agent that facilitates the formation of a gel matrix that will break down at a temperature of about 45° C. or less; and (f) an edible surfactant that is food-grade and has a HLB value of about 0 to about 12, wherein the edible composition has a total moisture content from about 10% to about 50% moisture by weight of the composition.

A beverage and supplement system comprises a beverage container having: i) a liquid contained therein; and ii) a dispensive opening. A container lid is coupled to the container adjacent the dispensive opening. An envelope is contained within the container lid, the envelope being in communication with the dispensive opening of the container and having a first side sealed to a second side with said supplement being contained therebetween. The second side of the envelope is rupturable upon application of force to said first side in order to dispense said supplement from the envelope without contacting said supplement with an external object. A removable protective cover is positionable on the container lid, the protective cover restricting access to the envelope when positioned on the container lid.

The present invention relates to a method for preparing a flavored food product, and to a method for reducing loss of flavors in a flavored product due to heat treatments. Loss of flavors by evaporation at high temperatures could be prevented by applying coating solutions in which water and encapsulated flavors have been mixed at 0.5% to 30 wt. % of capsules based on micro-organisms, a matrix component and encapsulated flavors. The coating solution was applied in high temperature coating processes or processes including heat treatment following the coating step and resulted in surprising retention of flavors in the coated food product.

An improved carbonated protein beverage / drink composition which provides a relatively high protein content, ranging from about 2% by weight to about 15% by weight, while simultaneously employing a carbonation concentration between about 0.1 volumes of carbonation (per volume of liquid drink solution or liquid drink suspension) to about 4 volumes of carbonation. Preferably the protein is whey protein. The carbonated protein beverage has been heat treated to inactivate microbes in the presence of the carbonation which is used to provide taste and mouth feel for the drink. Typically, the treatment for microbe inactivation is carried out in the individual package used for storage and handling of the carbonated protein drink.

The invention discloses nutritional health-care fine dried noodles which are developed with suaeda salsa, stigma maydis and Chinese herbal medicines such as the root of kudzu vine, gynostemma pentaphyllum, cortex phellodendri, dandelions, cornus officinalis, radix rehmanniae preparata, herba portulacae, herba houttuyniae, licorice root and stevia rebaudiana as raw materials and have the effects of reducing blood lipid and blood pressure, improving organism immunity, beautifying the face and clearing away toxins, resisting fatigue and the like. The fine dried noodles contain rich functional activated substances such as suaeda salsa and amino acid, polypeptides, water-soluble dietary fibers, ferulic acid, active polysaccharides, saponin and flavone in the Chinese herbal medicines. The fine fried noodles have the advantages that compatibility of suaeda salsa and the Chinese herbal medicines is scientific, functional components in the Chinese herbal medicines are extracted through the technologies including ultrasonic secondary crushing, enzymolysis combined compound microorganism degradation and microwave assisted extraction method, the content of organic selenium in the product is increased, the nutritional healthy functions of the product are remarkably improved, and market prospects are wide.

A protein beverage composition and a method of making it relate to a beverage including a protein essentially free of caseinate and derived from an aqueous protein isolate collected from membrane-filtration isolation of the protein and without substantial drying the protein beverage composition exhibits a pH ranging from about 2.0 to about 4.6. Substantial solubility of the protein is maintained in the beverage composition, and the protein beverage is essentially free of active microbes known to be harmful to human health, both at the time of packaging of the protein beverage and for a time period of at least one year after packaging.

The present invention relates to a bakery product with improved flavour properties and in particular an improved flavour shelf life. The product is prepared from a dough comprising flour, water, proline and an alkane polyol preferably wet, present in an effective amount to improve the flavour properties of said product when baked.

The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing a fat-based flavour concentrate obtained by a thermal reaction wherein the process comprises the step of providing a flavour precursor composition comprising at least one polyol and at least one amino compound comprising amino acids, amino acid derivatives and peptides with a dairy ingredient;followed by heating the flavour precursor composition with the dairy ingredient to generate a fat-based flavour concentrate; and cooling the fat-based flavour concentrate.

Beverage products and methods for making the same are disclosed. The beverage products comprise a non-nutritive sweetener comprising rebaudioside A and at least one of tagatose, and erythritol, and an acidulant comprising lactic, tartaric, and citric acids.

Beverage compositions sweetened with at least one non-nutritive sweetener, such as a compound from the stevia plant, including steviol glycosides, e.g., rebaudiosides such as Rebaudioside A, stevioside, etc. Lo Han Guo (LHG) juice concentrate is present in an amount sufficient to enhance the mouthfeel of the beverage, yet not affect the taste. Non-nutritive sweetened beverage compositions, natural beverage compositions, and beverage concentrates incorporating steviosides and LHG juice concentrate are provided. In addition, a method for including LHG juice concentrate in a beverage formulation to enhance the mouthfeel of a beverage sweetened with a compound from the stevia plant is provided.

The present invention discloses a hot and spicy sauce and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the field of food seasoning technology. The preparation method comprises the following main steps: preparing each raw material according to characteristics of the raw materials, heating siritch to 180-200 DEG C, adding ginger and garlic into the siritch, sauting the ginger and garlic until fragrant, adding thick broad-bean sauce into the mixture, maintaining product temperature at about 95 DEG C and stir-frying the mixture for 3-6 minutes, frying the mixture with pepper, shii-take and chilli paste, edible fungus and diced tofu for about 10 minutes, adding inspissated juice of Chinese wolfberry, red date and apple, spice material and soy sauce into the mixture, frying the mixture for additional 5 minutes at a product temperature of about 95 DEG C, adding salt, edible fungus powder, crushed peanut and sesame, continuing frying the mixture for 5 minutes, adding zanthorylum oil, stopping the fire, and maintaining product temperature at above 65 DEG C for hot filling. The hot and spicy sauce prepared in accordance with the above-mentioned preparation method is rich in nutrition, beautiful, ruddy and shiny in color, rich in gloss, salty and spicy and natural in taste, harmonious in fragrance, and crispy and chewy in taste.

The invention relates to the technical field of animal product processing and in particular relates to preserved meat and a pickling method of the preserved meat. The preserved meat is obtained by pickling pork by using edible salt, white spirit, peppers, anises, cloves, tea, white sugar and nitrate. The pickling method comprises the steps of (1) pretreatment; (2) immersing;(3) salt frying and pickling; (4) air-drying; (5) fumigation-drying; (6) cooling; and (7) package. According to the preserved meat and the pickling method of the preserved meat, the using amount of pickling ingredients is small, so that the conventional flavor and the color of the preserved meat are guaranteed; the preserved meat is brown, transparent and shiny, is the same in reality as in appearance and smells delicious; the good smell can be kept for a long time; the preserved meat is tender and fat but not greasy; furthermore, the pickling flavor is strong; lean is kermesinus, and fat is milk white; meanwhile, the salt content is only 1.6-2 percent; people do not feel seriously thirsty after eating the preserved meat. The preserved meat is immersed in boiled tea water, so that the meat has natural, fresh, cool and pleasant tea flavor; fumigation is executed by combusting tea tree branches, so that the natural tea fragrance of the preserved meat is enhanced.

Problem: To develop a method for producing a novel sweetener containing glucose, fructose, and psicose, which is produced from glucose liquid sugar using an isomerase and an epimerase; use of the novel sweetener as a food or drink material; and a novel sweetener capable of preventing obesity caused by the intake thereof.Means of Resolution: An isomerase and an epimerase are allowed to act on glucose liquid sugar produced in a glucose liquid sugar production plant to thereby produce D-psicose, thereby providing a novel sweetener (product) that maintains the degree and quality of sweetness of a glucose-fructose mixed solution and never causes obesity, a method for producing the same, and use of the same.

The present invention is directed to an indulgent edible composition that provides an orally pleasurable eating experience similar to chocolate as the chocolate melts in the oral cavity comprising (a) a starch that when combined with water in a weight ratio of 5:95 starch to water, has a viscosity at 22° C. of about 0.03 Pa-s to about 2 Pa-s at a shear rate of 10 sec−1; (b) a protein-containing component that will substantially hydrate in water and will not coagulate; (c) a sweetener that when substantially hydrated is at least 90% free of crystals in said edible composition; (d) a fat-containing component that melts at a temperature of about 45° C. or less; (e) a hydrocolloid gelling agent that facilitates the formation of a gel matrix that will break down at a temperature of about 45° C. or less; and (f) an edible surfactant that is food-grade and has a HLB value of about 0 to about 12, wherein the edible composition has a total moisture content from about 10% to about 50% moisture by weight of the composition.

Cola, reduced calorie cola, and diet cola beverage products and methods for making the same are disclosed. The cola beverages comprise water, at least one sweetener, an acidulant comprising lactic acid and at least one of tartaric and citric acids, a colorant comprising caramel class I and concentrated apple extract, and cola flavor.

The present invention relates to a hot melt extrusion process for the preparation of an active ingredient, namely a flavor or fragrance, delivery system, wherein the quenching of the extruded product to form a glass is carried out with a cooling medium of a low temperature coolant such as liquid nitrogen.

An improved carbonated protein beverage / drink composition which provides a relatively high protein content, ranging from about 2% by weight to about 15% by weight, while simultaneously employing a carbonation concentration between about 0.1 volumes of carbonation (per volume of liquid drink solution or liquid drink suspension) to about 4 volumes of carbonation. Preferably the protein is whey protein. The carbonated protein beverage may contain an additive which provides energy generation enhancement. The carbonated protein beverage is heat treated to inactivate microbes in the presence of the carbonation. Typically, the treatment for microbe inactivation is carried out in the individual package used for storage and handling of the carbonated protein drink.

The invention discloses a method for producing high-salt diluted soybean sauce through cooperative fermentation of multiple strains. The method comprises the following steps: preparing a mold starter, processing a raw material, making the starter, making mash, fermenting, oil-pumping, blending, sterilizing and packaging. Aspergillus oryzae and aspergillus niger are compounded to make the starter during the preparation of the mold starter, and Japanese schizosaccharomyces and pediococcus pentosaceus are properly added in a soy sauce mash fermentation process. The method for producing the high-salt diluted soybean sauce through cooperative fermentation of multiple strains, provided by the invention, has the characteristics of high raw material protein utilization rate, and low cost; the produced soy sauce is thick in flavor, mellow in grease flavor, and sufficient in delicate flavor.

The invention belongs to the technical field of preparation of chicken soup, and discloses chicken bone soup-stock as well as a preparation method thereof. The method comprises the following steps: after cleaning a chicken skeleton, cutting the chicken skeleton into chicken bone blocks; placing the chicken bone blocks into water, and heating and decocting to obtain chicken bone soup; filtering the chicken bone soup, filtering out bone blocks, and separating chicken oil and chicken bone cooking liquor by filter cloth after freezing the chicken bone cooking liquor; vacuum-concentrating the chicken bone cooking liquor to obtain concentrated chicken bone soup, and adding sucrose ester, xanthan gum, carrageenan, beta-cyclodextrin, table salt, white granulated sugar and a tasty agent to be fully dissolved; adding molecular distilled monoglyceride into chicken oil and fully dissolving; mixing and homogenizing the dissolved concentrated chicken soup; and vacuum-degassing the homogenized chicken bone soup, packaging, sterilizing at high pressure, and cooling to room temperature to obtain the chicken bone soup-stock. The preparation method provided by the invention is reasonable in process, simple in flow, short in product output time and convenient for normalized operation of plants. The chicken bone soup-stock obtained is milky white in color and luster, stable in state, rich in delicate flavor, long in aftertaste, abundant in nutrition and free from preservatives.

The present invention relates to oral care compositions comprising stannous ions, a mint-type flavor oil, a protectant component that prevents generation of off odor and off taste in the composition, and orally acceptable carriers. The mint-type oils include peppermint, spearmint and corn mint. Suitable protectant components include copper salts and carbonyl compounds such as ascorbic acid; cis-jasmone; 2,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxy-3(2H)-furanone; 5-ethyl-3-hydroxy-4-methyl-2(5H)-furanone; vanillin; ethyl vanillin; anisaldehyde; 3,4-methylenedioxybenzaldehyde; 3,4-dimethoxybenzaldehyde; 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde; 2-methyoxybenzaldehyde; 4-methoxybenzaldehyde; benzaldehyde; cinnamaldehyde (3-phenyl-2-propenal); hexyl cinnamaldehyde; α-methyl cinnamaldehyde; ortho-methoxy cinnamaldehyde; α-amyl cinnamaldehyde; and combinations thereof. The oral care composition may be a dentifrice.

Diet cola beverage and other beverage products and methods for making the same are disclosed. The diet cola beverages comprise water, at least one natural, potent, non-nutritive sweetener, at least one natural, low potency, low calorie sweetener, an acidulant comprising at least one of lactic, citric, tartaric, malic, fumaric, cinnamic, maleic, adipic, glutaric, and succinic acids, a caramel colorant, and cola flavor.

The invention relates to a quinoa plant protein beverage, relates to a preparation method of the beverage, and belongs to the technical field of food beverages.The quinoa plant protein beverage is prepared from a quinoa product, polydextrose, a stabilizer, a sweetening agent and softened water; the quinoa product is a quinoa concentrated solution and / or quinoa powder and / or a quinoa fermentation solution, and the protein content in the quinoa plant protein beverage is not lower than 1.0 g / 100 g.Multiple modes of combining ultrasonic cleaning, enzymolysis, microwave assisted ultrasonic extraction and hot water extraction are adopted, the raw material utilization ratio and nutrient content of quinoa are effectively increased, and the quality is effectively improved; the food safety of the product is effectively guaranteed.A preserved strain lactobacillus plantarum CGMCC NO.11763 is adopted, the quinoa concentrated solution is partially fermented, the taste of the quinoa plant protein beverage is enriched, the digestion and absorption rate is increased, and probiotic factors are supplemented.

Soy-containing beverage comprising an aqueous liquid containing deflavored soy protein material are provided. Especially preferred beverage include flavored soymilk beverage and soymilk smoothies.

The present invention relates to novel compositions X comprising following substances:(1) L-valine;(2) maltol;(3) naringin;(4) maltodextrine MD 14(5) arabicgum (spraygum);(6) acetoin;(7) delta dodecalactone;(8) delta decalactone; and(9) massoia lactone.

The invention discloses a preparation method of Muslim low-temperature mutton ham and belongs to the field of meat product processing. The preparation method of the Muslim low-temperature mutton ham comprises the steps that mutton is subjected to pretreatment, microwave-assisted vacuum rolling and kneading with specially-made curing liquid and ultrasonic wave composite variable pressure curing, then the mutton is filled and formed, and finally, after being sterilized in a composite mode at low temperature, the mutton is cooled to room temperature and stored at the temperature of 0 DEG C-4 DEG C. Hind quarters of sheep are used as raw materials of the prepared Muslim low-temperature mutton ham, and processed at low temperature, so that the loss of nutrient substances of mutton is reduced; moreover, original flavor of the mutton can be retained well, by means of ultrahigh pressure curing, tenderness of the mutton is improved, the color of the mutton is kept better, curing efficiency is improved, the processing period is shortened, novel products with high quality, high safety and long shelf life are produced, and a new thought is provided for deep processing in the mutton industry.