Abstract:
The present invention provides with a method for producing compositions with a chicken flavour. The compositions of the invention can be obtained by applying the following method: (a) preparing a mixture comprising at least one reducing carbohydrate and at least one amino acid; (b) keeping the mixture at a temperature sufficient for the reducing carbohydrate and amino acid to react with each other; (c) adding to the mixture a composition comprising arachidonic acid, whereby said arachidonic acid is esterified for at least 50% w/w, preferably at least 65% w/w, more preferably at least 80% w/w, most preferably at least 90% w/w to the glycerol moiety of a triglyceride; and (d) keeping the mixture at a temperature sufficient for the chicken flavour to develop; and possibly: (e) drying the composition under mild conditions. The use of an oil rich in arachidonic acid, whereby said arachidonic acid is esterified to the glycerol moiety of a triglyceride, confers an enhanced stability to the compositions obtained. A composition of the invention is stable at room temperature for at least one year.
Abstract:
A food composition containing a flavoring agent of a precursor mixture of flavorings. The precursor mixture of flavorings includes at least one polysulfide and at least one non-volatile source of sulfur having at lease one sulfhydryl group. The precursor mixture generates an aromatic note due to the formation of thiols when heated above 50null C. to provide a roasted or grilled aromatic flavor note to the food composition.
Abstract:
A direct esterification system for food processing utilizing an oxidative reaction. Ozonated water and peracetic acid are combined and oxidatively react with food sauce constituents to form esters that provide desired flavor and olfactory characteristics. The oxidative reaction simultaneously disinfects the food constituents and provides requisite acid and moisture components to the finished food product.
Abstract:
Process for preparing a flavoring composition suitable as a butter flavor block by subjecting triglyceride fats, fatty acids or fatty acid derivatives to oxidizing conditions, comprising: (a) admixing an anti-oxidant to triglyceride fats, fatty acids or fatty acid derivatives at least to a concentration which is sufficient to increase the induction period of the fat by a factor of 1.5, (b) heating the mixture for 0.5 hours-1 week at 50.degree.-150.degree. C. under access of atmospheric oxygen and in the presence of water, under the condition that the triglyceride fats, fatty acids or fatty acid derivatives contain at least one poly-unsaturated fatty acid with an omega-3 non-conjugatable double bond system in an amount of >0.01 wt. %. Such fatty acids or derivatives of fatty acid are preferably obtained by partially hydrogenating a natural vegetable glyceride fat.
Abstract:
A process for manufacturing flavors from the spent mash of a fermentation mixture is provided wherein the spent mash of the fermentation mixture after distillation is separated into two constituent portions, the thin stillage and the wet distillers' grains. The thin stillage portion is then combined with a base to adjust pH thereof to between about 7 and about 11. The pH-adjusted thin stillage portion is then cooked at a temperature between about 130.degree. F. and about 210.degree. F. for a period of about 4 to about 14 hours. The cooked solution is concentrated in an evaporator until about 30% wt. solids level is obtained. The product is then dried to about 5-about 10% wt. moisture content. The product obtained has different flavors, depending on the base added and the pH of the cooking step. If the base is sodium hydroxide, the product has a bland, sweet or yeasty flavor if the pH is 8.5, maple or caramel flavor if the pH is 9.5, and a cracker or nutty flavor if the pH is 10.5. The product also comprises about 10 to about 28% wt. of total dietary fiber. Instead of the thin stillage, a yeast-containing by-product of beer production, brewers' cream yeast or brewers spent yeast, can be used as the starting material for the process.
Abstract:
A process for manufacturing flavors from the spent mash of a fermentation mixture is provided wherein the spent mash of the fermentation mixture after distillation is separated into two constituent portions, the thin stillage and the wet distillers' grains. The thin stillage portion is then combined with a base to adjust pH thereof to between about 7 and about 11. The pH-adjusted thin stillage portion is then cooked at a temperature between about 130.degree. F. and about 210.degree. F. for a period of about 4 to about 14 hours. The cooked solution is concentrated in an evaporator until about 30% wt. solids level is obtained. The product is then dried to about 5-about 10% wt. moisture content. The product obtained has different flavors, depending on the base added and the pH of the cooking step. If the base is sodium hydroxide, the product has a bland, sweet or yeasty flavor if the pH is 8.5, maple or caramel flavor if the pH is 9.5, and a cracker or nutty flavor if the pH is 10.5. The product also comprises about 10 to about 28% wt. of total dietary fiber. Instead of the thin stillage, a yeast-containing by-product of beer production, brewers' cream yeast or brewers spent yeast, can be used as the starting material for the process.
Abstract:
An aroma-generating flavor composition is described which will generate desirable aromas when a food and/or a package is subjected to microwave radiation. The composition comprises an aroma-generating material which is either a sugar alone or in combination with an amino acid source. Also, the composition contains an effective amount of a microwave susceptible material in conductive heat transfer relationship with the sugar and/or amino acid source, the microwave susceptible material when irradiated with microwave energy provides sufficient heat to cause a chemical reaction thereby generating desirable aromas.
Abstract:
A process for obtaining an aqueous soluble butter flavor is disclosed comprising cooking together an aqueous combination of sugar and butter in a ratio of 50:1 to 1:10 at a temperature of about 150.degree. F. to 250.degree. F. for about 0.5-5 hours. The resultant emulsion is separated to recover an aqueous phase having a cooked butter flavor. When incorporated into low calorie table syrups, the flavor imparts a cooked butter taste and maintains the syrup as a clear composition. Low fat spreads may also successfully utilize the recovered cooked butter flavor phase.
Abstract:
A meat flavorant is prepared by oxidizing a lipid material to form oxidation products therein, combining the lipid material with a sulfur containing compound and with a source of amino acids including an animal protein hydrolysate and reacting the combined ingredients until substantially all of the oxidation products have been consumed.
Abstract:
4-Hydroxy-5-methyl-2,3-dihydrofuranone-3 is obtained by heating a solution with pH between 1 and 7 of a 5-keto-aldohexonic acid or a derivative thereof in a polar solvent at a temperature of 70.degree. C. to 150.degree. C. The 5-keto-aldohexonic acid is preferably 5-ketogluconic acid.Meat flavors are obtained by heating the 5-keto-aldohexonic acid under the same conditions in the presence of a hydrogen sulphide donor like e.g. cysteine. This reaction product may be incorporated into foodstuffs. Also a process of modifying the organoleptic properties of a foodstuff or an ingredient for a foodstuff having a pH between 5 and 7 before consumption and which has to be heated at least 15 minutes to at least 70.degree. C. by incorporating from 30 to 2000 ppm of a 5-keto-aldohexonic acid is described.