Abstract:
This disclosure provides a method of making vanillin including expressing 4- hydroxyphenylacetate 3-hyrdroxylase, caffeic acid 3-O-methyltransferase, methionine synthase, feruloyl-CoA synthetase, and enoyl-CoA hydratase/aldolase in a mixture, feeding p-coumaric acid to the mixture, and collecting vanillin. It further includes an enzyme, such as caffeic acid 3-O-methyltransferase, that facilitates the increased conversion of caffeic acid to ferulic acid, wherein the enzyme has been modified at a residue that allows for increased methylation of ferulic acid, and a method of using the enzyme in the making of ferulic acid followed by vanillin.
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 (i) or (ii); (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:
A method of providing a desirable vanilla beany flavor in an orally-receivable product, includes adding to a product base at least one compound selected from the group consisting of those according to Formulae (I) and (II) in which R' is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl and -CHO, and R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-C10 linear alkyl, C3-C10 branched alkyl, C2-C10 linear alkenyl, C3-C10 branched alkenyl, C1-C2 hydroxyalkyl, C1-C2 alkylcarboxy, tetrahydrofuranyl and a group of the formula (VII)