PRESSED AGGLOMERATES SUITABLE FOR CONSUMPTION HAVING RETARDED AROMA RELEASE

• US 20090246315A1
• Filed: 03/03/2006
• Published: 10/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Symrise AG
• Original Assignee: Symrise Gmbh & Co. Kg (Symrise AG)
• Inventors: Barnekow, Rainer, Fexer, Wolfgang
• Granted Patent: US 8,524,294 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 426/5
• CPC Class Codes: A23F 5/14 using additives, e.g. milk, sugar; Coating, e.g. for preserving flavouring A23F5/46
• CPC Class Codes: A23F 5/46 Coffee flavour; Coffee oil; Flavouring of coffee or coffee extract synthetic coffee flavours A23L27/28
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 2/395 in a particular shape or form
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 27/70 Fixation, conservation, or encapsulation of flavouring agents
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 29/30 containing carbohydrate syrups; containing sugars; containing sugar alcohols, e.g. xylitol; containing starch hydrolysates, e.g. dextrin products from apiculture A23L21/20; artificial sweetening agents A23L27/30
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 5/00 Preparation or treatment of foods or foodstuffs, in general; Food or foodstuffs obtained thereby; Materials therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 7/00 Cereal-derived products; Malt products; Preparation or treatment thereof preparation of malt for brewing C12C
• CPC Class Codes: A23P 10/25 Agglomeration or granulation by extrusion or by pressing, e.g. through small holes, through sieves or between surfaces
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2002/00 Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2200/16 Taste affecting agent
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/5114 Dextrins, maltodextrins
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/5118 Starch

Abstract

A pressed agglomerate (compacted material) which is suitable for consumption, a process for its preparation, its use for aromatizating products and products comprising such a pressed agglomerate are described.

Claims

1. A pressed agglomerate which is suitable for consumption, comprising:

a) aroma, optionally spray-dried,

b) optionally maltodextrin,

c) 1-60 wt. % of one or more cold water swellable starches, and

d) optionally one or more coloring agents which are suitable for consumption,

wherein weight percent values are based on the total weight of the pressed agglomerate.

2. The pressed agglomerate according to claim 1, comprising:

a) aroma, optionally spray-dried,

b) maltodextrin,

c) 1-60 wt. % of one or more cold water swellable starches, and

d) optionally one or more coloring agents which are suitable for consumption,

wherein weight percent values are based on the total weight of the pressed agglomerate.

3. The pressed agglomerate according to claim 1, comprising:

a) 30-95 wt. % spray-dried aroma,

wherein weight percent values are based on the total weight of the pressed agglomerate.

4. The pressed agglomerate according to claim 1, comprising:

a) 0.1-40 wt. % aroma, optionally spray-dried,

b) 30-90 wt. % maltodextrin,

c) 1-60 wt. % of one or more cold water swellable starches, and

d) optionally one or more coloring agents which are suitable for consumption,

wherein weight percent values are based on the total weight of the pressed agglomerate.

5. The pressed agglomerate according to claim 4, comprising:

a) 0.5-30 wt. % aroma, optionally spray-dried,

b) 40-80 wt. % maltodextrin,

c) 2-40 wt. % of one or more cold water swellable starches, and

d) one or more coloring agents which are suitable for consumption,

wherein weight percent values are based on the total weight of the pressed agglomerate.

6. The pressed agglomerate according to claim 4, comprising:

a) 1-25 wt. % aroma (spray-dried or not),

b) 40-80 wt. % maltodextrin,

c) 5-25 wt. % of one or more cold water swellable starches, and

d) one or more coloring agents which are suitable for consumption,

wherein weight percent values are based on the total weight of the pressed agglomerate.

7. The pressed agglomerate according to claim 1, which is free of meat.

8. The pressed agglomerate according to claim 1, wherein the pressed agglomerate is in the form of broken granules.

9. The pressed agglomerate according to claim 1, wherein the water content of the pressed agglomerate is in the range of 0.1 to 5 wt. %, based on the total weight of the pressed agglomerate.

10. The pressed agglomerate according to claim 1, wherein the agglomerate contains one or more constituents selected from the group consisting of:

preservatives, antioxidants, emulsifiers, diluents, foam preventers, sugars, sugar substitutes, sugar alcohols, sweeteners, dyestuffs, coloring agents, pigments, flavor-intensifying agents, nutraceuticals, trace elements, minerals, vitamins, acids suitable for consumption, and plant extracts.

11. A process for the preparation of a pressed agglomerate according to claim 1 comprising compression of the constituents to form the pressed agglomerate.

12. A product, comprising (i) a pressed agglomerate according to claim 1, or (ii) a mixture of different pressed agglomerates, each of the different pressed agglomerates being an agglomerate according to claim 1.

13. The product according to claim 12, wherein the product is a powder product, a dairy product, a sweet for chewing or a chewing gum.

14. The product according to claim 12, wherein the product is a beverage powder product.

15. The product according to claim 12, which comprises at least one further aroma, wherein the at least one further aroma is not a constituent of a pressed agglomerate.

16. A beverage powder product according to claim 14, comprising:

(i) 0.2-10 wt. % of pressed agglomerates or a mixture of different pressed agglomerates, the or each pressed agglomerate comprising an aroma,

(ii) 30-98 wt. % of one or more mono- or disaccharides, and

(iii) 0.01-5 wt. % of a further aroma, optionally spray-dried, wherein the further aroma is not a constituent of a pressed agglomerate,

wherein weight percent values are based on the total weight of the powdered beverage mixture.

17. A beverage powder product according to claim 14, comprising:

(i) 0.2-10 wt. % of pressed agglomerates or a mixture of different pressed agglomerates, the or each pressed agglomerate comprising an aroma,

(iii) 0.1-20 wt. % of a further aroma, optionally spray-dried, wherein the further aroma is not a constituent of a pressed agglomerate,

(iv) one or more acids suitable for consumption and/or salts thereof, and

(v) 0.1-10 wt. % of one or more high-intensity sweeteners,

wherein weight percent values are based on the total weight of the powdered beverage mixture.

18. A beverage powder product according to claim 14, comprising:

(i) 1-2.5 wt. % of pressed agglomerates or a mixture of different pressed agglomerates, the or each pressed agglomerate comprising an aroma and a coloring agent,

(ii) 0-95 wt. % of sucrose,

(iii) 0.4-12 wt. % of a spray-dried aroma which is not a constituent of a pressed agglomerate, the aroma in the spray-dried aroma differing from the aroma used in the pressed agglomerates of constituent (i), the spray-dried aroma further comprising a further coloring agent differing from the coloring agent(s) used in the pressed agglomerates of constituent (i),

(iv) 0-35 wt. % of one or more solid acids suitable for consumption and/or salts thereof,

(v) 0-4 wt. % of one or more high-intensity sweeteners,

(vi) 0-0.5 wt. % of a clouding agent,

(vii) 0-0.5 wt. % of one or more thickening agents,

(viii) 0-50 wt. % maltodextrin, in addition to any maltodextrin, if present, which is part of any of constituents (i) and (iii),

wherein weight percent values are based on the total weight of the powdered beverage mixture.

19. A process of producing a beverage comprising dissolving a product according to claim 16 in water or an aqueous mixture.

20. A method of aromatizing or flavoring a product, comprising adding to the product a pressed agglomerate according to claim 1 or a mixture of different pressed agglomerates, each of the different pressed agglomerates being an agglomerate according to claim 1, whereby the product is aromatized or flavored.

21. The process of claim 11, wherein the compression is by roller pressing.

22. The product of claim 12, wherein the product is suitable for consumption.

23. The product of claim 15, wherein the aroma is in spray-dried form.

24. The beverage of claim 18, wherein the solid acids and/or salts thereof are 0.5-35 wt. %.

25. The beverage of claim 18, wherein the one or more high-intensity sweeteners are 0-4 wt. %.

26. The beverage of claim 18, wherein the clouding agent is 0.1-0.5 wt. %.

27. The beverage of claim 18, wherein the one or more thickening agents is 0.01-0.5 wt. %.

28. The beverage of claim 18, wherein the maltodextrin, in addition to any maltodextrin, if present, which is part of any of constituents (i) and (iii), is 1-50 wt %.

29. The method of claim 20, wherein the product is suitable for consumption.