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Title:
STABILIZATION OF AROMA-PROVIDING COMPONENTS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2002076239
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A process for stabilizing an aroma-providing component such as coffee aroma against loss or degradation of desirable flavor or sensory characteriestics of its aroma during storage. The aroma-providing component is associated with a stabilizing agent in an amount effective to chemically interact with undesirable compounds to form a stabilized aroma-providing component which (a) retains a significant portion of one or more of the desirable flavor or sensory characteristics of the aroma in the aroma-containing componetn during storage, or (b) reduces off flavor generation during storage of the aroma-providing component. The stabilizing agent preferably is a nucleophile that contains sulfur or nitrogen , such as sulfur dioxide, sulfites, compounds that contain or generate thiols, amines or amino acids, cystenine, gluathione or an enzyme. The stabilized aroma-providing component retains the desirable flavor and sensory characteristics of the aroma for a time period of at least six months to one year or longer.

Inventors:
ZHENG YING (US)
CHENG PU-SHENG (US)
MILO CHRISTIAN (CH)
Application Number:
PCT/EP2002/002866
Publication Date:
December 12, 2002
Filing Date:
March 13, 2002
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
NESTLE SA (CH)
ZHENG YING (US)
CHENG PU-SHENG (US)
MILO CHRISTIAN (CH)
International Classes:
A23F3/42; A23F5/00; A23F5/24; A23F5/26; A23F5/46; A23F5/48; A23F5/50; A23G1/00; A23G3/00; A23G3/48; A23G9/32; A23G1/30; A23G9/42; A23L2/00; A23L2/44; A23L2/56; A23L3/3526; A23L3/3535; A23L27/00; A23L27/10; A23L27/20; A23L27/21; A23L27/28; C11B9/00; C11B9/02; (IPC1-7): A23F5/46; A23F5/24; A23F3/40; A23L1/22; A23L1/221; A23L1/226; A23L1/227; A23L1/234; A23L3/34; A23L3/3526; A23L3/3535
Domestic Patent References:
WO2000069274A12000-11-23
Foreign References:
EP0934702A11999-08-11
US3421906A1969-01-14
US2892718A1959-06-30
US4378380A1983-03-29
US5888562A1999-03-30
EP0277688A21988-08-10
Other References:
DATABASE WPI Week 199641, Derwent World Patents Index; AN 1996-405953, XP002214128
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