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US20080199584A1
US20080199584A1 US12/065,189 US6518906A US2008199584A1 US 20080199584 A1 US20080199584 A1 US 20080199584A1 US 6518906 A US6518906 A US 6518906A US 2008199584 A1 US2008199584 A1 US 2008199584A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
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    • A23V—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND LACTIC OR PROPIONIC ACID BACTERIA USED IN FOODSTUFFS OR FOOD PREPARATION
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  • the present invention relates to the field of improving the flavour of foodstuffs, beverages, pharmaceutics, tobacco products and oral care products. More particularly, the present invention provides flavour compositions that can be used to confer a fuller and richer taste to foodstuffs, beverages, pharmaceutics, tobacco products and oral care products.
  • the flavour compositions according to the invention are characterised by the presence of one or more flavour modulating substances that are capable of improving and complementing the impact of other flavour imparting substances.
  • the present invention also encompasses the use of the aforementioned flavour modulating substances for improving the taste of foodstuffs, beverages, pharmaceutics, tobacco products and oral care products, as well as to foodstuffs, beverages, pharmaceutics, tobacco products and oral care products containing these substances.
  • the flavour of foodstuffs and beverages consists of two parts: the aroma and the taste.
  • aroma In general what is perceived through the olfactory epithelium in the nasal cavity is referred to as ‘aroma’, whereas the term ‘taste’ is generally used to describe the sensory impact that is perceived via the mouth, especially the tongue.
  • the flavour sensation experienced upon consumption, especially the taste provides the final analysis of food prior to ingestion thereof.
  • Visual and olfactory (smell) signals already give a first indication but only after intake of the food into the mouth the final decision is made either to ingest or to reject the food.
  • Sweet taste is usually a signal that the food is safe (appetising) leading to ingestion of the food.
  • Chlorogenic acids are claimed to enhance sweetness and to reduce bitterness (WO02100192).
  • flavourings In sweet and beverage products, further examples of the importance of the gustative dimension of flavourings have been reported. These examples include taste attributes such as bitterness, tingling and cooling-freshness.
  • bitterness is an essential aspect of some food flavours, among which chocolate taste.
  • Purine alkaloids like theobromine and caffeine, as well as amino acids and peptides have been known for a long time as bitter substances.
  • British patent no. GB 1420909 it is disclosed that the bitter flavour of cocoa can be reproduced using a combination of a purine alkaloid and an amino acid or an oligopeptide which ‘produces a surprisingly more natural simultaneously bitter and astringent flavour note than either of these types of substances alone’.
  • Menthol an important constituent of peppermint oil, has a strong impact on flavoured products not only because of its mint smell but also because it imparts a cooling and fresh taste.
  • menthol in other types of flavour to impart a cool taste.
  • US patent application no. US2005013846 discloses how menthol and derivatives thereof can be used as flavouring in water continuous spreadable acidified food products to obtain table spreads exhibiting a fresh, cool taste impression.
  • cinnamic aldehyde and eugenol constituents of cinnamon oil
  • flavouring composition for confectionery products, not only for their smell but also because they impart a warm and tingling taste.
  • the oral pungency of cinnamic aldehyde was described as burning and tingling by Cliff M and Heymann H [Journal of Sensory Studies 7 (1992)279-290]. According to the same authors eugenol exhibits a long-lasting numbing effect.
  • Cinnamon oil has been proposed as a taste improving flavouring.
  • International patent application no. WO9006689 discloses that cinnamon oil, among other spice extracts, added to a minty flavour formulation, can be used to improve the long-lasting flavour of chewing-gum.
  • flavour modulating substances that provide a positive contribution to the flavour, especially taste, of foodstuffs, beverages, pharmaceutics, tobacco products and oral care products they are incorporated in.
  • One objective of the present invention therefore is to provide such substances and compositions comprising them.
  • the present inventors have surprisingly found that the substances according to formulas (I) and (II) and edible salts and esters thereof can be used advantageously to improve the flavour of foodstuffs, beverages, pharmaceutics, tobacco products and oral care products:
  • the present flavour modulating substances can advantageously be employed to impart desirable taste attributes in a wide variety of applications and products, especially food, beverages and confectionery.
  • the present flavour modulating substances are capable of modifying the taste and/or aroma impact of other flavour ingredients contained within these same products, thereby improving the overall flavour quality of these products.
  • WO 92/06601 discloses certain amide based, non-caloric sugar substitutes derived from sugar carboxylic acids and amino alcohols, which possess similar physical rheological and colligative properties to sucrose. These substances may be used as sugar substitutes for formulated foods such as confectioneries, beverages, bakery products and the like, in order to simulate the structure, texture, freezing point depression, moisture retention, density, water solubility, solution viscosity properties, stability, non-reactivity and appearance characteristics of sucrose. Optionally these sugar substitutes may be used in combination with a high potency (artificial) sweetener, typical proportions thereof ranging from about 0.2 to 2.0 parts of artificial sweetener per 100 parts of the sugar substitute.
  • WO 92/06601 discloses a foodstuff (yellow cake) comprising 28.3 wt % of the sugar substitute.
  • the present invention thus relates to the aforementioned flavour modulating substances and to flavour compositions, foodstuffs, beverages, pharmaceutics, tobacco products and oral care products comprising one or more of these flavour modulating substances.
  • Other aspects of the present invention relate to the use of said flavour modulating substances for improving the flavour of foodstuffs, beverages, pharmaceutics, tobacco products and oral care products.
  • Flavour modulating substances that can be used in accordance with the present invention are selected from the group of substances represented by the following formula (I) or (II), edible salts thereof and edible esters thereof:
  • a first aspect of the invention therefore provides a flavour modulating substance selected from the group of substances represented by said formulas (I) or (II), edible salts thereof and edible esters thereof, as defined here above, with the proviso that said substance is not N-[2-hydroxypropyl]-gluconamide, N-[2-hydroxypropyl]-glucoheptonamide, an edible salt thereof or an edible ester thereof.
  • Another aspect of the invention provides a composition comprising at least 0.001 ppm, preferably at least 0.01 ppm, more preferably at least 0.1 ppm, still more preferably at least 1 ppm of one or more flavour modulating substances selected from the group of substances represented by said formula (I) or formula (II), edible salts thereof and edible esters thereof, as defined here above, with the proviso that said one or more flavour modulating substances do not comprise N-[2-hydroxypropyl]-gluconamide, N-[2-hydroxypropyl]-glucoheptonamide, edible salts thereof and/or edible esters thereof.
  • Still another aspect of the invention provides a flavour composition comprising i) at least 0.1 wt.
  • flavour modulating substances selected from the group of substances represented by formula (I) or (II), edible salts thereof and edible esters thereof, with the proviso that if the composition comprises N-[2-hydroxypropyl]-gluconamide, N-[2-hydroxypropyl]-glucoheptonamide, an edible salt thereof and/or an edible ester thereof, the ratio between these flavour modulating substances and the flavouring substances is less than 50:1.
  • the present (flavour) compositions do not comprise N-[2-hydroxypropyl]-gluconamide, N-[2-hydroxypropyl]-glucoheptonamide, edible salts thereof and/or edible esters thereof.
  • flavouring substance encompasses any substance that is not represented by formula (I) and that is capable of imparting a detectable flavour impact, especially at a concentration below 0.1 wt. %, more preferably below 0.01 wt. %, as well as sweeteners, including saccharide sweeteners and artificial sweeteners.
  • the present flavouring substance belongs to one of the chemical classes of alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, esters, ethers, acetates, nitriles, terpene hydrocarbons, nitrogenous or sulphurous heterocyclic compounds and essential oils, and said flavouring substances can be of natural or synthetic origin. Many of these are listed in reference texts such as the book by S. Arctander, Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, 1969, Montclair, N.J., USA, or its more recent versions, or in other works of a similar nature, as well as in the abundant patent literature in the field of flavours.
  • saccharide sweetener refers to sweeteners that contain one or more saccharide units and that exhibit a sweetness potency that is of the same order of magnitude as the sweetness potency of sucrose. Typically, the sweetness potency of such saccharide sweeteners is between 20% and 500% the sweetness potency of sucrose.
  • artificial sweetener is used in here to refer to synthetic sweeteners that have a much higher sweetener potency than sucrose, especially a sweetness potency that exceeds the sweetness potency of sucrose by at least a factor 10, preferably by at least a factor 20.
  • flavour modulating refers to the capability of a composition or substance to alter the taste and/or aroma impact of other, flavour imparting, substances present within the same product, with the proviso that this change in taste and/or aroma impact is not caused by the flavour contribution of said flavour modulating composition or substance per se, but instead that it mainly results from the combined effect of on the one hand the flavour modulating composition or substance and on the other hand the other flavour imparting substances.
  • the present substances combine the capability of modulating the taste and/or aroma impact of other, flavour imparting, substances and a taste contribution of their own. The favourable impact of the present flavour modulating substances is believed to be the result of the combination of these two effects.
  • the flavour composition according to the invention contains at least 0.1 wt. % of the flavour modulating substances as defined above.
  • the amount of the flavour modulating substances does not exceed 90 wt. %, preferably it does not exceed 40 wt. %, even more preferably the flavour composition comprises less than 25 wt % of the flavour modulating substance, most preferably less than 5 wt %.
  • flavour composition according to the invention comprises flavouring substances in an amount of at least 0.5 wt. %, preferably at least 1 wt. %, based on the total weight of the composition.
  • amount of flavouring substances does not exceed 95 wt %, more preferably it does not exceed 50 wt %.
  • flavour modulating substances and flavouring substances as defined herein before are employed in a weight ratio of less than 50:1, preferably less than 20:1.
  • said weight ratio is within the range of 1:100 to 10:1, more preferably within the range of 1:50 to 5:1.
  • the flavour modulating substances and flavouring substances are employed in a weight ratio that does not exceed 1:1.
  • flavouring composition comprises a flavour modulating substance selected from N-[2-hydroxypropyl]-gluconamide, N-[2-hydroxypropyl]-glucoheptonamide, salts thereof and esters thereof, said flavouring composition comprising artificial sweetener, said ratio of the total amount of these flavour modulating substance(s) and the amount of artificial sweetener is less than 50:1, more preferably less than 20:1. Most preferably, the present flavouring composition contains essentially no artificial sweetener.
  • the flavour composition according to the present invention may suitably be prepared in the form of a liquid, a paste or a powder.
  • the flavour composition is a free flowing powder.
  • the present flavour composition comprises at least one flavour carrier, i.e. a material which does not significantly alter the organoleptic properties of the composition.
  • Said carrier may be liquid or solid. Suitable examples include maltodextrin, modified starch, gum Arabic, ethanol and propylene glycol.
  • the present flavouring composition is selected from the group consisting of dairy flavourings, e.g. butter and milk flavourings, fruit flavourings, e.g. citrus and red fruit flavourings, savoury flavourings, e.g. meat and cheese flavourings, and bread flavourings.
  • flavour modulating substances according to formulas (I) and (II) wherein one of R 1 and R 2 represent C 3 -C 4 alkyl or C 3 -C 4 alkenyl substituted with 3 or 4 substituents selected from hydroxyl and oxo, more preferably butyl wherein each carbon atom is substituted with a substituent selected from hydroxyl and oxo and one of R 1 and R 2 represents hydrogen.
  • RK and/or R 1 represent C 1 -C 2 alkyl or C 1 -C 2 carboxyl each optionally substituted with a hydroxyl group. Still more preferably one of R 1 and R 2 represent a methyl group. In a most preferred embodiment one of RK and R 2 represents hydrogen.
  • R 3 represents hydrogen
  • X in formula (I) or (II) represents ethylene, substituted with 1-4 methyl groups. More preferably X represents ethylene substituted with 2-4 methyl groups, more preferably X represents ethylene substituted with 2 methyl groups, most preferably X represents 1,1-dimethylethylene, or 2,2-dimethylethylene.
  • the one or more flavour modulating substances are selected from the group of substances represented by formula (I), edible alts thereof and edible esters thereof.
  • the present invention relates to flavour modulating substances and to compositions comprising them, as defined herein before, wherein said flavour modulating substances are selected from the group of derivatives of ⁇ -hydroxycarboxylic acids, preferably lactic acid, malic acid, tartaric acid, citric acid, glucuronic acid, galactumic acid or an aldonic acid such as allonic acid, altronic acid, gluconic acid, mannonic acid, gulonic acid, idonic acid, galactonic acid and talonic acid; and an amine selected from 2-methyl-2-aminopropanol, 2-methyl-1-amino-2-propanol and 2-methyl-2-aminopropyl dihydrogen phosphate; most preferably derivatives of lactic acid or gluconic acid and 2-methyl-2-amino-1-propanol; as well as edible salts and esters thereof.
  • said flavour modulating substances are selected from the group of derivatives of ⁇ -hydroxycarboxylic acids, preferably lactic acid, malic acid,
  • said flavour modulating substances are selected from the group of 2-hydroxy-N-(2-hydroxy-2-methylpropyl)-propanamide, N-lactoyl 1-amino-2-propanol, N-lactoyl 2-amino-i-propanol, N-lactoyl 2-amino-2-methylpropanol, N-gluconyl 1-amino-2-methyl-2-propanol, N-gluconyl 1-amino-2-propanol, N-gluconyl 2-amino-1-propanol, N-gluconyl 2-amino-2-methylpropanol, N-(2-mercaptopropyl)lactamide, edible salts thereof and edible esters thereof.
  • the flavour modulating substances are selected from the group of substances represented by formula (I), edible salts thereof, and edible esters thereof, even more preferably from the group of 2-hydroxy-N-(2-hydroxy-2-methylpropyl)-propanamide, N-lactoyl 1-amino-2-propanol, N-lactoyl 2-amino-1-propanol, N-lactoyl 2-amino-2-methylpropanol, N-gluconyl 1-amino-2-methyl-2-propanol, N-gluconyl 1-amino-2-propanol, N-gluconyl 2-amino-1-propanol, N-gluconyl 2-amino-2-methylpropanol edible salts thereof and edible esters thereof
  • the term ‘edible esters thereof’ encompasses any edible derivative of the present flavour modulating substances and an acid.
  • said acid is an organic acid such as a substituted or non-substituted, linear or branched C 1 -C 6 carboxylic acid, more preferably a C 1 -C 4 carboxylic acid, most preferably a C 1 -C 3 carboxylic acid, or alternatively an inorganic acid such as phosphoric acid.
  • Such esters may be hydrolysed to produce flavour modulating substances according to the present invention during storage, processing and the like (acting as so called precursors).
  • the present flavour modulating substance is selected from the group of substances represented by formulas (I) or (II) as defined herein before and edible salts thereof.
  • flavour modulating substances are very useful ingredients which, in the presence of other flavouring substances, are capable of imparting highly appreciated taste sensations to the products in which they are incorporated, specifically “roundness”, “fullness”, “substance”, “continuity”, “ginger-like”, “tingling”, “fatty”, “metallic”, “umami” and/or “bitter”. Because of this, the present flavour modulating substances can be employed to improve the taste of foodstuffs, beverages, pharmaceutics, tobacco products and oral care products.
  • flavour modulating substances of the present invention are capable of imparting highly desirable taste attributes.
  • flavour modulating substances according to the invention are capable of modifying and complementing the sensory impact of other, flavour imparting, substances contained in the aforementioned products.
  • flavour modulating substances according to the invention are not particularly volatile, they do not produce a strong aroma impact, even though they can affect the aroma impact of other, flavour imparting, substances.
  • aroma refers to the aspect of taste that is perceived through the olfactory epithelium. Because of the low volatility of the present flavour modulating substances it is believed that the advantageous properties of these substances are somehow associated with the impact that these substances have on the sensory receptors located within the mouth.
  • WO 92/06601 describes ingredients that, because of the physical properties thereof, could be used to replace sucrose as a structuring and/or texturizing agent in sweetened foodstuffs such as confectionery products, bakery products and beverages.
  • Two of the substances described in this document are N-[2-hydroxypropyl]-gluconamide and/or N-[2-hydroxypropyl]-glucoheptonamide.
  • these ‘structuring agents’ have to be applied in major amounts in food applications.
  • WO 92/06601 describes a yellow cake comprising 28.3 wt % of said structuring agent.
  • WO 92/06601 only mentions that the structuring agents disclosed therein, have a sweetness potency corresponding to 0-100% of that of sucrose, and that, in order to accomplish the same final effect as sucrose in formulated foods, an amount of artificial high potency sweetener might be included in proportions ranging between 0.2-2.0 parts of sweetener per 100 parts of the structuring agent.
  • present flavour modulating substances differs from this disclosure in that they are used only in minor amounts in order to impart a taste improving effect in combination with other (volatile) flavour substances.
  • the contribution thereof on structure and texture, i.e. on the physical properties, is essentially insignificant.
  • Yet another aspect of the present invention relates to a product selected from the group consisting of foodstuffs, beverages, pharmaceutics, tobacco products and oral care products, said product comprising between 0.1 and 10,000 ppm (mg/kg) of one or more flavour modulating substances as defined herein before. More preferably, the product contains at least 1 ppm, most preferably at least 5 ppm of the one or more flavour modulating substances. Typically, the aforementioned products contain the flavour modulating substance(s) in a concentration of not more than 5,000 ppm, preferably of not more than 2,000 ppm. The present products may further comprise one or more other flavouring substances, typically in amounts of 5-20,000 ppm, more preferably 10-10,000 ppm. The precise level in which the present substances are incorporated depends on the nature of the flavour modulating substance(s) and the nature of the product, as will be clear to the skilled person.
  • flavour modulating substances and flavouring substances as defined herein before are employed in a weight ratio of less than 50: 1, preferably less than 20:1.
  • said weight ratio is within the range of 1:100 to 10:1, more preferably within the range of 1:50 to 5:1.
  • the flavour modulating substances and flavouring substances are employed in a weight ratio that does not exceed 1:1.
  • the present products comprising N-[2-hydroxypropyl]-gluconamide, N-[2-hydroxypropyl]-glucoheptonamide, edible salts thereof and/or edible esters thereof preferably exhibit a weight ratio of said flavour modulating substances and other flavouring substances of less than 50:1, preferably less than 10:1.
  • the present product contains no N-[2-hydroxypropyl]-gluconamide, N-[2-hydroxypropyl]-glucoheptonamide, edible salts thereof and edible esters thereof.
  • said product does not contain added saccharide sweetener or artificial sweetener.
  • the product contains N-[2-hydroxypropyl]-gluconamide, N-[2-hydroxypropyl]-glucoheptonamide, edible salts thereof and/or edible esters thereof in combination with added sweetener, said product being characterised by the fact that the weight ratio of the flavour modulating substances and saccharide sweetener does not exceed 1:1, preferably does not exceed 1:2; and by the fact that the weight ratio of the taste improving substances and artificial sweetener is less than 50:1, preferably less than 10:1, even more preferably less than 1:1.
  • Typical examples of foodstuffs according to the present invention include yoghurt, ice cream, desserts, confectioneries, bakery products, sweet snacks, seasonings, sauces, stock, soups, dressings and ready meals.
  • the benefits of the present invention may also be realised in beverages, in oral care products such as toothpaste and mouthwash, in pharmaceutics such as pills and elixirs and in tobacco products, which includes any type of tobacco product for smoking as well as for non-smoking applications. It is noted that tobacco-like products are available for both smoking and non-smoking applications.
  • the use of the present flavour modulating substances in these tobacco substitutes is also encompassed by the present invention.
  • the present invention relates to a process of improving the flavour of a foodstuff, a beverage, a pharmaceutical product, a tobacco product or an oral care product, comprising adding to said product one or more flavour modulating substances as defined herein before. More preferably the present process comprises adding to said product an amount of at least 0.1 ppm (mg/kg), still more preferably at least 5 ppm, most preferably at least 10 ppm of the present one or more flavour modulating substances. It is furthermore preferred that said amount does not exceed 10,000 ppm (mg/kg), more preferably it does not exceed 5,000 ppm, most preferably it does not exceed 2,000 ppm.
  • Substances according to formulas (I) and (II) are suitably produced by reacting an ⁇ -hydroxycarboxylic acid represented by the following formula (III) and/or edible salts and/or esters thereof and an amine represented by the following formula (IV) or formula (V) respectively, and/or edible salts and/or esters thereof:
  • R1, R2, R3 and X have the same meaning as defined herein before with regard to formulas (I) and (II).
  • flavour modulating substance preferably a flavour modulating substance as defined herein before, comprising reacting an a-hydroxycarboxylic acid represented by formula (III) and/or edible salts and/or esters thereof and an amine represented by formula (IV) or formula (V) and/or edible salts and/or esters thereof.
  • the ⁇ -hydroxycarboxylic acid is selected from the group of lactic acid, malic acid, tartaric acid, citric acid, glucuronic acid, galactumic acid or an aldonic acid such as allonic acid, altronic acid, gluconic acid, mannonic acid, gulonic acid, idonic acid, galactonic acid and talonic acid; and the amine is selected from 2-methyl-2-aminopropanol, 2-methyl-1-amino-2-propanol, 2-methyl-2-aminopropyl dihydrogen phosphate and 1-aminopropane-2-thiol.
  • said reaction is performed by heating to reflux said reactants in an organic solvent, such as toluene, hexane or benzylalcohol, for a period of between 0.1-10 hours.
  • an organic solvent such as toluene, hexane or benzylalcohol
  • the reaction product is typically obtained as a precipitate and can be isolated by evaporating the solvent and optionally further purified using any of the techniques known by the skilled person, such as chromatography and crystallization.
  • Another aspect of the present invention relates to substances obtainable by this process.
  • the reaction was carried out in a closed tube placed in a steam reaction block.
  • the tube was charged with 20 g of a 32% aqueous ammonia solution and 5 g 2,2-dimethyl oxirane and kept at a temperature of 95° C. for 2 hours. Then the tube was cooled to room temperature. The excess ammonia was evaporated by heating the reaction mixture to 70° C. Water was removed on a rotary evaporator. 4.5 g of 1-amino-2-methyl-2-propanol was obtained and analyzed by GC.
  • the crude product was then purified on a column filled with 50 g of silica gel 60 F254 (0.06-0.02mm) in 200 ml THF.
  • 2.4 g crude N-lactoyl 1-amino-2-methyl-2-propanol was dissolved in THF and then the solution was transferred to the top of the silica gel column.
  • the column was eluted with THF and fractions of 20 ml were collected. A total of 22 fractions were collected. Finally the column was rinsed with 100 ml methanol. All fractions were checked by TLC. Fractions were selected and combined, based on the results of TLC analysis (shown below in table 1). Then the solvent was removed on the rotary evaporator to furnish the purified product. Only the obtained product from fractions 3 till 5 was sampled for NMR analysis.
  • Ice cream composition % Hydrogenated coconut fat (CN32) 8.00 Skimmed milkpowder 7.00 Whey protein concentrate 3.00 Sucrose 12.00 Corn syrup solids (DE39) 5.00 Sherex IC 9328 0.50 Flavour + Colour + Water Up to 100
  • a standard chicken soup was prepared. The quantity was split in two. One part was kept as reference and the other part was dosed to contain 5 ppm of N-gluconyl 2-amino-2-methyl-propanol (as prepared in Example 8). The soups were tasted by a professional panel.
  • the soup containing the N-gluconyl 2-amino-2-methyl-propanol was unanimously described as more tasteful, more complete, more body, more fatty.
  • Two different soft drinks A and B were prepared by adding respectively 40 ppb and 4 ppm of N-lactoyl 2-amino-2-methyl-propanol (as prepared in Example 4) to a commercially available carbonated orange flavoured soft drink.
  • Sample A was judged as more natural, with a more juicy character than the original.
  • Sample B exhibited the tingling character typical of the flavour modulating substances of the present invention, which was judged as very pleasant and particularly well suited for the orange flavour.

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