Flavored composition

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12382980-B2
Application number	US-202117904893-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 24, 2021
Priority date	Feb 26, 2020
Publication date	Aug 12, 2025
Grant date	Aug 12, 2025

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to the field of delivery systems. Disclosed herein are a flavored composition, a process for preparing a flavored composition and consumer products including said flavored composition.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A dry flavored composition comprising:
an insoluble food carrier, and
a coating on the insoluble food carrier, wherein the coating comprises:
an oil phase comprising a flavor oil,
a polar phase comprising a water-soluble matrix material and an aqueous natural extract comprising a water-soluble flavor, and
optionally an emulsifier,

wherein the coating represents between 0.8 and 20% by weight of a total weight of the flavored composition; and
wherein, when the flavored composition comprises the emulsifier, the water-soluble matrix material and the emulsifier are different materials.

2. The flavored composition according to claim 1 , wherein the coating comprises:
between 5% and 25% of the oil phase based on the total weight of the coating, and/or
between 2% and 65% of the aqueous natural extract based on the total weight of the coating, and/or
between 25% and 80% of the matrix material based on the total weight of the coating, and/or
between 0 and 5% of the emulsifier based on the total weight of the coating.

3. The flavored composition according to claim 1 , wherein the aqueous natural extract is selected from the group consisting of fruit juices, fruit syrup, fruit extract, coffee extract, honey extract, extracts of flowers, leaves and mixtures thereof.

4. The flavored composition according to claim 1 , wherein the matrix material is selected from the group consisting of maltodextrin, modified starch, inulin, plant-based proteins, gums, soluble fibers, soluble polysaccharides, and mixtures thereof.

5. The flavored composition according to claim 1 , wherein the emulsifier is selected from the group consisting of lecithin, glycerol esters, fatty acid esters, saponins, proteins, gum Arabic, octenyl succinated starch, and mixtures thereof.

6. The flavored composition according to claim 1 , wherein the insoluble food carrier is selected from the group consisting of tea, coffee, herbal carrier, fruit carrier, flowers, leaves, beans, seeds, and other botanicals.

Assignees

• Firmenich & Cie

Inventors

• Skiff Ronald
• Bouquerand Pierre-Etienne

Classifications

• A23F3/405 Primary

  Flavouring with flavours other than natural tea flavour or tea oil · CPC title

• A23L33/105

  Plant extracts, their artificial duplicates or their derivatives · CPC title

• A23L29/25

  Exudates, e.g. gum arabic, gum acacia, gum karaya or tragacanth · CPC title

• A23L27/80

  Emulsions · CPC title

• A23L27/70 Primary

  Fixation, conservation, or encapsulation of flavouring agents · CPC title