Flavor compositions containing potassium salts

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022061349-A1
Application number	US-202117501485-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 14, 2021
Priority date	Jun 27, 2014
Publication date	Mar 3, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

A flavor composition containing at least one, two, or more potassium salt(s) that can be used to enhance an alkalized cocoa flavor profile of edible compositions including sweet goods, such as fat-based confections comprising chocolate or chocolate liquor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A confectionery flavor composition for a chocolate composition comprising potassium lactate, potassium acetate, or a combination thereof, wherein the chocolate composition comprises a nonalkalized chocolate.

2 . The confectionery flavor composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises potassium lactate and potassium acetate.

3 . The confectionery flavor composition of claim 2 , wherein the ratio of potassium lactate to potassium acetate is from about 2% to 98% to about 98% to 2%.

4 . The confectionary flavor composition of claim 1 , wherein the chocolate composition comprises the confectionary flavor composition at a concentration of from about 0.1% weight/weight (w/w) to about 6.5% w/w by weight of the chocolate composition.

5 . The confectionary flavor composition of claim 1 , wherein the chocolate composition is chocolate and the taste and/or flavor profile of the chocolate is not statistically different from the taste and/or flavor profile of an alkalized chocolate.

6 . The confectionary flavor composition of claim 4 , wherein the level of cocoa flavanols present in the chocolate composition is the same as a level of cocoa flavanols present in a chocolate composition that has not undergone alkalization.

7 . A method of maintaining a level of cocoa flavanols in a fat-based confectionery comprising the steps of
(a) providing a fat-based confectionery mass and (b) admixing a flavor composition comprising potassium lactate, potassium acetate, or a combination thereof, to the fat-based confectionery mass.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the flavor composition comprises potassium lactate and potassium acetate.

9 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the fat-based confectionery has an alkalized cocoa flavor profile.

10 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the fat-based confectionery mass comprises chocolate.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the chocolate mass is selected from the group consisting of milk chocolate, white chocolate, dark chocolate and combinations thereof.

12 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the flavor composition is admixed to the fat-based confectionery mass at a concentration of from about 0.1% w/w to about 6.5% w/w by weight of the chocolate.

13 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the fat-based confectionery mass comprises a cocoa liquor.

14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the flavor composition is admixed to the fat-based confectionery mass at a concentration of from about 1% w/w to about 15% w/w by weight of the cocoa liquor.

Assignees

• Mars Inc

Inventors

• Munafo John P
• Didzbalis John
• Leonczak Jadwiga
• Tomaszewski Monika

Classifications

• A23L27/30

  Artificial sweetening agents · CPC title

• A23G1/32 Primary

  characterised by the composition {containing organic or inorganic compounds} · CPC title

• A23V2002/00

  Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs · CPC title

• A23G1/02

  Preliminary treatment, e.g. fermentation of cocoa · CPC title

• A23G1/047

  Transformation of liquids, pastes, creams, lumps, powders, granules or shreds into powders, granules or shreds; Manufacture or treatment of powders · CPC title