Hop flavors for malt beverages and the like
Abstract
Abstract PROCESS FOR PRODUCING 4-DEOXYTETRAHYDROHUMULONE FROM LUPULONE BY HYDROGENOLYSIS THEREOF AFTER DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENT OF PH INTO THE ACID RANGE, OPTIONAL SUBSEQUENT OXYGENATION TO TETRAHYDROHUMULONE, AND OPTIONAL ISOMERIZATION AND REDUCTION TO PRODUCE HEXAHYDROISOHUMULONE; HEXAHYDROISOHUMULONE ITSELF; USE OF HEXAHYDROISOHUMULONE, IN BEVERAGE FLAVORING; BEVERAGES FLAVORED THEREWITH; AND EMPLOYMENT OF THE PORTION OF THE NON-VOLATILE NONISOMERIZABLE HOP EXTRACT FRACTION WHICH DISSOLVES IN WATER AT A PH OF AT LEAST 9 AS STARTING MATERIAL IN THE FIRST-MENTIONED PRODUCTION PROCESSES; USE OF TETRAHYDROISOHUMULONE IN BEVERAGE FLAVORING, ESPECIALLY BY ISOMERIZING TETRAHYDROHUMULONE IN THE BEVERAGE; BEVERAGES AND ESPECIALLY MALT BEVERAGES SO FLAVORED.
Inventors
- 👤 Leonard R Worden
- 👤 Paul H Todd Jr
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