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US4076852A
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Edible compositions having a meat flavor and processes for making same
Assignee: International Flavors and Fragrances Inc
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Filing: 1974-03-15
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Granted: 1978-02-28
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Expires: 1994-03-15
Abstract
Abstract Processes for imparting a meat flavor to foodstuffs comprising adding thereto a small amount of a processed product of (I) the whole internal contents of a poultry egg or egg white or egg yolk or enzymatic digest of same, with (II) a poultry meat or other meat powder or enzymatic digest thereof and, in addition, (III) a sulfur compound such as cysteine or taurine and, if desired, (preferably) (IV) thiamine and/or thiazole alkanols and (V) other free amino acids and/or polypeptides and, in addition, if desired, a monosaccharide and/or a disaccharide, such as sucrose and/or a polysaccharide; as well as flavoring compositions and flavor enhancing compositions containing such processed products and optional materials and the foodstuffs so obtained.
Inventors
- 👤 Andries Van Delft
- 👤 Christopher Giacino
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-04 21:02
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23L; A23L23/00; A23L23/10; A23L27/00; A23L27/20; A23L27/21; A23L27/215
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
160 words
A process for preparing an edible poultry-flavored foodstuff flavor composition comprising the steps of (A) intimately admixing in the absence of any natural meat products except enzymatic chicken meat digest, a composition consisting essentialy of (i) a poultry egg product selected from the group consisting of powdered chicken egg yolk, enzymatic digest of the whole internal contents of poultry egg and enzymatic digest of poultry egg yolk; (ii) L-cysteine hydrochloride; (iii) thiamine hydrochloride and (iv) enzymatic chicken meat digest, said poultry egg product, said L-cysteine hydrochloride, said thiamine hydrochloride and said enzymatic chicken meat digest each being present in an amount to produce a poultry meat flavor, the weight ratio of said thiamine hydrochloride:cysteine hydrochloride being from 0.25:1 up to 1:1, and (B) heating the resulting mixture at a temperature of from 100° C up to 350° C and for a period of time of from 0.2 hrs. up to 10 hrs. whereby a poultry meat flavored product is produced.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
160 words
A process for preparing an edible poultry-flavored foodstuff flavor composition comprising the steps of (A) intimately admixing in the absence of any natural meat products except enzymatic chicken meat digest, a composition consisting essentialy of (i) a poultry egg product selected from the group consisting of powdered chicken egg yolk, enzymatic digest of the whole internal contents of poultry egg and enzymatic digest of poultry egg yolk; (ii) L-cysteine hydrochloride; (iii) thiamine hydrochloride and (iv) enzymatic chicken meat digest, said poultry egg product, said L-cysteine hydrochloride, said thiamine hydrochloride and said enzymatic chicken meat digest each being present in an amount to produce a poultry meat flavor, the weight ratio of said thiamine hydrochloride:cysteine hydrochloride being from 0.25:1 up to 1:1, and (B) heating the resulting mixture at a temperature of from 100° C up to 350° C and for a period of time of from 0.2 hrs. up to 10 hrs. whereby a poultry meat flavored product is produced.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
A poultry-flavored food comprising at least 0.2% by weight of said food of the product produced by the process of claim 1 intimately admixed with a foodstuff in an amount sufficient to impart the desired intensity of flavor.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
63 words
The process for the production of the edible foodstuff flavor composition of claim 1 which includes the further step of adding gum arabic to the poultry flavor and spray drying the resulting mixture, the weight ratio of gum arabic to said poultry flavored composition being from 0.2:1 up to 2:1 based on the solids content of the mixture prior to the spray drying.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
A poulry flavored food comprising a product produced by the process of claim 3 intimately admixed with the foodstuff in an amount sufficient to impart the desired intensity of flavor.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1981-02-27 | 1981-08-29 | 1982-02-28 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1985-02-27 | 1985-08-29 | 1986-02-28 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1989-02-27 | 1989-08-29 | 1990-02-28 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |