Use of diacetyl dimer as an aromatic and/or flavouring substance

US8287934B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SYMRISE AG · DE

Inventors

• Jakob Ley · Holzminden, DE
• Berthold Weber · Rinteln, DE
• Gerhard Krammer · Holzminden, DE
• Ingo Reiss · Holzminden, DE
• Heinz-Jurgen Bertram · Holzminden, DE
• Ian-Lucas Gatfield · Ennigerloh, DE
• Petra Hoffmann-Lücke · Delligsen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 7, 2007
• Grant date: Oct 16, 2012
• Expiry date: Sep 9, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12G3/06
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to the use of 5-acetyl-2,5-dimethyl-2-hydroxy-tetrahydrofuran-3-one (diacetyl dimer of formula (I)) in the form of one of its stereoisomers or in the form of a mixture consisting of or containing two, three or four of its stereoisomers The invention furthermore relates to a process (i) for imparting, intensifying and/or modifying a creamy and/or fatty sensation in the mouth, (ii) for imparting, intensifying and/or modifying a sweet, buttery, cream-like and/or creamy flavor, to corresponding aromatic compositions, to formulations selected from a nutrition formulation (foodstuff), an oral hygiene formulation, a luxury product formulation, a formulation for oral pharmaceutical use or a semi-finished good formulation for the preparation of nutrition formulations or luxury product formulations, as well as preparations comprising one or more of said compositions and/or formulations.