Nestec S.a.

Nestac S.a.

Nikhil Prasad

Dharam Vir Vadehra

Jeffrey Willey

Hyung Wook Kim

Gerard J Loizeau

Kim W Hyung

David Straus

Glenn Reichart

Catherine Dionis

Glen Reichart

A flavor composition in the form of a homogeneous emulsion including a flavor encapsulated in a glassy carbohydrate matrix composed of a composition comprising a blend of polydextrose and lactitol. When the matrix contains less than 3.5% water, it has a glass transition temperature above 40&deg; C. so that it remains stable at room temperature storage conditions. Also, process for making this flavor composition.

Flavor composition

A multi-functional marinade for fish and meat products that adds flavor to the fish or meat product and improves the texture and color of the fish or meat product during cooking. The marinade does not require the addition of other ingredients and can be applied immediately before cooking. The marinade can be a solid powder that is coated on the food or a liquid that is brushed or sprayed on the food.

Multi-component marinades

The invention relates to a process for preparing cyclodextrin inclusion complexes that increases the efficiency of the complexation so that a higher percentage of the active is recovered as a cyclodextrin inclusion complex. The process involves adding a cyclodextrin to a solvent in a reaction vessel, adding an active to the cyclodextrin solution with stirring, and allowing the mixture to stir for an appropriate amount of time and at a sufficient temperature to form an inclusion complex between the cyclodextrin and the active. A solids content increasing agent such as gum acacia, maltodextrin, modified dextrins, or mixtures thereof, is then added to the solution to increase the total solids content of the solution and the solution is at 25&deg; C. and 40&deg; C. and relative humidity of 53 percent dried to recover the cyclodextrin-active inclusion complex as a dry powder with the amount of active in the powder ranging from 1 to 20 percent by weight of the complex. The invention also relates to cyclodextrin inclusion complexes prepared by this process.

Cyclodextrin flavor delivery systems

A food package having a built-in aroma. The package includes a food compartment and an aromatized substrate comprising a heat sensitive sealant which captures the aroma. The aromatized substrate is effective to preserve the aroma during freezing, refrigeration, and ambient storage, and is capable of releasing the aroma when the package with the food in the food compartment is heated in a microwave oven.

Aromatized food package

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New Milford, CT, United States of America

Nikhil Prasad