International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.

Richard H Davidson

Jacob Kiwala

Ranya Muralidhara

Kevin P Miller

Marvin Schulman

Alan Owen Pittet

Phillip A Rossy

Paul L Bolen

Regina D Hawn

Carlos Ramirez

Michael F Javes

William J Kinlin

Ira T Warder

Robert Kleinhenz

Brian Grainger

Described are flavored calcium supplement compositions, beverage (e.g., coffee, milk, cocoa and citrus/whey protein), foodstuff, chewing gum and oral care (e.g., toothpaste and mouthwash) compositions and articles comprising flavored calcium supplements, foodstuff, beverage, chewing gum and oral care base compositions and intimately admixed therewith an aroma or taste augmenting, enhancing or imparting quantity and concentration of one or more freeze-dried or spray-dried tastand compositions containing tastands produced from,leaves (sugarcane leaves) by means of carrying out one or more physical separation unit operations on a plurality of such leaves, macerates thereof or mixtures of leaves and macerates thereof whereby one or more natural food additives, chewing gum additives or oral care additives is separated and isolated from the remainder of the plurality of leaves, macerates thereof or mixtures of leaves end macerates thereof. Such unit operations include pressurization using hydraulic press means, steam distillation, fractional distillation, supercritical carbon dioxide extraction, volatile solvent extraction and/or charcoal column separation means.

Use of spray-dried and freeze-dried sugarcane leaf essence

Use of spray-dried and freeze-dried sugarcane leaf essence in improving taste of flavored calcium supplements, foodstuffs, beverages, chewing gum, oral care compositions and calcium supplement

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Whitehouse Station, NJ, United States of America

Richard H Davidson