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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2015
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., New York, NY (US);
Daniel Kaiping Lee, Morganville, NJ (US);
Chii-Fen Wang, Princeton, NJ (US);
Ying Yang, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Ronald Gabbard, Farmingdale, NJ (US);
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A metastable, translucent flavor nanoemulsion is provided. The nanoemulsion contains a flavor oil phase, an aqueous phase, and a surfactant system containing a first lecithin and a second lecithin. The nanoemulsion is free of any non-natural surfactant. The surfactant system contains free fatty acid 15% or less. The first lecithin has an HLB of 1 to 8, and the second lecithin has an HLB of 8 to 16 and contains phosphatidylcholine and lysophosphatidylcholine 20% or greater. Also disclosed are a method for preparing the nanoemulsion and use of the nanoemulsion in liquid beverages and liquid beverage concentrates.