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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2003
Ying Zheng, Dublin, OH (US);
Christian Milo, Epalinges, CH;
Pu-sheng Cheng, Dublin, OH (US);
Rachid Rahmani, Marysville, OH (US);
Wenjie HU, Marysville, OH (US);
Ying Zheng, Dublin, OH (US);
Christian Milo, Epalinges, CH;
Pu-Sheng Cheng, Dublin, OH (US);
Rachid Rahmani, Marysville, OH (US);
Wenjie Hu, Marysville, OH (US);
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Abstract
A process for stabilizing an aroma-providing component such as coffee aroma against loss or degradation of its flavor or sensory characteristics by associating the aroma-providing component with a stabilizing agent in an amount effective to reduce or prevent the loss or degradation of the flavor or sensory characteristics of the component and form a stabilized aroma-providing component followed by removing the stabilizing agent from the stabilized coffee aroma prior to packaging for storage or prior to adding the stabilized coffee aroma to a food or beverage product. The resulting stabilized aroma-providing component is essentially free of the stabilizing agent and may be incorporated into a food or beverage product with the initial flavor or sensory characteristics of the stabilized component being retained for a time period of at least two months during storage of the food or beverage product.