AROMATIC AMIDES AND UREAS AND THEIR USES AS SWEET AND/OR UMAMI FLAVOR MODIFIERS, TASTANTS AND TASTE ENHANCERS

• Main Authors: QI, MING, DARMOHUSODO, VINCENT, TACHDJIAN, CATHERINE, ADAMINSKI-WERNER, SARA, LEBL-RINNOVA, MARKETA, TANG, XIAO-QING, QING, CHEN, PRIEST, CHAD, PATRON, ANDREW P
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 10.08.2006
• Subjects: FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

The inventions disclosed herein relate to non-naturally occurring amide compounds that are capable, when contacted with comestible food or drinks or pharmaceutical compositions at concentrations preferably on the order of about 100 ppm or lower, of serving as savory ("umami") or sweet taste modifiers, savory or sweet flavoring agents and savory or sweet flavor enhancers, for use in foods, beverages, and other comestible or orally administered medicinal products or compositions, optionally in the presence of or in mixtures with conventional flavoring agents such as monosodium glutamate or known natural and artificial sweeteners.