PRODUCTION OF FLAVOR CONCENTRATES BY OSMOSIS

• Main Authors: BRENNECKE, Stefan, KIEFL, Johannes, UTERMÖHLE, Claudia
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 16.09.2020
• Subjects: FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; SEPARATION; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TRANSPORTING

The present invention relates to a process for preparing of a food concentrate in which an aqueous starting solution from a foodstuff is concentrated by osmosis with a semi-permeable biomimetic membrane. In addition, the present invention relates to a food concentrate which can be produced by the process according to the invention, a food concentrate which is free of disturbing aroma components with an OAV (odour activity value)≥1 and which does not contain any solvent additives. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of the food concentrates and products comprising the food concentrate according to the invention.