Products comprising a flavoring agent composition

摘要

The present invention primarily concerns teeth cleaning compounds containing menthol for use with a toothbrush, preferably tooth pastes, tooth crèmes, tooth cleaning gels or tooth powders. Such a tooth cleaning compound according to the invention contains menthol and a quantity, for masking the bitterness of the menthol, of menthane carboxylic acid-N-(4-methoxyphenyl)-amide (WS-12) of the following formula (Ia), in particular of the following formula (Ib), i.e. L-menthane carboxylic acid-N-(4-methoxyphenyl)-amide.;;The present invention also concerns the use of menthane carboxylic acid-N-(4-methoxyphenyl)-amide (WS-12) of the formulas (Ia) or (preferably) (Ib) to mask the bitter taste of menthol in a teeth cleaning compound.;The present invention also concerns a method for dissolving menthane carboxylic acid-N-(4-methoxyphenyl)-amide (WS-12) in a teeth cleaning compound and a method for masking the bitterness of menthol in a teeth cleaning compound.

主权项

1. A flavoring agent composition, wherein the flavoring agent composition comprises:
(a) menthol; (b) a quantity of menthane carboxylic acid-N-(4-methoxyphenyl)-amide (WS-12) sufficient to mask the bitterness of the menthol; and (c) a quantity of menthone sufficient to solubilize the menthane carboxylic acid-N-(4-methoxyphenyl)-amide (WS-12) so that it masks the bitterness of the menthol without the need for further flavoring agents having a log-Kow value in a range of 1.5-5.