Treating a meaty flavored foodstuff with a combination of a sclareolide and aconitic or gluconic acid

摘要

Described is the use of one or more of the acids: aconitic acid, gluconic acid and/or succinic acid taken alone or further together with sclareolide in augmenting or enhancing the organoleptic properites of foodstuffs particularly with respect to imparting a umami effect and/or imparting of mouthfeel and fullness to the flavor of foodstuffs in the absence of amino acids except sulfur-bearing amino acids, salts thereof, pyrrolidone carboxylic acid, salts thereof and nucleotides.