STABILIZER-FREE STABILIZED COFFEE AROMA

摘要

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.