Stabilized egg flavoring compositions

摘要

The present invention includes a stabilized food flavoring composition for imparting the flavor of egg to foods that includes egg yolk treated at elevated temperature or that contains an aqueous extract of hard cooked egg yolk. The invention also includes a food flavoring composition for imparting the flavor of egg that has substantially reduced levels of fat and cholesterol. The invention also provides methods of preparing an egg-flavored food composition. In these methods, a food preparation to be flavored with egg flavoring is combined with a stabilized flavoring composition for imparting the flavor of egg that includes either egg yolk treated at an elevated temperature or an aqueous extract of hard cooked egg yolk, or both.