Method of producing from wood tar a liquid smoke product for use in food processing, and product of said method

摘要

A liquid smoke product which contains no detectable amount of 3,4-benzopyrene (also known as benzo(a)pyrene) consists essentially of propylene glycol together with those components of the heavy, essentially water insoluble material that settle out of an aqueous condensation of wood smoke (hereinafter called "wood tar") which codistill at or below the boiling point of propylene glycol and most of which are soluble in propylene glycol.