Title: Edible compositions having a meat flavor and processes for making same

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1. A process for preparing an edible poultry-flavored foodstuff flavor composition comprising the steps of (A) intimately admixing in the absence of any natural meat products except enzymatic chicken meat digest, a composition consisting essentialy of (i) a poultry egg product selected from the group consisting of powdered chicken egg yolk, enzymatic digest of the whole internal contents of poultry egg and enzymatic digest of poultry egg yolk; (ii) L-cysteine hydrochloride; (iii) thiamine hydrochloride and (iv) enzymatic chicken meat digest, said poultry egg product, said L-cysteine hydrochloride, said thiamine hydrochloride and said enzymatic chicken meat digest each being present in an amount to produce a poultry meat flavor, the weight ratio of said thiamine hydrochloride:cysteine hydrochloride being from 0.25:1 up to 1:1, and (B) heating the resulting mixture at a temperature of from 100.degree. C up to 350.degree. C and for a period of time of from 0.2 hrs. up to 10 hrs. whereby a poultry meat flavored product is produced.

2. A poultry-flavored food comprising at least 0.2% by weight of said food of the product produced by the process of claim 1 intimately admixed with a foodstuff in an amount sufficient to impart the desired intensity of flavor.

3. The process for the production of the edible foodstuff flavor composition of claim 1 which includes the further step of adding gum arabic to the poultry flavor and spray drying the resulting mixture, the weight ratio of gum arabic to said poultry flavored composition being from 0.2:1 up to 2:1 based on the solids content of the mixture prior to the spray drying.

4. A poulry flavored food comprising a product produced by the process of claim 3 intimately admixed with the foodstuff in an amount sufficient to impart the desired intensity of flavor.
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Inventors: Van Delft, Andries (Nieuw Loosdrecht, NL)
Giacino, Christopher (Califon, NJ, US)

Application Number: 451470
Filing Date: 1974-03-15
Publication_date: 1978-02-28
Assignee: International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (New York, NY)
Primary Class(es): 426/533 426/47, 426/656
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

3394015	Jul, 1968	Giacino	426/65.
3862343	Jan, 1975	Breukink et al.	426/211.
3865958	Feb, 1975	Breukink et al.	426/212.

Other Refs: 704,725

Jul, 1970	ZA.

Primary Examiner: Jones, Raymond M.
Assistant Examiner: Kepplinger, Esther M.
Attorney: Liberman; Arthur L., Haidt; Harold, Wolffe; Franklin D.