Claims
- 1. The process for augmenting the citrus or fresh green flavor note of a foodstuff which comprises adding thereto from about 0.02 ppm up to about 150 ppm, based on the weight of said foodstuff, of a composition of matter consisting essentially of at least one of the compounds selected from the group consisting of:
- i. trans-2-ethylidene-6-methyl-cis-3-heptenal;
- ii. trans-2-ethylidene-trans-3-hexenal;
- iii. cis-2-ethylidene-cis-3-hexenal;
- iv. cis-2-ethylidene-cis-3-hexenal diethylacetal; and
- v. trans-2-ethylidene-cis-3-pentenal.
- 2. A food flavoring composition capable of augmenting the citrus or fresh-green flavor note of a foodstuff, consisting essentially of (i) from about 2 ppm up to about 90 percent by weight of said composition of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of:
- 1. trans-2-ethylidene-6-methyl-cis-3-heptenal;
- 2. trans-2-ethylidene-trans-3-hexenal;
- 3. cis-2-ethylidene-cis-3-hexenal;
- 4. cis-2-ethylidene-cis-3-hexenal diethylacetal; and
- 5. trans-2-ethylidene-cis-3-pentenal;
- and (ii) the remainder of said composition being at least one flavoring adjuvant selected from the group consisting of natural orange oil, acetaldehyde, ethyl acetate, ethyl butyrate, propanol, maltol, ethyl maltol, ethyl propanal, n-decanal, 3-hexenol, n-octanal, n-nonanal, citral, fusel oil, n-hexanal, n-butanol, d-limonene, linalool, citronellal, n-dodecanal, geraniol, nerol and vanillin.
- 3. The flavoring composition of claim 2 containing, in addition, a carrier.
- 4. A food flavoring composition consisting essentially of (i) from about 2 ppm up to about 90 percent by weight of a composition comprising 70 percent cis-2-ethylidene-cis-3-hexenal, 20 percent trans-2-ethylidene-cis-3-hexenal and 10 percent cis-2-ethylidene-cis-3-hexenal diethylacetal and (ii) the remainder of said composition being at least one food flavoring adjuvant selected from the group consisting of: natural orange oil, acetaldehyde, ethyl acetate, ethyl butyrate, propanol, maltol, ethyl maltol, ethyl propanal, n-decanal, 3-hexenol, n-octanal, n-nonanal, citral, fusel oil, n-hexanal, n-butanol, d-limonene, linalool, citronellal, n-dodecanal, geraniol, nerol and vanillin.
- 5. The food flavoring composition of claim 4 containing, in addition, a carrier.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 383,658 filed on July 30, 1973 now abandoned.
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