US 12,349,711 B2
Shelf stable powdered composition
Jian Zhang, Plainsboro, NY (US); Rutger Van Sleeuwen, Plainsboro, NY (US); Amanda Schober, Plainsboro, NY (US); Brian MacDougall, Plainsboro, NY (US); Fei Frank Zhang, Shanghai (CN); and Pierre-Etienne Bouquerand, Meyrin (CH)
Assigned to FIRMENICH SA, Satigny (CH)
Appl. No. 16/772,334
Filed by FIRMENICH SA, Satigny (CH)
PCT Filed Feb. 22, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/054497
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 12, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/162475, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 29, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/634,246, filed on Feb. 23, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 18167299 (EP), filed on Apr. 13, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0076720 A1, Mar. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. A23L 27/00 (2016.01); A23L 27/12 (2016.01); A23L 29/10 (2016.01); A23L 29/30 (2016.01)
CPC A23L 27/72 (2016.08) [A23L 27/13 (2016.08); A23L 29/10 (2016.08); A23L 29/30 (2016.08); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A powdered composition comprising:
from 40 to 95% of a carrier consisting of inulin having a degree of polymerization (DP) between 4.5 and 7.7;
from 0.01 to 30% of a natural emulsifier; and
from 5 to 40% of a flavor,
the percentages being defined by weight, relative to a total weight of the composition;
wherein the powdered composition is free from maltodextrins; and
wherein the carrier improves the oxidation stability of the powdered composition relative to a powdered composition including a carrier comprising maltodextrin or starch derivatives.