USE OF UNSATURATED CARBOXYLIC ACIDS FOR FLAVOR MODIFICATION

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Fuente: WIPO "tomato"
The present disclosure generally relates to unsaturated carboxylic compounds such as α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids and keto-acids and their use to improve the flavor of ingestible compositions that contain bitter or astringent agents, such as non-animal proteins. These flavor improvements include reducing a bitter taste, reducing an astringent taste, reducing a green vegetal taste, reducing a cereal taste, enhancing a sweet taste, enhancing mouthcoating, enhancing perceived thickness, enhancing mouthfeel, enhancing a creamy taste, or any combination thereof. In certain aspects, the disclosure provides ingestible compositions that include organic acid compounds. In some embodiments, the ingestible compositions include a non-animal protein. In some embodiments, the ingestible composition comprises a high-intensity sweetener, such as a steviol glycoside sweetener. In certain aspects, the disclosure provides flavored products that include such ingestible compositions, such as a food, beverage, oral care, nutraceutical, or pharmaceutical products.