A flavour composition comprising a compound according to the formula (I) edible salts thereof, wherein R.sub.1 is an alkyl residue containing 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or an alkene residue containing from 9 to 25 carbon atoms with 1 to 6 double bonds, R.sub.1 together with the carbonyl group to which it is attached is a residue of a carboxylic acid, and m is 0 or 1. ##STR00001##

A centrifugal separator (14) comprises a stationary frame (15), a spindle (16) rotatably supported by the frame, a centrifuge rotor 17 mounted to a first end of the spindle to rotate together with the spindle around an axis (X2) of rotation. A stack (10) of separation discs (1) is arranged to rotate coaxially with the centrifuge rotor The stack of separation discs comprises a set of axially aligned separation discs with an inner surface and an outer surface and a plurality spot-formed spacing members extending from a base from at least one of the inner surface and the outer surface The surface density of said spot-formed spacing members is above 25 spot-formed spacing members/dm.sup.2 throughout the inner and/or outer surface of the separation disc. A first region at a bottom of the discs has a higher density of the spot-formed spacing members than a second region.

A centrifugal separator (14) comprises a stationary frame (15), a spindle (16) rotatably supported by the frame, a centrifuge rotor 17 mounted to a first end of the spindle to rotate together with the spindle around an axis (X2) of rotation. A stack (10) of separation discs (1) is arranged to rotate coaxially with the centrifuge rotor The stack of separation discs comprises a set of axially aligned separation discs with an inner surface and an outer surface and a plurality spot-formed spacing members extending from a base from at least one of the inner surface and the outer surface The surface density of said spot-formed spacing members is above 25 spot-formed spacing members/dm.sup.2 throughout the inner and/or outer surface of the separation disc. A first region at a bottom of the discs has a higher density of the spot-formed spacing members than a second region.

A flavour composition comprising a compound according to the formula (1) or edible salts thereof, ##STR00001##
wherein R.sub.1 is an alkyl residue containing 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or an alkene residue containing from 9 to 25 carbon atoms with 1 to 6 double bonds, R.sub.1 together with the carbonyl group to which it is attached is a residue of a carboxylic acid, and NR.sub.2R.sub.3, in which R.sub.3 is H or together with R.sub.2 and the N-atom to which they are attached, a 5-membered ring, is a residue of an amino acid, in particular a proteinogenic amino acid, ornithine, gamma-aminobutyric acid or beta alanine, or a 1-amino cycloalkyl carboxylic acid.

The invention relates to a method of modification of dry matter composition and/or dry matter content of milk, comprising the steps of: providing raw milk having a fat content in the range of about 3% w/w to about 60% w/w; modifying a dry matter composition and/or dry matter content of the raw milk to provide a modified raw milk having a fat content in the range of about 35% w/w to about 60% w/w based on the total weight of the modified raw milk, and a protein content of at most 3% (w/w) and/or carbohydrate content of at most 4% (w/w) based on a fat-free portion of the modified raw milk. The invention further relates to a method of production of butter, wherein the milk with the modified dry matter composition and/or dry matter content is churned to provide butter.

The invention relates to a method of modification of dry matter composition and/or dry matter content of milk, comprising the steps of: providing raw milk having a fat content in the range of about 3% w/w to about 60% w/w; modifying a dry matter composition and/or dry matter content of the raw milk to provide a modified raw milk having a fat content in the range of about 35% w/w to about 60% w/w based on the total weight of the modified raw milk, and a protein content of at most 3% (w/w) and/or carbohydrate content of at most 4% (w/w) based on a fat-free portion of the modified raw milk. The invention further relates to a method of production of butter, wherein the milk with the modified dry matter composition and/or dry matter content is churned to provide butter.

A non-hydrogenated mixed dairy and non-dairy cream includes the following raw materials in weight percent: non-hydrogenated vegetable oil: 8%-18%; sorbitan monostearate: 0.05%-0.5%; stearyl monoglyceridyl citrate: 0.02%-0.5%; mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids: 0.05%-1%; lactate monoglyceride: 0.02%-1%; sodium stearoyl lactylate: 0.02%-0.5%; sucrose fatty acid ester: 0.05%-0.5%; polyglycerol ester: 0.02%-0.5%; carrageenan: 0.01%-0.1%; microcrystalline cellulose: 0.05%-0.8%; modified cellulose: 0.05%-1%; sodium caseinate: 0.1%-1.5%; potassium dihydrogen phosphate: 0.02%-0.2%; sugar: 2%-6%; glucose syrup: 2%-12%; fat-containing dairy product: 8%-18%; and water: 20%-60%.

The present invention relates to butter cream for making a cake and a method for preparing the same, and an exemplary embodiment according to the present invention may provide butter cream for making a cake, which may be prepared by adding first sugar to meringue having bubbles formed by whipping egg whites, preparing first sweetened meringue by whipping the mixture until a meringue cone is formed on the meringue, obtaining second sweetened meringue by adding sugar syrup, which is obtained by mixing water and second sugar and then heating the mixture, to the first sweetened meringue, and whipping the mixture; and adding butter to the second sweetened meringue, and then whipping the mixture until moisture is reduced.

The present invention relates to butter cream for making a cake and a method for preparing the same, and an exemplary embodiment according to the present invention may provide butter cream for making a cake, which may be prepared by adding first sugar to meringue having bubbles formed by whipping egg whites, preparing first sweetened meringue by whipping the mixture until a meringue cone is formed on the meringue, obtaining second sweetened meringue by adding sugar syrup, which is obtained by mixing water and second sugar and then heating the mixture, to the first sweetened meringue, and whipping the mixture; and adding butter to the second sweetened meringue, and then whipping the mixture until moisture is reduced.

Disclosed are sweetened consumables and methods of forming said sweetened consumables that comprise certain sweeteners and a compound of formula (1),

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wherein R.sup.1 is selected from the group consisting of OH and OCH.sub.3, and R.sup.2 is selected from the group consisting of H and OH, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 comprise at least one OH group, and when R.sup.1 is OH then R.sup.2 is H (trilobatin), and when R.sup.1 is OCH.sub.3 then R.sup.2 is OH (HDG), in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold. The sweeteners include sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, erythritol, xylitol, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose, saccharine, or combinations thereof.