A solubilized steviol glycoside composition including one or more steviol glycosides and one or more steviol glycoside solubility enhancers can be used as a sweetener composition to sweeten other compositions (sweetenable compositions) such as foods, beverages, medicines, oral hygiene compositions, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, and the like.

The present invention relates to the discovery that certain non-naturally occurring, non-peptide amide compounds and amide derivatives, such as oxalamides, ureas, and acrylamides, are useful flavor or taste modifiers, such as a flavoring or flavoring agents and flavor or taste enhancer, more particularly, savory (the “umami” taste of monosodium glutamate) or sweet taste modifiers, —savory or sweet flavoring agents and savory or sweet flavor enhancers, for food, beverages, and other comestible or orally administered medicinal products or compositions.

The present invention relates to the synthesis of intermediate compounds which can be used in the synthesis of mint lactone and related compounds, including 3,6-dimethylhexahydrobenzofuran-2-ones, isomers, and other derivatives.

The invention relates primarily to a method of modulation, preferably of in vitro and/or in vivo modulation, of the cold menthol receptor TRPM8, wherein the receptor is contacted with at least one modulator selected from the group consisting of the compounds of the structure type 1 described herein. The present invention further relates to corresponding uses and compositions comprising such compounds.

Novel diterpene glycosides containing ent-atisene cores are provided herein. Compositions and consumables comprising the novel diterpene glycosides are also provided herein. Methods of enhancing the sweetness and/or flavor of consumables using the novel diterpene glycosides, methods of preparing compositions and consumables comprising the novel diterpene glycosides and methods of purifying the novel diterpene glycosides are also provided.

The present invention relates to a use of a dipeptide comprising proline and alanine as salty taste enhancer in an edible article comprising salt, to an edible composition comprising the dipeptide proline-alanine, and to the edible article that comprises it. In addition, the invention also relates to a method for enhancing salty taste and reducing content of salt in food and beverages.

Sweetener and flavor compositions with improved taste profiles are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of making and methods of using such sweetener and flavor compositions.

The present disclosure generally provides a class of flavanone derivatives and their use as sweetness enhancers. In some aspects, the disclosure provides certain compositions that include such flavanone derivatives, such as compositions that include such flavanone derivatives and one or more other sweeteners. In some other aspects, the disclosure provides methods of reducing the caloric content of a sweetened article, such as a sweetened food or beverage product.

A method for making a taste modifying ingredient is provided. The method includes a) subjecting a rice protein to enzymatic hydrolysis to obtain a reaction mixture; b) separating the reaction mixture to obtain a supernatant; and c) recovering the supernatant of the reaction mixture.

The present disclosure relates to gingerol compounds, whether in their diol form or as a derivative, and their use to enhance the salty taste or the umami taste of a flavored article. The disclosure also provides compositions and flavored products containing such compounds. In some embodiments, the flavored products have reduced amounts of salt or umami-enhancing compounds (glutamates, arginates, purinic ribonucleotides, such as inosine monophosphate (IMP) and guanosine monophosphate (GMP)), relative to comparable flavored products that do not incorporate the gingerol compounds. The disclosure further provides methods of making monoacetate or diacetate derivatives of gingerol diols.