COFFEE AROMA COMPOSITION
The present invention relates to a coffee aroma composition comprising milk fat useful for addition to a food or beverage product, e.g. a coffee beverage, a method of producing a coffee aroma composition and a method of producing a liquid coffee beverage.
1 . A coffee aroma composition comprising milk fat and coffee aroma compounds derived from roast coffee beans in an amount of at least 1 g per gram of milk fat.
2 . The coffee aroma composition of claim 1 comprising at least 0.5% of milk fat by weight.
3 . The coffee aroma composition of claim 1 comprising coffee aroma compounds derived from roast coffee beans in an amount of at least 3 g per gram of milk fat.
4 . The coffee aroma composition of claim 1 comprising less than 10 mg of galactomannans and arabinogalactans per g of dry matter.
5 . The coffee aroma composition of claim 1 comprising milk.
6 . A method of producing a coffee aroma composition, the method comprising the steps:
a) stripping coffee aroma from roast and ground coffee with steam to produce steam comprising coffee aroma;
b) recovering aroma compounds from the steam comprising coffee aroma; and
c) adding recovered aroma compounds of step b to a liquid composition comprising milk fat to produce a coffee aroma composition comprising coffee aroma and milk fat.
7 . The method of claim 6 wherein the recovered aroma is added in an amount of at least 1 g of coffee aroma compounds per gram of milk fat in step c.
8 . A method of producing a coffee aroma composition, the method comprising the following steps:
a) collecting aroma gas from grinding, prewetting and extraction of coffee;
b) recovering aroma compounds by a cryogenic condensation to form an aroma frost; and
c) adding recovered aroma frost of step b to a liquid composition comprising milk fat to produce a coffee aroma composition comprising coffee aroma and milk fat
9 . The method of claim 6 wherein the liquid composition comprising milk fat in step c comprises milk.
10 - 11 . (canceled)