IP Library Patent Application 15537195
Patent Application
App. No. 15/537,195

COFFEE AROMA COMPOSITION

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15/537,195
Abstract

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.

Claims (16)

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)

Assignments (5)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PATENT NUMBER 16062921 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 049391 FRAME 0756. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE PATENT NUMBER SHOULD HAVE BEEN 16062912. Recorded Jul 3, 2020
From: NESTEC S.A.
To: SOCIÉTÉ DES PRODUITS NESTLÉ S.A.
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CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PATENT NUMBER 16062921 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 049391 FRAME 0756. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE PATENT NUMBER SHOULD HAVE BEEN 16062912. Recorded Jul 3, 2020
From: NESTEC S.A.
To: SOCIÉTÉ DES PRODUITS NESTLÉ S.A.
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CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION TO SHOW THE FULL AND CORRECT NEW NAME IN SECTION 51. PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 049391 FRAME: 0756. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE MERGER. Recorded Jun 13, 2019
From: NESTEC S.A.
To: SOCIÉTÉ DES PRODUITS NESTLÉ S.A.
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MERGER Recorded Jun 6, 2019
From: NESTEC S.A.
To: SOCIÉTÉ DES PRODUITS NESTLÉ S.A.
Reel/Frame 049391/0756 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 20, 2017
From: FU, XIAOPING; BORLAND, CAROL
To: NESTEC S.A.
Reel/Frame 043640/0046 →