Patent ID: 9596874
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: A23C,A23L

Claim:
1. A method of masking the bitter taste associated with the use in a consumable product of potassium chloride or another potassium salt, said method comprising the step of adding to said product a bitter masking composition comprising a sugar alcohol together with at least two of: a compound of formula (I): a compound of formula (II): a flavour modulating substance of formula (III): wherein: X represents —OH, —O(CO)R, —OPO R represents a C Y represents either (i) a substituted or unsubstituted six membered heterocyclic ring, comprising at least two nitrogen atoms, wherein if substituted the heterocyclic ring is substituted with one or more substituents selected from the group of amino; hydroxyl; oxo; alkyl; and an esterified or unesterified monosaccharide unit, wherein if esterified said monosaccharide unit is esterified with one or more mono-, di- and/or triphosphate groups; or (ii) a bicyclic system comprising a five membered heterocyclic ring and a six membered heterocyclic ring, each ring comprising at least two nitrogen atoms, and each ring being unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents selected from the group of amino; hydroxyl; oxo; alkyl; and an esterified or unesterified monosaccharide unit, wherein if esterified said monosaccharide unit is esterified with one or more mono-, di- and/or triphosphate groups; R R R Y′ represents a covalent bond, C X′ represents phenyl, substituted with one or more substituents selected from hydroxyl, C R R R R wherein the at least two of the compound of formula (I), the compound of formula (II) and the flavour modulating substance of formula (III) are present in said bitter masking composition in a concentration sufficient to mask the bitter taste associated with the use in a consumable product of potassium chloride or another potassium salt,