Patent ID: 6074679
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: A23B

Abstract:
A stabilized liquid smoke composition comprising:(a) a liquid smoke composition derived from a pyrolysis of wood;(b) about 1% to about 20% by weight of an inorganic salt; and(c) 0% to about 12% by weight of phosphoric acid, wherein the stabilized composition contains about 8% to about 30%, by weight, organic compounds and has a weight ratio of organic compounds to inorganic compounds to satisfy a relationshiplog (O/I).ltoreq.-0.23x+0.85,wherein (O/I) is the weight ratio of organic compounds to inorganic compounds and x is the percent of organic compounds expressed as a product of volume % of the liquid smoke composition and brix of the liquid smoke composition, and wherein the stabilized composition is essentially free of dissolved tars, has an initial % T, measured at 590 nm, of at least about 95.5%, and has a % T after eight weeks of storage at 32.degree. C. of at least about 92%, measured at 590 nm.