Patent ID: 7897190

Claim:
Flavour composition comprising at least 0.1 wt. % of one or more flavouring substances and between 0.001 and 80 wt. % of a flavour modulating substance according to formula (I) and/or edible salts thereof: R 1 —CR 2 (OR 3 )—CO—NR 4 —Y—X (I) wherein: Y represents a covalent bond, C 1 -C 5 alkylene or C 2 5 alkenyl, each optionally substituted with 1-5 substituents selected from hydroxyl, C 1 -C 3 alkoxyl and C 1 -C 3 acyl; X represents phenyl, substituted with one or more substituents selected from hydroxyl, C 1 -C 3 alkoxyl, and optionally further substituted with one or more substituents selected from C 1 -C 3 hydroxyalkyl; R 1 represents C 2 -C 6 alkyl or C 4 -C 6 cycloalkyl, wherein each carbon atom is substituted with a substituent selected from hydroxyl, oxo, carboxyl, C 1 -C 3 alkoxyl, C 1 -C 3 acyl; R 2 represents hydrogen; C 1 -C 8 alkyl, C 2 -C 8 alkenyl, C 3 -C 8 cycloalkyl, or C 3 -C 8 cycloalkenyl, each optionally substituted with 1-8 substituents selected from hydroxyl, C 1 -C 3 alkyl, C 2 -C 3 alkenyl and C 1 -C 3 carboxyl; R 3 represents hydrogen; or C 1 -C 3 acyl or C 1 -C 3 alkyl, each optionally substituted with 1-3 hydroxyl groups; and R 4 represents hydrogen; C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 2 -C 6 alkenyl, C 1 -C 3 acyl, C 3 -C 6 cycloalkyl, C 3 -C 6 cycloalkenyl or C 1 -C 6 acyl, each optionally substituted with 1-6 substituents selected from hydroxyl, C 1 -C 3 alkyl and C 2 -C 3 alkenyl.