Patent ID: 6884906

Claim:
A process for augmenting, enhancing or imparting a taste or cooling effect or refreshing effect to a consumable material selected from the group consisting of a foodstuff, a beverage, a chewing gum, an oral care product, a nasal care product, a cologne, a skin care product, a hair care product, a topical cosmetic product and a medicinal product comprising the step of adding to said consumable material a taste- or cooling effect- or refreshing effect-augmenting, enhancing or imparting quantity and concentration of at least one menthyl half acid ester derivative having the structure: wherein n is an integer of from 1 to 5; wherein X is selected from the group consisting of —OR″ and —NRR′; wherein R″ is hydrogen, C 1 -C 5 lower alkyl or C 3 -C 6 lower alkenyl; wherein R is hydrogen, C 1 -C 5 lower alkyl, 2-hydroxyethyl or cyclopropyl and wherein R′ is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl; with the proviso that when X is —OR″, n is an integer of from 3 to 5.