Patent ID: 6960362

Claim:
A stabilized aroma-providing component comprising an aroma-providing component that is isolated, concentrated or separated from a food, beverage, food-forming or beverage-forming material and that is in the form of a gas, liquid or powder, and a stabilizing agent of a nucleophile that contains at least one atom of sulfur or nitrogen that provides at least one lone pair of electrons for reaction, with the stabilizing agent being present with the aroma-providing component in an amount sufficient to chemically interact with compounds in or associated with the aroma-providing component to (a) provide increased amounts of desirable compounds that impart desirable flavor or sensory characteristics to the aroma or (b) reduce the amount of undesirable compounds that suppress desirable flavor characteristics or that contribute to or generate undesirable flavor or sensory characteristics in the aroma, wherein the stabilizing agent is present with the aroma-providing component during storage and prior to combining the stabilized aroma-providing component with a further component of a food, beverage, food-forming or beverage-forming material and optionally with a liquid to form a product for consumption, so that, when combining the aroma-providing component with the material to form the product for consumption, the aroma-providing component imparts to the product an improved or enhanced aroma compared to the aroma provided by an unstabilized aroma-providing component.